. Railway mechanical engineer . kedand given special training. They should dien be put throughevery phase of railroading until they reach their highest goal. A system of apprenticeship ought to embrace all branchesof railroading. Night study ought not be encouraged as apermanent thing. Railroads will benefit more through con-served vitality and good-will if instructions and studying canbe done within the working day—ambitious individuals willresort to night work upon their own initiative. Rl LES FOR THE SAFE HANDLINGPAINTS AND OILS OF PUMP FOR TESTING BOILERS The portable pump, shown in the ac
. Railway mechanical engineer . kedand given special training. They should dien be put throughevery phase of railroading until they reach their highest goal. A system of apprenticeship ought to embrace all branchesof railroading. Night study ought not be encouraged as apermanent thing. Railroads will benefit more through con-served vitality and good-will if instructions and studying canbe done within the working day—ambitious individuals willresort to night work upon their own initiative. Rl LES FOR THE SAFE HANDLINGPAINTS AND OILS OF PUMP FOR TESTING BOILERS The portable pump, shown in the accompanying illustra-tion, is used at the Danville roundhouse of the Chicago &:Eastern Illinois for washing out locomotive boilers. It con-sist of an old New York air compressor, which is operatedby air from the shop lines. Air is admitted to the steam endand water to the air end of the pump, as indicated in theillustration, the air cylinder being bushed to whateverdiameter is desired to give the required pressure. The air. Boiler-Testing Pump and water connections are clearly shown in the illustration,four check valves being provided to govern the proper distri-bution of the water between the ends of the cylinder. Theoutfit is mounted on a small four-wheeled truck for trans-portation to any part of the roundhouse. Viscosity of Lubricants.—Viscosity tests, so called, donot necessarily prove anything of the lubricating quality ofan oil, since rosin or other viscous oils may constitute a largeproportion of the whole and yet have no lubricating value.—Power. m j. w. GIBBONS General Foreman. Locomotive Painters. Atchison. Topcka & Santa 1 opeka. Ran*. The danger involved in the handling of paints and oilscan generally be attributed to ignorance of their nature. Itimportance that everyone having to do with materials ofthis kind should know how to handle them without risk ofaccident or injury to health. How to handle them will l>ebest understood from a general knowledge
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