. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . at has a greatdeal of correspondence with railway com-panies on this side, informs us that about30 per cent, of the letters received fromour railway offices have only the domes-tic 2-cent stamp upon them. This showsa scandalous condition of carelessness inour railroad offices. We notice, ourselves,that letters coming from some railroadcompanies never have more than one2-cent stamp upon them, although theyweigh three or four times the weight thatthe -tamp pays for. 936 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. The Oval Bra
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . at has a greatdeal of correspondence with railway com-panies on this side, informs us that about30 per cent, of the letters received fromour railway offices have only the domes-tic 2-cent stamp upon them. This showsa scandalous condition of carelessness inour railroad offices. We notice, ourselves,that letters coming from some railroadcompanies never have more than one2-cent stamp upon them, although theyweigh three or four times the weight thatthe -tamp pays for. 936 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. The Oval Brake i i c brake beam hereby illustrated willstrike railroad men favorably, owing tits simplicity ol form and the few attachments it lias. The beam has been thor-oughly tested for strength, and lias displayed extraordinary rigiditj othei The Dodge Injector. This is the latest type of injectoi. w hi< hwas formerly made by the National Tubeand patented by W. E. Dodge,who was their superintendent for twenty-seven years. This is now controlled byiIn Fitchburg Steam Engine Co., of. OVAL BRAKE BEAM. remarkably good feature about the beamis that, when suspended from a car ortruck, it is evenly balanced, no chains orhooks being required to keep the brakeshoes in their proper position. An examination of the illustration willbe sufficient to convince practical rail-road men that a new beam of unusualmerit is ready for adoption. It has beenput on the market by the Oval BrakeBeam Company, Philadelphia, Pa. We have a section of this brake beam
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