. Railway mechanical engineer . readily be placed near thelocation of the work and thus result in the saving of manysteps. A. & Z. BRAKE BEAM HANGER A new brake beam hanger recently devised by L. E. Atwell,roundhouse foreman, and C. A. Zweibel, supervisor of carrepairs, of the Atlantic Coast Line, is of especial , ease in application, durability and cheapness areamong the advantages claimed for the A. & Z. hanger, as itis known, and it is being used successfully on the tendersof several Atlantic Coast Line locomotives. The hanger iscomposed of two forged wrought iron pieces
. Railway mechanical engineer . readily be placed near thelocation of the work and thus result in the saving of manysteps. A. & Z. BRAKE BEAM HANGER A new brake beam hanger recently devised by L. E. Atwell,roundhouse foreman, and C. A. Zweibel, supervisor of carrepairs, of the Atlantic Coast Line, is of especial , ease in application, durability and cheapness areamong the advantages claimed for the A. & Z. hanger, as itis known, and it is being used successfully on the tendersof several Atlantic Coast Line locomotives. The hanger iscomposed of two forged wrought iron pieces which are in-terchangeable. In order to apply the hanger, which may be done easilyfrom the outside, it is simply necessary to remove the brakekey and shoe, and lower the brake beam. The two sectionsof the hanger are then suspended from the hanger bracketand allowed to come together at the center which auto-matically locks them in place. To complete the job, it isonly necessary to raise the brake beam, hook the bottom of. A. & Z. Brake Bean Hanger the hanger into the slotted hole in the brake head and apply-the brake shoe and key. The comers are reinforced and;stiftened by extra ribs and the lap joint in the bottom of:the hanger increases its stiffness. Obviously, there are no-nuts or cotters to work loose and the hanger should prove:durable as well as cheap. CARBOCOAL—A NEW FUEL A new commercial process for converting bituminous coalinto a fuel which is smokeless and has the characteristics ofanthracite coal, has been invented and perfected by C. , who has been working on this new process for sometime in conjunction with Blair & Company, of New bituminous coal is taken in its raw state and subjectedto a distillation process at relatively low temperatures, whichdistills off vapors and permanent gases, leaving what iscalled Carbocoal to be made into briquettes. An importantfeature is that valuable by-products are obtained from thegases, the revenue from the sale
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