. American engineer and railroad journal . rable from the conclusion. In view of the complexity of the differentialquestion, of the variation in remuneration and cost of repairs,which varies in all sections of the country, your committee feelsthat it cannot recommend any change in the established policyof uniform prices for all parts of the country. M. C. B. Couplers. Committee—W. W. Atterbury, W. P. Appleyard, W. S. Morris. The subject as assigned to your committee was as follows:M. (. n. Couplers: To define contour lines more fully whennew and when worn, and pi-opose specifications
. American engineer and railroad journal . rable from the conclusion. In view of the complexity of the differentialquestion, of the variation in remuneration and cost of repairs,which varies in all sections of the country, your committee feelsthat it cannot recommend any change in the established policyof uniform prices for all parts of the country. M. C. B. Couplers. Committee—W. W. Atterbury, W. P. Appleyard, W. S. Morris. The subject as assigned to your committee was as follows:M. (. n. Couplers: To define contour lines more fully whennew and when worn, and pi-opose specifications for couplers. The topic may be divided into three parts: 1, to define thecontour lines more fully when new; 2, to define the contourlines more fully when worn; 3, to propose specifications forcouplers. 1. To define the contour lines more fully when new. Thispart of the subject can again be divided into four parts, noneof which are covered by present M. C. B. standards: (A) Tofix the length of the guard arm; (B) The vertical dimension of. Fig. Modification of Contour Lines of M. C. B. Couplers. mile on the ten roads west of the 105th meridian is shown to bea little more than 1 cent greater or more than 100 per cent abovethe average freight earnings per ton per mile for the entireUnited States. On the fifty roads east of the 105th meridianshown on the statement it is only 1/100 of a cent, or 1 2/10 percent, above the average for the United States. By referring tothe figures showing the amounts collected and paid for re-pairs to cars in interchange. It will be apparent to any onethat this item is an excessively small amount as compared withthe total cost of freight repairs on any road, and at the sametime the advantage of 100 per cent, increase over the generalaverage of the freight earnings of the United States runs intoimmense figures. Under these circumstances, it would bescarcely right for the roads west of the 105th meridian to askthe eastern lines to share a po
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