. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . gold. Theyare a well-behaved race and all hardworkers. This country is making rapidstrides in its upward and onwardmarch. The iiresident is a wise andable ruler and has the confidence ofthe people. Like all southern coun-tries, the rebel is abroad in the land,but he is handled with a grip of ironand his reign is of short is yet in its infancy in thiscountry. The wonders of its hiddentreasures are not half Theunknown race wandering among itsmajestic clifTs are y
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . gold. Theyare a well-behaved race and all hardworkers. This country is making rapidstrides in its upward and onwardmarch. The iiresident is a wise andable ruler and has the confidence ofthe people. Like all southern coun-tries, the rebel is abroad in the land,but he is handled with a grip of ironand his reign is of short is yet in its infancy in thiscountry. The wonders of its hiddentreasures are not half Theunknown race wandering among itsmajestic clifTs are yet to bend their un-broken wills and obey the mandate ofcivilization. In the near future thisline, forming a connection with the un-completed Pan American Railway, willrun solid trains through without changeto Guatemalas capital city. Jas. McDonough,Supt. M. P., Vera Cruz and PacificRailwav. Slide Valve Feed : I enclose to you cut of slide valvefeed valve, showing quite an improve-ment in a small way. The feed valvethat I am using is piped about four feetfrom the engineers brake 63 62 6S ALTERED SLIDE V.^iLVE FEED VALVE. When I first took charge of the en-gine I had quite a lot of trouble inkeeping them in condition to do therequired work. In taking the cap ofifof regulating nut No. 65 I invariablyfound it filled with water. I had threesmall holes about % in. bored in capnut. also one in the bottom of thecasing marked by check mark. After drilling these holes I have had no fur-ther trouble in the eight months timesince these openings were made. Fred Sulphur Springs, IV. Va. Old Mason : Seeing the Mallet Compound in the■September issue of your interestingmagazine, I enclose a photograph of<v nf the last bogies built by the trip. This decision has to be made ina fraction of an instant; their responsi-bilities are very great, and the real ortechnical violation of some rule or spe-cial order is frequently involved. Thisarticle is w
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