. The railroad and engineering journal . , the barrel being 54 in. in diameter at the smoke-boxend ; the smoke-box is extended. There are 219 tubes2 in. in diameter and 11 ft. 6 in. long. A departure fromthe usual practice is seen in the fire-box, which is of cop-per, except the crown-sheet. The side and back sheetsare ^ in. thick, and the tube sheet J in. The crown-sheetis of iJ-in. steel, and is supported by crown-bars in theordinary way. There is a fire-brick arch supported bywater-tubes. The grate is of water-tubes with interme-diate pulling-bars. The fuel used will be Cardiff co
. The railroad and engineering journal . , the barrel being 54 in. in diameter at the smoke-boxend ; the smoke-box is extended. There are 219 tubes2 in. in diameter and 11 ft. 6 in. long. A departure fromthe usual practice is seen in the fire-box, which is of cop-per, except the crown-sheet. The side and back sheetsare ^ in. thick, and the tube sheet J in. The crown-sheetis of iJ-in. steel, and is supported by crown-bars in theordinary way. There is a fire-brick arch supported bywater-tubes. The grate is of water-tubes with interme-diate pulling-bars. The fuel used will be Cardiff coal im-ported from England, which is in general use on the Bra-zilian lines, the country itself producing no coal. As will be seen from the engraving, the high-pressurecylinder is placed above the low-pressure. The valves arepiston valves of the Vauclain pattern, with a shifting-link. FOUR-CYLINDER COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE, VAUCLAIN BY THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, PHILADELPHIA. line the new one is to have four tracks, both in the tunneland on the viaduct, and the motive power will be the Commissions engineers have nearly completed thesurveys and plans for the main line recommended sometime ago. As heretofore stated, the plans are for fourtracks underground from the Battery to Fort George,above High Bridge. From that point to Kingsbridge, thenorthern point of Manhattan Island, and thence to the cityline the road will be alternately in tunnel and on viaduct,according to the nature of the surface, which is very un-even. The United States Circuit Court in New York has givena decision sustaining the validity of the Edison patents onincandescent lights. This decision practically gives a monopoly in incandescent lights. The case willbe carried up to the Supreme Court. A FOUR-CYLINDER COMPOUND PASSENGERLOCOMOTIVE. The accompanying illustration,
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