. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Steel cutter made ofa piece ^x?^x Y39 Cutting edges SEAT-F.\CING Fort Street Union Depot, doing the pas-senger work in Detroit. The pump is a9/4-inch Westinghouse, doing heavy work,charging empty passenger trains, and hasnot been stopped for twenty-four days andnights, and only used one-half pint ofvalve oil. I dont think there is a finer workingpump in service now. I am a firm be-liever that two-thirds of the air-pump de-fects come from using too much oil. Detroit^ Mich. C. L. Sterling. U. S. MET
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Steel cutter made ofa piece ^x?^x Y39 Cutting edges SEAT-F.\CING Fort Street Union Depot, doing the pas-senger work in Detroit. The pump is a9/4-inch Westinghouse, doing heavy work,charging empty passenger trains, and hasnot been stopped for twenty-four days andnights, and only used one-half pint ofvalve oil. I dont think there is a finer workingpump in service now. I am a firm be-liever that two-thirds of the air-pump de-fects come from using too much oil. Detroit^ Mich. C. L. Sterling. U. S. METALLIC PACKING FOR AIR PUMP. convenience in repacking as well as to thelife of the rings. By shortening the nuts J4 inch (1-16inch on face, 3-16 at thread), an addi-tional S-16 inch can be had between nutand stuffing box when the former isslacked off, which is an important consid-eration in repacking. Increasing size ofhole in center of nut to 1% inches servesfor a twofold purpose, viz. : First, for disposition of engineers to feed sufficientoil through the lubricator to keep the rodlubricated. We have some of this packing in 8-inchpumps that has been in ve
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