. The locomotive engineer . , and theold-timer gathered up his dinner-pail anda roll of dirty overclothes and said : Asfor that check on side of smoke arch, youhave only to goover the other sideof the creek andlook at some of theold switch enginesthere; Iheir feedpipe goes througharch and into fluesheet above fluesand back abouthalf-way to firebox, and was sup-posed to be a feed-water healer; you fellows want to cast about a bit and pickup some different ideas than these new-fangled ones on this new road; study up,and when you get stuck come to theold man and—lend me a chew of thegolden leaf !
. The locomotive engineer . , and theold-timer gathered up his dinner-pail anda roll of dirty overclothes and said : Asfor that check on side of smoke arch, youhave only to goover the other sideof the creek andlook at some of theold switch enginesthere; Iheir feedpipe goes througharch and into fluesheet above fluesand back abouthalf-way to firebox, and was sup-posed to be a feed-water healer; you fellows want to cast about a bit and pickup some different ideas than these new-fangled ones on this new road; study up,and when you get stuck come to theold man and—lend me a chew of thegolden leaf ! The weed was produced,sampled, and the boys gathered aroundthe stove and told lies about fast runstheir mills had made, and the aged edu-cator buttoned up his corduroy coat andwaded out into the snow. New Piston Head Bolt Lock. The cut represents a new, novel andcheap lock for piston head bolts, the in-vention of Jos. Wormald, Missoula, Mon-tana Territory. It is made of iron orbrass, generally the latter ; it is cast and. needs no finish ^whatever, not even filingup. It is held in place by the thhee bevel-headed bolts, which are cast on the fol-lowerhead of new pistons and tapped intoold ones; the hook is driven in and keepslock plate tight against bolt heads. Ittakes up no room—engines using it havingthe same clearance as before. It is veryhandy, needing no special tools to applyor release it—can be done in two minuteswith a soft hammer. It is in extended use on the NorthernPacific R. and is the invention of apractical mechanic and shop foreman,whose address is given above. Is There Any Hope? We are in receipt of a well-written andinteresting letter from a young man onone of our Western roads, who says he isa fireman and has been for over threeyears, is temperate and loves the work,but ends by saying: It is the custom to promote the oldest
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