. American engineer and railroad journal . St,996,183 havebeen paid to disabled employes who were members of theRelief Fund, to widows, orphans and other beneficiariesof members who have died. The method of collecting contributions is better than inany of the mutual benefit societies which are to be foundeverywhere, because a member always has his contribu-tion made on the pay-roll, never giving him any thought ortrouble. As soon as he signs his application his contribu-tions commence without any attention on his part, and heis always beneficial. Members of other beneficialorders are often dep
. American engineer and railroad journal . St,996,183 havebeen paid to disabled employes who were members of theRelief Fund, to widows, orphans and other beneficiariesof members who have died. The method of collecting contributions is better than inany of the mutual benefit societies which are to be foundeverywhere, because a member always has his contribu-tion made on the pay-roll, never giving him any thought ortrouble. As soon as he signs his application his contribu-tions commence without any attention on his part, and heis always beneficial. Members of other beneficialorders are often deprived ol benefits because their assess-ments have not been paid. The Relief Depattment hasmade a great improvement in this matter. The principal office of this Department is in Trenton,N. J., where the Superintendents office is located. Superintendent, .Mr. J. A. Anderson, and the AssistantSuperintendent, Mr. Holmes D. Ely, are railroad men ofmuch experience. Ii6 THE RAILROAD AND [March, 1892, ^B^SSJESSE!B^aSSSEi55S^«3^-ipt?r- L. D < 0 oi J < OJ ^-^ J z < k: 2 H 0 z ai w aa u H <: O) a, 0 ^ z t«! P< J 0 J is w u r. E r H u •5- ai 0 , fcL > K- ; f- 0 0 P ^ S 0 0 0 u ►J 0 ►J OS w H 0 rc 0 0 Id XH b > i. z; m 0 H H ►J i i 0 . ■ 1 tn : Z ; ^ 0 f» ■^ :i •V ■:k Vol. LXVI, No. 3.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 117 A NEW CONSOLIDATION FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph ofa freight engine of the consolidation type, one of a num-ber recently built by the Rogers Locomotive & MachineWorks at Paterson. N. J., for the Illinois Central Railroad. The boiler is 62 in. in diameter at the smoke-box end ;it has 236 tubes 2 in. in diameter and 11 ft. lo/.f in. fire box is of the Helpaire type, the inside fire-boxhaving no crown-bars, being supported by radial staysextending to the outer crown-sheet. The fire box is 33in. wide inside and 10 ft. 2 in. long ; it is 71] in. deep atthe front and 62^ in. at the back en
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