. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . t of the total traffic. The Chamber of Commerces estimate was not a pro-gram. It was merely a statement of the capital expendi-tures which the railroads would have to make in order toadequatelv handle a probable 33 1/3 per cent increase infreight traffic, and 25 per cent increase in passenger trafficby 1Q34 Whether the railroads will be able to make theseexpenditures, which average more than $750,000,000_ ayear, depends upon their earning power and financialcredit, in the eyes of the average
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . t of the total traffic. The Chamber of Commerces estimate was not a pro-gram. It was merely a statement of the capital expendi-tures which the railroads would have to make in order toadequatelv handle a probable 33 1/3 per cent increase infreight traffic, and 25 per cent increase in passenger trafficby 1Q34 Whether the railroads will be able to make theseexpenditures, which average more than $750,000,000_ ayear, depends upon their earning power and financialcredit, in the eyes of the average investor. Shop Kinks Scmie Pools and Devices in Use on the Duliitli Shore & Atlantic, the K Ohio Thai Facilitate Shop Work ie, and the Chesapeake & Valve Setting Machine \ power operated valve setting machine in use on the ( hesapeake & Ohio Ry. was illustrated in the December1923 issue of this periodical. Here is another in useon the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic that has been de-signed and patented by Messrs. Connolly and Connolly was formerly superintendent of motive. Herron-Connolly Valve Setting Machine power and Air. Herron has succeeded him from his for-mer position of master mechanic on the road. The general construction of the device is the same asthat of the old hand-operated machine. There are twoshafts, E and D, to which the rollers are keyed, and whichare held in the usual rack. They are carried by bearingsin shoes that slide upon the rails and can be drawn to-gether, so as to raise the wheels, by screws and nuts. The shaft E serves as a journal for bearings attachedto the steam end of an 8-in. Westinghouse pump cylin-der. The piston rod is lengthened and terminates in a jawwhich has a pin connection to the lower end of a leverC. The upper end of this lever is journaled on the driv-ing shaft D, and carries a pawl K working against a ratchet B. The pawl can be thrown to drive the ratchetin either lirection or to clear on both strokes of the pis-ton so th
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