. Railway master mechanic [microform] . Champion, Diamond, Ed-wards, Empire, Eureka, Interstate, Johnston, Pa-cific, Taylor and Washburn Coupler Companies wereasked to quote weights, but failed to respond. THE Q & CCO. AT THE OHAHA WORLDS FAIR. The Q & C Company is handsomely representedat the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, our reproduction from a photograph of its exhibitshows. Among the different devices which this com-pany has on exhibition are: Q & C brake shoe keys:Q & C journal box lids; Q & C shop saws; Q &C freight car doors, with car seal lock; Bryant railsaws: compoun
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . Champion, Diamond, Ed-wards, Empire, Eureka, Interstate, Johnston, Pa-cific, Taylor and Washburn Coupler Companies wereasked to quote weights, but failed to respond. THE Q & CCO. AT THE OHAHA WORLDS FAIR. The Q & C Company is handsomely representedat the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, our reproduction from a photograph of its exhibitshows. Among the different devices which this com-pany has on exhibition are: Q & C brake shoe keys:Q & C journal box lids; Q & C shop saws; Q &C freight car doors, with car seal lock; Bryant railsaws: compound lever jacks: Servis tie plates: Q &C pneumatic oil system; Q & C Scott boiler feeder;Q & C Stanwood car steps. It will be seen thatthese specialties are most attractively arranged. Mr. Jesse Whittall is the companys representativeat the exposition. The company has had numerousinquiries, in regard to the different devices namedabove, and also a number of orders from parties hav-ing seen its THE Q & C EXHIBIT AT THE OMAHA WORL DS FAIR. 13- RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC, September, 1898. AMERICAN RAILWAY STATISTICS. American railway statistics have been broughtdown to June 30, 1897, by the statist; :, ta depart-ment of the Inter State Commerce Commission. Itappears that the total railway mileage in the UnitedStates on that date was miles, there beingan increase of miles, or Dt during the year. Excepting yard track and sidings of which therewere miles, about 32 per cent of which arrlaid with iron rails, substantially 95 per cent of therailway tracks in the country are laid with steelrails. The total number of locomotives in service onJune 30, 1897, was 35,986, the increase in number ascompared with the preceding year being 36. Of thetotal number of locomotives reported. wereclassed as passenger locomotives: 2 3 as freightlocomotives, and as switching locomotives. Thenumber of locomotives not class 5 469 The total number of cars of a
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