. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . are not going to be allowed ment valued at $1,276,619. It pays $1,080,-000 in dividends annually, besides layingaside something as a surplus for a rainyday. Roundly, both of these companiesearn as profits from 105 to 175 per cent,of their investment every year. The UnitedStates Express Company, capitalized for$10,000,000, has an actual investment ofabout $700,000. Wells-Fargo Company,capitalized for $6,250,000, has an invest-mcTit of about $725,000. These companiesexact from the puljlic from three hundre
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . are not going to be allowed ment valued at $1,276,619. It pays $1,080,-000 in dividends annually, besides layingaside something as a surplus for a rainyday. Roundly, both of these companiesearn as profits from 105 to 175 per cent,of their investment every year. The UnitedStates Express Company, capitalized for$10,000,000, has an actual investment ofabout $700,000. Wells-Fargo Company,capitalized for $6,250,000, has an invest-mcTit of about $725,000. These companiesexact from the puljlic from three hundredto many thousand per cent, ot the chargesimposed by railroads for ordinary freighttransportation. For the transportation service, the rail-road companies receive on an average 40per cent, of the total charges; for theterminal service the express companies re-ceive on an average 60 per cent, of thetotal charges. It is this 60 per cent, of thetotal that yields to the express companies,after paying the cost of the service, anannual profit of from 150 to 175 per their pounds pressure, which gives the engineabout 40,000 pounds tractive power. Theratio of adhesive weight to tractive poweris , and the coefficient of adhesion The boiler, as will be seen from the en-graving, is extended wagon top, and is72 inches diameter at first ring. The fire-box is 120 3-16 inches long, 42 inches wide,and from 73^ to T] inches deep. Thereare 332 2j4-mch tubes, 14 feet 6 incheslong. The total heating surface is feet, and the grate area is 35 feet. Allen-American slide valves are used,the greatest travel being 65^ inches. Thehigh-pressure valve has iJ4 and the lowpressure ij^ outside lap. Both have }4-inch inside clearance. Jerome metallicpacking is used for the glands of pistonrods and valve stems. One No. 10 Ohio injector and one Monitor are provided, feeding theboiler. Among the other attachments arethree 3-inch consolidated encased safety SOt
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