. Railway mechanical engineer . alling a spade a spade never hurts the manwhose intentions are in the right direction. Paper recordsnot based on fact will finally lead to trouble. Now in a way I have imposed on you, liut if, after hear-ing me and thinking it over, you still care to give me the LADDER RIVETING MACHINE BY J. H. CHANCYForeman Blacksniilh, Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Ga. A macliine for making freight car ladders has been devel-oped by C. M. F. Bernhardt, car department foreman of theGeorgia Railroad, which has proven entirely satisfactory andwith which iron ladders can be made at a
. Railway mechanical engineer . alling a spade a spade never hurts the manwhose intentions are in the right direction. Paper recordsnot based on fact will finally lead to trouble. Now in a way I have imposed on you, liut if, after hear-ing me and thinking it over, you still care to give me the LADDER RIVETING MACHINE BY J. H. CHANCYForeman Blacksniilh, Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Ga. A macliine for making freight car ladders has been devel-oped by C. M. F. Bernhardt, car department foreman of theGeorgia Railroad, which has proven entirely satisfactory andwith which iron ladders can be made at a cost some 35 percent less than the price paid for these ladders in the openmarket. As shown in the illustration, the machine is madefrom bar stock, and is operated by air, a 12-in. by cylinder being used to drive it. The ladder made onthis machine consists of 13i[-in. by l-4-in. by 3/16-in. anglesfor side pieces and ? s-in. rods for the rungs, the angles beingspaced 18 in. apart. The rods used are taken from Furnace
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