. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . y-pass valve whichcan be opened and allow oil to feed directfrom the oil tank into the oil pipe; this isto be used in place of the oilerin case a glass breaks. The steam pipe leading to the top ofthis cup from the boiler has been en-larged from Yi to 13-16 inch, and theequalizing tubes are Yi inch inside diam-eter instead of Vi inch, so that a largersupply of steam now goes to the oil pipes. were represented. The presiding officerwas Mr. C. J. Lindley, chairman of theRailroad Commission of Ill
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . y-pass valve whichcan be opened and allow oil to feed directfrom the oil tank into the oil pipe; this isto be used in place of the oilerin case a glass breaks. The steam pipe leading to the top ofthis cup from the boiler has been en-larged from Yi to 13-16 inch, and theequalizing tubes are Yi inch inside diam-eter instead of Vi inch, so that a largersupply of steam now goes to the oil pipes. were represented. The presiding officerwas Mr. C. J. Lindley, chairman of theRailroad Commission of Illinois. In open-ing the meeting, Mr. Lindley delivered anaddress, in which he referred to the workdone by State Commissions for the pub-lic, and to the fact that citizens generallydo not appreciate the good work whichtheir commissioners do. Commissions arenot established simply to fight the rail-roads ; they are to enforce laws and tosuggest desirable new laws. To enforcelaws and secure public approval a com-mission must be impartial. Mr. Lindleymade a plea for legislation to enable the. LJ Fig. 2. Side Elevation Fig. 4. AutomaticSteam Chest Valve Detroit Lubricator Co.!:3 Hodges BuildingDetroit, S. A. Loeaniotiue Eiiyimerinff Fig. J. Front Elevation LATEST DETROIT LUBRICATOR. -the glass rolls the ball up against its seatand stops the oil from coming out. The same kind of a ball check valve isalso attached to the bottom of the pipeleading from the condensing chamber tothe bottom of the oil tank, which allowsthe water to pass down but will not allowany to pass upward. This prevents oilsiphoning out of the oil tank whensteam is shut off from boiler ball check valve is also located at thetop of the sight feed glass to shut off thesteam in case the glass should break. Thisreplaces the old-style check valve. Thisball is located in a case which normally isscrewed down on a seat in the top arm,so nothing can pass down into the blow out the glass or fill it
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