. Railway master mechanic . inggentlemen, who came in response to the invitationof the committee; Wm. Forsyth, .loel West and Sargent, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy;E. C. Case, St. Louis & Hannibal Railway, H. , Westinghouse Air Brake Company;W. D. Sargent and Geo. M. Sargent, Congdon BrakeShoe company; H. A. Little, Lappin Brake-Shoecompany; C. W. Roapper, Solid Steel company; W. Gibson, Ramapo Wheel & Foundry subject of best method of testing brake shoeswas very fully discussed, and the following plan ofpreliminary action was agreed to: 1. Two forms
. Railway master mechanic . inggentlemen, who came in response to the invitationof the committee; Wm. Forsyth, .loel West and Sargent, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy;E. C. Case, St. Louis & Hannibal Railway, H. , Westinghouse Air Brake Company;W. D. Sargent and Geo. M. Sargent, Congdon BrakeShoe company; H. A. Little, Lappin Brake-Shoecompany; C. W. Roapper, Solid Steel company; W. Gibson, Ramapo Wheel & Foundry subject of best method of testing brake shoeswas very fully discussed, and the following plan ofpreliminary action was agreed to: 1. Two forms of tests will be made. One to be known asshop tests, and the other as road tests. ■ ary shop tests will be delegated to the follow- Prelining committees, the tests to be carried (roads named : Q. C. Schr«yer. E. B. Thomson, W. H. Marshall, , on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. b. Mr. Driggs, N. J. Paradise, nibal Railroad. ; respectiv the St. Louis & Han- THE MASTER MECHANIC Janoaby, NEW COMPOUND CENTRAL RAILWAY. 0. F. W. Sargent, Joel West, D. L. Barnes, W. D. Sar-gent, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quinci Railroad. These committees will submit the result of their investi-gations to an adjourned meeting, to be held in the monthof April, 1S90. From the various methods presented theM. C. B. committee will select one or more with such modi-fications as the may think best, which will be used for theoflicial tests. 3. The following data should be observed and recordedby the committees: a. A careful measurement of friction under similar con-ditions, namely, pressure, speed, area and temperature. b. The pressure to be UJO lbs. per square inch. c. The speed to approximate to service on downgrades,namely. 20 miles per hour. d. The surface of the metal tested to he 1x4 inches. e. The rate of wear of the material represerting thebrake-shoe to be determined by one two hour test of eachmetal. /. The rate of wear of the material representing thewhee
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