. The street railway review . ar,officers having heretofore been considered too rich andtoo far above the civilian to associate with the commoncrowd. Recently, however, an officer more courageous orrash than his fellows rode to his barracks in a streetcar, alighting in front of the swell Cavalrymens was at once taken t6 task for disgracing his uniformand his references to the Czars desires on the subjectwere unheeded. After days of persecution and urgingthat he should resign his commission, he appealed to afriend in the ministry who laid the whole matter beforethe Czar. Nicholas imme
. The street railway review . ar,officers having heretofore been considered too rich andtoo far above the civilian to associate with the commoncrowd. Recently, however, an officer more courageous orrash than his fellows rode to his barracks in a streetcar, alighting in front of the swell Cavalrymens was at once taken t6 task for disgracing his uniformand his references to the Czars desires on the subjectwere unheeded. After days of persecution and urgingthat he should resign his commission, he appealed to afriend in the ministry who laid the whole matter beforethe Czar. Nicholas immediately ordered his adjutant to attendhim, boarded a street car, rode to the barracks andreturned on the next car. He then wrote out a briefaccount of his trip and sent it to the commanding officerof the offenders regiment adding the question, • Am I still worthy to wear the uniform of a Russianofficer? . Nicholas. And the officer who rode on the street car has sincebeen treated as one who pulls wires that make kings HATHAWAY 20-TON TRANSFER TABLE. (^1Jied/l?^ail*v^9^ylW* (148 THE CAST WELDED JOINT. Remarkable Progress of This Great Track Saver 100,000 JointsAlready Down—60,000 Laid in 96—Rail Life Doubted. When the Falk Manufacturing Company, of Milwau-kee, started on its first contract for cast welding railjoints, at St. Louis, the Revikw was not only the firstto illustrate and describe the new invention, but was thefirst by many months to pronounce it a great successand the most important advance in track work in manyyears. That was in the fall of 1894, and subse-quent events have more than proved the truth of ourprophesy. In spite of the extreme reluctance of man-agers to spend money the past two years, the record ofthe cast-weld is remarkable. This 3ear 60,000 jointshave been cast, which brings the total up to over 100,-000. The work in 96 is divided as follows: At Min-neapolis about 12,000 joints, part on old track, balancenew. The Twin City road is cast wel
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