. American engineer and railroad journal . liding of the wheels. The brakehangers are attached to the ends of bent levers, which are ful-crumed in slotted lugs on the inside edges of the springcaps, and are provided with bearings on the inside edges ofb,~ *op faces of the axle boxes. The end of one of these levers of the Schuylkill and within easy access of the City Hall InPhiladelphia. The object Is to afford means tor promoting In-ternational commerce and by exhibits of products and pro-cesses of manufacture to aid manufacturers and purchasersto come together for the discussion of topi
. American engineer and railroad journal . liding of the wheels. The brakehangers are attached to the ends of bent levers, which are ful-crumed in slotted lugs on the inside edges of the springcaps, and are provided with bearings on the inside edges ofb,~ *op faces of the axle boxes. The end of one of these levers of the Schuylkill and within easy access of the City Hall InPhiladelphia. The object Is to afford means tor promoting In-ternational commerce and by exhibits of products and pro-cesses of manufacture to aid manufacturers and purchasersto come together for the discussion of topics of interest in In-ternational trade. The buildings provide more than eight : cresof exhibition space. I.,lght and power may be obtained from apower plant which is included. The exhibits will embraceforeign as well as home products, and the important subject ofthe proper method of packing and marking goods for foreignshipments is to be Illustrated by aid of models. This is a moreimportant matter than appears at first thought, because of. Truck Equipped with Graham Brake Equalizer. is shown in the engraving of a four-wheel passenger truckfitted with this equipment. This suspension relieves the truckframes from the stresses tending to till them, and the brakeshoes therefore are maintained at a constant height with refer-ence to the center of the wheel. There is a further advantagein this method in that the orake thrusts do not add to the loadson the forward springs of the trucks upon the application ofthe brakes. A severe service trial of this equipment was made recentlyunder the direction of Mr. W. F. Stark, Superintendent andJoint Representative of the Big Four, P., C. C. & St. L., Erieand Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton roads at Dayton, Ohio. Weare informed that the device was applied for the purpose c£preventing Hat wheels, and tnat it was entirely trial took place on the Dayton & Union division of theBig Four, between Dayton and Union City, a distance of 47mi
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