. Railway master mechanic [microform] . er illustration, in a period of 1 minute and 10 sec-onds. In this instance company No. 1 failed to properly laythe hose and in the next drill its record will probably becleared. For the purpose of keeping the men informed on the sub-ject of location of hydrants, apparatus, etc., blue printeddiagrams are posted about the shop buildings. Whistle sig-nals indicate the location of the fire. It is notable that themen are kept from their work for only a very short intervalof time, the shops being in full operation in from three tofive minutes after the alarm i


. Railway master mechanic [microform] . er illustration, in a period of 1 minute and 10 sec-onds. In this instance company No. 1 failed to properly laythe hose and in the next drill its record will probably becleared. For the purpose of keeping the men informed on the sub-ject of location of hydrants, apparatus, etc., blue printeddiagrams are posted about the shop buildings. Whistle sig-nals indicate the location of the fire. It is notable that themen are kept from their work for only a very short intervalof time, the shops being in full operation in from three tofive minutes after the alarm is given. Illinois Central Railroad Company. Locomotive Boilers 103 Bedford St., Minneapolis, the Railway Master Mechanic: I was very much interested in the report of Mr. Hughes(mechanical engineer for the L. & Y. Ry. Co., England) expe-rience with the locomotive boiler as published in the OctoberR?.jl\vay Master Mechanic. I have for some years been studyingthe cause of a large number of failures of locomotive fireboxes,. Office of the_ Master Mechanic. centralia, 111. Oct. 15th, ljK, 9. Bulletin Order T0 nay Fire Brigade. Roundhouse given at 11:30 obtained at 11 Distanoe Run: Amount Hose Laid: No. Men Responding:Hose Co. #1: 350 150 18 Hose Co. #2: 350 150 13 Extinguishers Responding: 7 Discharged, 0 MOTE: Hose Co. #1 did not get hose properly secured to hydrantand did not get the kinks out of hose, causing it to bio*off hydrant and oaused delay in getting water. Winkler, Fire Chief: M. Connors, Asst. Chief. ISOISO. byby Wlprf M. Fire Drill—Stream Playing in 1 Minute and 10 Seconds Fire Drill Bulletin. and after careful investigation I have come to a similar conclusionas Mr. Hughes, having found that the majority of firebox fail-ures is due to the rigid construction of the firebox and tubeplates, these parts not allowing sufficient freedom for expansionfirebox failures is due to the rogid construction of the fir


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