. Railroad digest . granted on November 14,1899 (No. 637,212). A company willsoon incorporate, which will prob-ably be styled the McCune TimberLock Joint Company, Mr. McCunea practical woodworker of twentyyears experience, being the in-ventor. The design is applied verysuccessfully to car siding, prevent-ing the joints from opening. It isalso used for car roofing, a doublethickness, with joints broken, beingimpervious to water without theusual middle layer of sheathingpaper. It has been in actual usein this direction for the past year,and a large contract is now pend-ing. The device also appli
. Railroad digest . granted on November 14,1899 (No. 637,212). A company willsoon incorporate, which will prob-ably be styled the McCune TimberLock Joint Company, Mr. McCunea practical woodworker of twentyyears experience, being the in-ventor. The design is applied verysuccessfully to car siding, prevent-ing the joints from opening. It isalso used for car roofing, a doublethickness, with joints broken, beingimpervious to water without theusual middle layer of sheathingpaper. It has been in actual usein this direction for the past year,and a large contract is now pend-ing. The device also applies towooden elevator spouting, etc. Theaccompanying illustration shows itas applied to house siding asworked from 1x6-in. stock, % taken in the lap, the face ofthe stock being worked to give theeffect of narrow siding. It is in-tended to offer this device to plan-ing mill men upon a royalty. The cut also shows the method of applying the joint upona square corner, as in elevator spouting, corner boards, Light Weighing and Re-stenciling of FreightCars Railroad Men, March, 1901, page American Railway Association recently adopted a ruleproviding for the light weighing and re-stenciling of freightcars, viz.; New cars shall be stenciled, when built, withactual weight, date of weighing and capacity, and shall bere-weighed and re-stenciled at the end of the first and sec-ond year thereafter. Cars receiving repairs of such a natureas to change their weight, shall be weighed and weights of foreign cars shall be reported to car is a matter of importance which cannot be emphasizedtoo strongly. It has been found that box cars will depreciatein weight five per cent, or more. In one lot of 500 box cars,re-weighed about one year after building, there was an aver-age depreciation in weight of 1,575 lbs. per car. Under theprevailing method on many roads, of operating engines on atonnage basis, It is quite important that as nearly correct 148 RAILRO
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