. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . spilling—and a few baljies, if necessary. The Consolidated heating system in useon the road has been a great success dur-ing the present severe winter, which is theIjest that can be said for it. In the coldestweather the passengers have been comfort-able. The Pintsch light enables people toread with comfort, which is all that couldbe desired. There is very little complaintto be heard among the passengers on thissystem, which is the best testimon\- to thecomfort of the trains. made out of wrought iron pip
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . spilling—and a few baljies, if necessary. The Consolidated heating system in useon the road has been a great success dur-ing the present severe winter, which is theIjest that can be said for it. In the coldestweather the passengers have been comfort-able. The Pintsch light enables people toread with comfort, which is all that couldbe desired. There is very little complaintto be heard among the passengers on thissystem, which is the best testimon\- to thecomfort of the trains. made out of wrought iron pipe, with propercast heads, stuffing boxes, etc., the wholebeing connected in proper way as shown,w-ith air supply, and a very convenientform of portable hoist for loading wheelsor other material of not excessive weight,into cars or into warehouses, is device is quite inexpensive, and hasbut to be seen to have its practical featuresappreciated. The device was designed and built byMr. G. N. Dow, the division master carbuilder of the company at Cleveland, andis not Portable Hoist for Loading Wheels orOther Material Into Box Cars. Mr. A. M, Waitt, general master carbuilder of the L,. S. & M. vS. Ry., sends usa blue print of the device shown herewith,and says : The drawing is self-explanatory, the de-vice of a convenient portablecrane made of gas pipe and fittings, held inthe doorway of a car or of a building bymeans of suitable clamps, the bottom ofthe mast of the crane resting on the pieceof short iron ordinarily put in the doorwayof a car as a threshold. The strut, consist-ing of gas pipe with solid end, havingscrew thread in it, is connected by a turn-buckle with another short piece with screwthread on one end and a serrated foot onthe other. This short end with .serratedfoot can be extended so as to make the strutfit any doorwa^^ Suspended from the armof the gas-pipe crane is a telescopic cylinder At the annual meeting of the CentralRailroad
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