. Railway master mechanic [microform] . Horizontal Milling Machine, Operators Position. machine has become almost a necessity in the manufactureof tenders and the same general design of machine, in lightersizes, is being used by the railroads for passenger car workon which the sheets have to be leveled. Driving may beeither by duplex friction clutch pulleys, as shown, or byreversible motor directly connected. Double Trolley Crane The standard 120-ton Morgan cranes are built especiallyfor railroad shops by the Morgan Engineering Company,Alliance, Ohio. The crane shown in the view was fur-nished


. Railway master mechanic [microform] . Horizontal Milling Machine, Operators Position. machine has become almost a necessity in the manufactureof tenders and the same general design of machine, in lightersizes, is being used by the railroads for passenger car workon which the sheets have to be leveled. Driving may beeither by duplex friction clutch pulleys, as shown, or byreversible motor directly connected. Double Trolley Crane The standard 120-ton Morgan cranes are built especiallyfor railroad shops by the Morgan Engineering Company,Alliance, Ohio. The crane shown in the view was fur-nished to the Coke & Coal Railway Company, Elkins, , and is what is known as a double trolley crane, eachtrolley having a capacity of 60 tons. In addition to the 60-ton hoist on each trolley, there is a 5-ton auxiliary hoist for. Double Trolley Crane. handling light loads at high speeds. The span of this craneis 65 ft. from center to center of bridge rails. A number ofthese cranes have recently been installed, several of them forthe Grand Trunk Railway system at their Battle Creek andStratford shops, described elsewhere in this issue. Plate Straightening Rolls Our Country and Our Railroads An address on Our Country and Our Railroads, deliveredby B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive committees ofthe Rock Island-Frisco Line, before the Chicago Association March. 1909. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 107 of Commerce, dealt in part withthe control of the railroadsthrough the Federal pools should not belegalized; pools are secret under-standings between the parties tothem, but railroads should be per-mitted to enter into open trafficalliances, subject to the approval ofthe Interstate Commerce Commis-sion, which would safeguard the in-terests of the public. The sameFederal authority should authorizeth


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