. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . e International .-Vssociation of Yard-masters met in the lecture hall of thePermanent Exhibit on December 15, thisbeing the occasion of their first meetingin this place, and the members were Slope-Staker. .■\mong the recent additions to the Per-manent Exhibit that is attracting consid-eralile attention from among the increas-ing number of visitors, special mentionmay be made of the Chicago Steel TapeCompany, which, pursuing its policy ofputting out only such articles as arc de-cidedly their own inventions or their ownimprovements on articles already exist
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . e International .-Vssociation of Yard-masters met in the lecture hall of thePermanent Exhibit on December 15, thisbeing the occasion of their first meetingin this place, and the members were Slope-Staker. .■\mong the recent additions to the Per-manent Exhibit that is attracting consid-eralile attention from among the increas-ing number of visitors, special mentionmay be made of the Chicago Steel TapeCompany, which, pursuing its policy ofputting out only such articles as arc de-cidedly their own inventions or their ownimprovements on articles already exist-ing, is on the eve of introducing an imple-ment which will very materially simplifythe work of setting slope stakes. This implement, which is to be calledThe Slope Staker, is a simple deviceconsisting of light weight graduated rods,arranged to pass through rectangulartubing and controlled by a level bulb soit will instantly show the height and dis-tance out. With it one man can do the work whichrequires three, in the C(jmmon method. CLOSED POSITION SIIOWINC SIMPLICITY .\ND ABSENCE OF EXTEKIOR ANDfSELESS CASTINGS. ALSO RIGHT- HAND SIDE DOOR LOCK. Signal \ very interesting meeting of the Rail-road Signal Engineers No. 5 was held inthe Karpen Building, Chicago. 111., onFriday evening. December 13. Tlie meet-ing was largely attended and the proceed-ings were of more than usual association is particularly fortunatein its choice of active and capable officers. unanimous in praise of the new head-quarters. After discussing various mat-ters of importance to their craft, the mem-bers took the opportunity to view the linedisplay of railroad appliances on ex-hibition. Other meetings of other associationswere held on the dates as scheduled inour December issue, and the dates arebeing rapidly filled up. .\mong others,the Car Foremens .Association will hold with an engineers level and a tape, inmuch less lime and wiih mucli It
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