. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tewith those made of concrete. In Berlin is constructed a small villa,the walls of which are built of glass Distribution of Information. 1 he novel idea that it takes greater careand involves more elaborate arrange-ments to distribute information than forcollecting it was brought out in a paperread by Mr. F. M. Whyte at the CentralRailroad Club. The first impression isthat Mr. Whyte is making the greater ofthe less, but a little reflection aided bya perusal of the paper convinces us thatthe p
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tewith those made of concrete. In Berlin is constructed a small villa,the walls of which are built of glass Distribution of Information. 1 he novel idea that it takes greater careand involves more elaborate arrange-ments to distribute information than forcollecting it was brought out in a paperread by Mr. F. M. Whyte at the CentralRailroad Club. The first impression isthat Mr. Whyte is making the greater ofthe less, but a little reflection aided bya perusal of the paper convinces us thatthe point is well taken. Those who havegone through the ordeal of teaching theirduties to new employees, to firemen, forinstance, will readily admit that acquiringknowledge and skill is much easier thanimparting the same to others. An instance is given of a manufactur-ing company that had convinced a manat the head of the motive power depart-ment of a railroad that an addition whichthey had made to the device would be aconvenience to the enginemen and justi-fied a little additional first cost and quite. 4-6-0 FOUR-CYLINDER LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE LONDON AND SOUTHWESTERN RY. side diameter. The heating surface totals1,920 sq. ft., of which the boiler tubescontribute 1,580 sq. ft., the firebox tubes200 sq. ft., and the firebox 140 sq. ft. Theengine weighs, in working order, 74 tons10 cwt., and the tender 44 tons—total 118tons 10 cwt. The tractive force on railequals 25,177 lbs. The tender carries 4,500gallons of water. An exhaust steam feedwater heater is provided in the tenderwell, consisting of 65 tubes \y2 in. diam-eter and 18 ft. long, giving 382 ofheating surface. The total wheel base ofengine and tender is 53 ft. 5 in. and lengthover buffers 63 ft. J4 • The Fatal Small all know the old saying: Forwant of a nail the shoe was lost, and forwant of a shoe the horse was lost. Thatis one of the scraps of expensive wisdomthat seeks to impress upon people thenecessity for
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