. Railway master mechanic . ly com-pete for such orders the Baldwin Locomotive Worksmust be prepared to furnish wrought iron wheels. But a long series of very unpleasant experienceshas shown the management that to depend uponforeign wheel makers to supply the wheels neededmust result in a loss of business. There has neverbeen a certainty that wheels ordered when an orderfor locomotives was taken would reach this countryin time. In a grqat many cases the wheels did notgethere in time. These vexatious conditions have been .•Ik-iicc of the the task. The cuts of awheel given herewith incresults. I
. Railway master mechanic . ly com-pete for such orders the Baldwin Locomotive Worksmust be prepared to furnish wrought iron wheels. But a long series of very unpleasant experienceshas shown the management that to depend uponforeign wheel makers to supply the wheels neededmust result in a loss of business. There has neverbeen a certainty that wheels ordered when an orderfor locomotives was taken would reach this countryin time. In a grqat many cases the wheels did notgethere in time. These vexatious conditions have been .•Ik-iicc of the the task. The cuts of awheel given herewith incresults. It is important that the position of the BaldwinLocomotive Works in this matter should not be mis-understood. Nothing is further from the design ofthe managers thanto enter the market as manufac-turers of steel-tired wheels. They are not offeringtheir wheels to the railroads of this country asagainst other American wheels. They are not, inany sense, competitors with them. The facts of the case are that the foreign business. forged wheel. It is shaped up under several smalldies and finally welded together in one operationunder a steam hammer. Careful slotting in all direc-tions through finished wheels shows that the processwelds all the original pieces of which the hub. spokesand rim are composed into perfect homogeneity. YetIt is really unnecessary to say that a wheel whichthe Baldwin Locomotive Works manufactures anduses on the locomotives which it builds is a perfectwheel in its design and construction. steadily grand aniioya dimensions, special sizes, etc., were very greatAltogether, the conditions became unbearable, and toprotect its business the management of the BaldwWorks has been literally compelled to make its ovwrought iron wheels for orders in which such wheelsare specified. The wheel which they make is originalstruction and may be truly called an American THE NEW SHOPS OF THE LONG ISLAND RAILEOAD. In the early part of last November the Long IslandRailway moved into
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