. American engineer and railroad journal . ly Important to bring the into our prai ■it new in tin . ounl tv. 11 - ceasfuly applied y Mia on Machine Worl TaUntOI and lie- Mate he I,., Locomotive Woil. I nam of the road ind the dat< of application. These were almost al: Where the OUtMd IM r V. u ed e ,,| . .11 i i [■• <l In I locomotives, and. furthermore, the large eccentrics of to-dain ooi. 1 believe th line the .intry. To the Editor: On page 103 oi the March numbei oi youi valuable journal, Inotice an article on driving wheel hub liners, and lake the of enclosing a blue
. American engineer and railroad journal . ly Important to bring the into our prai ■it new in tin . ounl tv. 11 - ceasfuly applied y Mia on Machine Worl TaUntOI and lie- Mate he I,., Locomotive Woil. I nam of the road ind the dat< of application. These were almost al: Where the OUtMd IM r V. u ed e ,,| . .11 i i [■• <l In I locomotives, and. furthermore, the large eccentrics of to-dain ooi. 1 believe th line the .intry. To the Editor: On page 103 oi the March numbei oi youi valuable journal, Inotice an article on driving wheel hub liners, and lake the of enclosing a blue print showing our thod of applying thesi liners. We drill right through the hub. and put the liner on withti %-in. turned bolts, (in s-wheel engines, where the distance from the outside ft f the wl 1 bub to the inside of the side rods will permit, we put nuts on the bolts, but where the clearance willnot permit of nuts being used we countersink the holes slightlj onthe outside of the huh. ami rivet the bolts Hush with the huh. We. find this a very solid fastening and very easily removed whipairs are made. In your illustration of the Boston iV Maine methodyou show the countersunk head of the screw flush with the Eaceof the hub liner. We have never been able to run copper orwrought iron screws flush with the face of the liner, as we findthat they cut grooves into the face of the driving boxes. We al-ways lit the head in U or 3-16 in. below the Eace of the liner toprevent cutting the faces of driving box. .1. .1. Conoixt, Supt. M. P. & , South Shore & Atlantic Railway. THE COLLEGE MAN AND THE MOTIVE POWERDEPARTMENT. To the Editor: I have read with interest the editorials and communicationswhich have appeared from time to time in your valuable journalconcerning the special apprentice and the college man in the motivepower department and believe that one of the mosl importantphases of the question has been overlooked. After graduating fromcollege I pui in sis years i
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