. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . space 22 ins. in diam-eter for the crucible. The furnace iscarried in a frame mounted upon a pairof broad tread wheels and a suitablehandle is provided wherewith to draw itfrom place to place. The top of thefurnace is cone shaped and is lined withfirebrick. The cone shaped top is sur-rounded top and bottom with two sub-stantial wrought iron bands; these bandsare secured to a shouldered upright postwhich acts as a pivot as well. By meansof a lever the post may be made to slideup a short distan
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . space 22 ins. in diam-eter for the crucible. The furnace iscarried in a frame mounted upon a pairof broad tread wheels and a suitablehandle is provided wherewith to draw itfrom place to place. The top of thefurnace is cone shaped and is lined withfirebrick. The cone shaped top is sur-rounded top and bottom with two sub-stantial wrought iron bands; these bandsare secured to a shouldered upright postwhich acts as a pivot as well. By meansof a lever the post may be made to slideup a short distance and so lift the conicaltop oflf the furnace body. When liftedclear the whole top can be swung roundwith the post as a center, and this ena- Enviable Record. Engine 366, pulling the KnickerbockerSpecial, one of the limited trains on theBig Four, between Indianapolis and , has a remarkable record. Sincethe grease cellars were applied sixmonths ago, this engine, doubling theroad every day, has made over 50,000miles without any attention to the cel-lars, and the unusual wear to the brasses. is brought on the scene and it can bekept in use as long or as short a timeas is necessary. By its use the metal isalways hot and there is no running back-ward and forward between the shop andthe foundry, as the hot metal is right onthe ground all the time. ,cS=lC3> PORT.\ FOR BRONZE ORB.\BBITT. bles the crucible to be placed in or re-moved as occasion requires. The officials of the shop speak in highterms of praise of this shop applianceas a time saver and as the safest way todo the work. When hub liners have tobe cast on a pair of wheels, the furnace Responsibility of Deadheads. Many railroad companies have been ii>the habit of requiring people who ac-cepted free passes to sign a contract re-lieving the company from responsibilityfor damages in case of accident. Thi&was done, although the courts had re-peatedly decided that such a contractwas not binding on the gr
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