. The locomotive engineer . inplace and the whole boiled together; the bolls hold the bush from turning, keep the rod on the pin,and the whole incased in a sand-proof box. Thisdoes away with retaining collars, drilling the pinfor keys or bolts, and admits of easy gelling downwhere it is necessary to disconnect on the road; thecovering of the collar must also be a good thing ina country where the sand blows, as it does on Ihoplains. They have on engines with draught pipes a veryneat device for raising and lowering the petiieoalwithout opening the front end ; to the top of thepipe there is rivet
. The locomotive engineer . inplace and the whole boiled together; the bolls hold the bush from turning, keep the rod on the pin,and the whole incased in a sand-proof box. Thisdoes away with retaining collars, drilling the pinfor keys or bolts, and admits of easy gelling downwhere it is necessary to disconnect on the road; thecovering of the collar must also be a good thing ina country where the sand blows, as it does on Ihoplains. They have on engines with draught pipes a veryneat device for raising and lowering the petiieoalwithout opening the front end ; to the top of thepipe there is riveted two rods that come up eachside of the slack through tyistings that carry set-screws; the top of the rods terminate in handles,such OS used in the cub for the sand lever; by loosen-ing the set-screws the pipe can be raised or low-ered at will. THB BOILER AHD BLACKSMITH SHOPS are much like the other parts of the shop, exceptthat the boiler shop is very small ond poorly pro-vided with tools for the large amount of excellent. riff. 3 U. p. SoLm Hod. work they turn out; there is, however, a newpnuch. shear and drill going in there. TliftTINn DEPAHTMKNT. ThU is an important ami interesting part of theshops; It is in u building by itself, under the chargeof an experienced mechanic, and no doubt is institution. All material bought huaa fixed lest lo stand before il is uecepl«l. Thereare several muehinas lo lest meluls for every service,machines for lesHngoils. gauge testers and press-ure arnuigements to lesl how-, pipe, fines, etc.;some materials are simply lobe weighed, some 1«be inea^iureil. butall are lestcfl, Thi-re is in thisdepartment a sample of all slimdurd supplies, withthe test on it—LVerylliinp has to come up lo thestandard, Outside the building there are drop ttwtsfor ear wheels and axles, and such maicrial tooheavy to hundje In the house. As the pureluudngof inferior supplies has always been u c^use forcoinplafnt, il would seem as though a depart
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