. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Locomotive Works, Builders. ter that date he was made president ofthe road. His advancement was steadyand continuous, and the growth of theroad with which he was so long con-nected was largely accomplishedthrough his efforts. As an illustrationof the growth of the railroad, it may bestated that when Mr. Ives began workon the road its western terminus was atOttumwa. and it was then forty miles inlength. At his retirement the ag-gregate length was 1,350 miles. Al-though a shrewd business man, M
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Locomotive Works, Builders. ter that date he was made president ofthe road. His advancement was steadyand continuous, and the growth of theroad with which he was so long con-nected was largely accomplishedthrough his efforts. As an illustrationof the growth of the railroad, it may bestated that when Mr. Ives began workon the road its western terminus was atOttumwa. and it was then forty miles inlength. At his retirement the ag-gregate length was 1,350 miles. Al-though a shrewd business man, Mr. Iveshad a warm and kindly heart. He wouldnot tolerate the discharging of old em-ployees simply to make room for are hundreds of people in CedarRapids who have occasion to rememberMr. Ives liberality. His long and suc-cessful career did not bring to himeither swelling of the head or contrac-tion of the heart. His friendship was inders are inside and the low pressureare outside. The crossheads are of the All the pistons drive on the rear pair, the low pressure are connected to crank. HIGH PRESSURE CONNECTING ROD, SURROUNDING LEADING AXLE. alligator type, while the inside ones each pins in the usual way, while the highrun in four guide bars. The main pressure ones are arranged with con-valves are of the piston type, 15 ins. in necting rods made to enclose the for- 388 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING August, 1900. ward driving axle. This arrangementpermits of the cylinder being placed notonly with center lines on the same level—that is, all in one horizontal plane-but the front and back heads of all fourare also in line, and the cylinders, valveand half saddle castings on each sideare compact and solid. The driving wheels are 81 ins. in di-ameter and are placed so close to-gether that their flanges almost driving wheel base is 84 ins. Thtrigid wheel base is IS ft. 9 ins., whichtakes in the carrying wheels at the back,while the total wheel base of the
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