. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e valvefor controlling the air admission, is in aconvenient position for handling, in thesmall house 1 rected over the reset Results in Small Savings. A measure of econ siully practiced at the 1 & Northwestern Railway by sim-ply reclaiming the brass that finds its way1,, the foundrj floor .md into the particli are small individually, butyield up enough revenue in pay [or the labor and leave a favorableimpri . earnings columns in the offii ■ 1 ■ ■ rds. The coal after use in the furnaces, hit
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e valvefor controlling the air admission, is in aconvenient position for handling, in thesmall house 1 rected over the reset Results in Small Savings. A measure of econ siully practiced at the 1 & Northwestern Railway by sim-ply reclaiming the brass that finds its way1,, the foundrj floor .md into the particli are small individually, butyield up enough revenue in pay [or the labor and leave a favorableimpri . earnings columns in the offii ■ 1 ■ ■ rds. The coal after use in the furnaces, hith-erto thought only fit for the cinder dump,is passed through a screen, leaving a cokeof [airly good quality, which is used tofin thi blai I mith ihop boilers. I nilwhile a saving, is, however, only a preliminary to the brass saving process. Thecoal that passes through the screen isnext placed in a revolving cast iron cylin-der about 48 inches in diameter and 15inches wide, having an opening in oneside in which to introduce the fine partides of coal. The cylinder, whose func-. SANDING A A iJ-2-inch pipe extends from the bottomof the latter to the top of the elevatedsandbox, and conveys the sand to samewhen air is admitted to the reservoir. Sand is taken by the engine through asection of hose depending from the bot-tom of the elevated box to the sandbox ofthe engine, the admission of the sandbeing regulated by a valve at the receiv-ing end of the hose, as shown in rig is located near the water tankwith the purpose in view of taking waterand sand at the same time.$ $ g The Gold electric car heaters are meet-ing with much success on street railwaylines, and as some of the leading railroadsare adopting electricity on their branchesor feeders. this is of interest to they are as successful as the steam heat-ing apparatus of this company, there is nodoubt as to their popularity. PLIANCE ON THE MICHIGAN Locomotive EngineeringCENTRAL. tions are those of a crushe
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