. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ered the hope ofthe family. Why? , Well, quoth the philosopher, I un-derstand girls. Wooden Smoke Jack on the Chicago& Northwestern Railway. The members of the convention ofSuperintendents of Bridges and Build-ings, had, at their meeting in Boone, tend installing the Walden jack in theirroundhouses at Boone, Belle Plaine,and other points on the system as soonas the jacks can be built. Mr. Walden,the designer of the jack, is assistantsuperintendent of bridges and buildingsof the Iowa divi
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ered the hope ofthe family. Why? , Well, quoth the philosopher, I un-derstand girls. Wooden Smoke Jack on the Chicago& Northwestern Railway. The members of the convention ofSuperintendents of Bridges and Build-ings, had, at their meeting in Boone, tend installing the Walden jack in theirroundhouses at Boone, Belle Plaine,and other points on the system as soonas the jacks can be built. Mr. Walden,the designer of the jack, is assistantsuperintendent of bridges and buildingsof the Iowa division of the Chicago andNorthwestern Railway, and has appliedfor a patent on his invention. The New York Central & HudsonKivcr Railroad have placed an orderwith the General Electric Company foreight Turbo-generators, of a capacity of7,500 horsepower each. The turbinesare of the 4 stage vertical Curtis generators are 25 cycle, 3 phase,generating current at a pressure of il,oo*volts. This is by far the largest orderfor steam turbines ever placed in thiscountry or abroad. The New York. ROUNDHOUSE SMOKE an opportunity to inspect a woodensmoke jack, designed by Mr. H. , which was in use in the roundliouse of the Chicago & NorthwesternRailway. The jack, as will be seen from ourillustration, is simply a taper conduit,measuring 4 ft. x 2 ft. at the base, and 2ft. X iS ins. at the top. This jack is theoutcome of months of experimentingwith wooden jacks. The lightness ofthe structure makes it easy to carry onan ordinary shop roof, and the roraf re-pair account is correspondingly keptdown. The inventor also claims cheap-ness as one of the advantages gained inthe use of the jack. He says thesejacks can be built and installed for $, and their simplicity and durabilitymake the maintenance charge small. Itis painted inside and out with a fireproofpaint. The motive power department of theChicago and Northwestern Railway areinstalling 10 of this style of jack intheir Co
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