. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . thecase of curved faces. The buffer guidesare fitted willi inner pkingcrs at the backof which arc auxiliary rubber springs for 338 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING October, 1917. the purpose of absorbing severe floor, roof and partition boards andthe interior panelling arc (irc-proofcd. In each brake compartment an emerg-ency outfit, consisting of tools, fire buck-ets and extinguishers, ladders, etc., isprovided. All the interior metal fittings,in both first and third-class compar
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . thecase of curved faces. The buffer guidesare fitted willi inner pkingcrs at the backof which arc auxiliary rubber springs for 338 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING October, 1917. the purpose of absorbing severe floor, roof and partition boards andthe interior panelling arc (irc-proofcd. In each brake compartment an emerg-ency outfit, consisting of tools, fire buck-ets and extinguishers, ladders, etc., isprovided. All the interior metal fittings,in both first and third-class compart-ments, are oxidized bronze. The chief dimensions, etc., are as fol-lows: Length of body, 54 ft.; lengthfirst-class compartment, 7 ft. 3 ins.;length third class, 6 ft. 3 ins.; lengthbogie centers, 37 ft.; length bogie wheel-base, 10 ft.; width of body inside, 8 ins.; width of body outside (pas-senger compartments), 9 ft.; width ofbody outside (guards and luggage), 8ft. 6 ins.; width of corridor, 2 ft. 15/16in.; width over footboards, 9 ft.; heightabove rails. 12 ft. SVi ins.; height to top. \IK\V OF STEKI. E.\I) PASSENGER ( ().\i \ND , of cornice, 10 ft. 8 ins.; height center ofbuflfers, 3 ft. 5% ins.; weight in runningorder, 29 tons. Kindness in Shop C. Richardson. Bridgeiort, the last issue of Railway and Lo-comotive Engineering an editorial madeexcellent reference to the fact that theage limit at which a man may look foremployment at railroad work, with somehope of success, had been extended. Thewar has contril)utcd to this result, and itis to be hoped that when the war is overthere will be no lapse into older all the marked improvements ofmethods of management that have oc-curred during the present century havethe abiding quality. This is particularlytrue of the treatment of working mengenerally, and more particularly of thehigher officials towards those in subordi-nate positions. In the olden days itsee
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