. Railway master mechanic . n de\ i ELECTRIC TUANSFEK TABLE-N. Y, C. & H. K. K. trains of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. will havein operation the McElroy automatic temperatureregidator and the commingler storage system. Thisannouncement is made because of the success of thespecial exhibition of its car-heating devices given by ithe company on March 11 and 12, and because many irailroad ofHcials who were unable to be present atthat time desire to examine the perfected car heating will e pel J eh . Uld XMtll 1 pisb ind at 74 dehis is 1 performance1 ste im V ih e regui%e degrees incieaseision o
. Railway master mechanic . n de\ i ELECTRIC TUANSFEK TABLE-N. Y, C. & H. K. K. trains of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. will havein operation the McElroy automatic temperatureregidator and the commingler storage system. Thisannouncement is made because of the success of thespecial exhibition of its car-heating devices given by ithe company on March 11 and 12, and because many irailroad ofHcials who were unable to be present atthat time desire to examine the perfected car heating will e pel J eh . Uld XMtll 1 pisb ind at 74 dehis is 1 performance1 ste im V ih e regui%e degrees incieaseision of steim fromdegiees furthei m This is indeed a lemarkable showing Piacticallj tte undei stand the i egulatoi keeps the temper,ature within a degree or two of 70 degrees, in daycoaches, and at a somewhat lower point in the smok-ing cars—it having for su ch cars a different adjust-ment. With such automatic regulation one of theserious defects of steam car heating—that is, over-heating—seems to be fully STEAM THAXSKEK T LONG ISLAND RAILWA^ THE RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC. COMMUNICATIONS A Circulating Library of Mechanical Papers. Altooxa, Pa., March 15, 1S« Mil- Editiii of the Kailway Master Mecliaiiic: It was with fonsiJerable interest that I read the com-rauuication in your Manh issue regarding the Value ofMechanical Journals to Railway Men, by Reader, andwhile reiiding the same a suggtstion or two occurred to mymind which if carried out—and it would be a simple matterto carry them out—would undoubtedly be of benetitto allconcerned in the matter. As Reader truly says, it isthe duty of those who are in charge of the mechanical de-partments of our railways to endeavor to impress upon theminds of the men under them the value of the mechanicaljournals, and as a means of bringing about this desired end,and of furthering the interests of both the railways andtheir employes in the mechanical departments, I wouldsuggest that each company subscribe for one or more c
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