. American engineer and railroad journal . I— « W*fe. STEAM-PIPE GRINDER, NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSONRIVER RAILROAD. hanging up the horizontal arm when the machine is not inuse. The steam-pipe grinder is made in the same way, witha slight difference in the method of mounting the gears at theoperating end, which will be readily seen by a comparison ofthe engravings. The Vzryv.—One of the Russian torpedo-boats has theabove consonantial name. To pronounce it you inhale redpepper and stand on your head. A Big Cable.—The Lexington Avenue Cable Road has re-cently been opened for traffic. Its cable arr
. American engineer and railroad journal . I— « W*fe. STEAM-PIPE GRINDER, NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSONRIVER RAILROAD. hanging up the horizontal arm when the machine is not inuse. The steam-pipe grinder is made in the same way, witha slight difference in the method of mounting the gears at theoperating end, which will be readily seen by a comparison ofthe engravings. The Vzryv.—One of the Russian torpedo-boats has theabove consonantial name. To pronounce it you inhale redpepper and stand on your head. A Big Cable.—The Lexington Avenue Cable Road has re-cently been opened for traffic. Its cable arrived shortly before,and the Sun says : It was made in St. Louis, and cost $30,000. It is H in. indiameter. It came on three giant spools. The longest sectionis five miles long and weighs 68i tons. It is said that no cableof equal length in one piece has ever been brought to this other two sections bring the total weight up to 128 took 52 horses and 25 drivers to transport the largest spoolon a truck weighing rive tons across
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