. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rought outthe facts that in brake maintenance thepressure-retaining valve was badly neglect-ed, this being especially true on Easternlevel roads. The paper teemed with tech-nical data which cannot fail to impresseven a novice with the value of a well- was discovered by President Best and in-troduced to the convention. Mr. Cham-berlain responded in a humorous vein,then spoke seriously of the Air-Brake As-sociation, its development, achievementsand future value and responsibilities. Henoted the
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rought outthe facts that in brake maintenance thepressure-retaining valve was badly neglect-ed, this being especially true on Easternlevel roads. The paper teemed with tech-nical data which cannot fail to impresseven a novice with the value of a well- was discovered by President Best and in-troduced to the convention. Mr. Cham-berlain responded in a humorous vein,then spoke seriously of the Air-Brake As-sociation, its development, achievementsand future value and responsibilities. Henoted the material work of the organiza-tion, and assured the convention of theappreciation of this work by the MasterCar Builders Association. He expressedfurther assurance that matters presentedby the Air-Brake Association to the Mas-ter Car Builders Association would re-ceive due and prompt consideration. A hearty vote of thanks was tenderedMr. Rhodes and Mr. Chamberlain for theirpresence and kindly interest in the Associ-ation. The deferred discussion was resijmedand many points of interest and benefit. THE OLDEST INHABITANT—THE WESTINGHOUSE INSTRUCTION CAR. ognized importance, and one upon whichmany responsibilities now rested. In thisadvanced day of modern railroading, hesaid, when specialists are required in eachdepartment, and no one man can longerhope to master all the details of a man-agerial office, good and reliable men mustbe had in each department to superintendits work and report to the managing , Mr. Best said, was strikingly trueof the air-brake department, which has be-come one of the foremost in modern rail-roading. As an example, he cited his ownroad, where air-brake maintenance hadgrown into such prominence that otherlines were inquiring into methods, cost,etc. He recommended the abandonment ofthe additional bar to the Associationbadge each year, and suggested that butone be used, and that one to bear the name maintained pressure-retaining valve inmounta
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