. Railway master mechanic . were of use in explaining his designs to others. Letthe reader then imagine a large, comfortable, neatlyfurnished room, with three windows facing the north;at the western end a fireplace (for stoves he wouldhave none); in front of the eastern window a table,upon which were placed his drawing board, and afew well worn but well made instruments, and hewill have a tolerably correct idea of the workshopand the tools of John Ericsson. And of the models,too, so far as his surroundings were concerned; fornone of them were ever kept here, with one tempo-rary exception. The
. Railway master mechanic . were of use in explaining his designs to others. Letthe reader then imagine a large, comfortable, neatlyfurnished room, with three windows facing the north;at the western end a fireplace (for stoves he wouldhave none); in front of the eastern window a table,upon which were placed his drawing board, and afew well worn but well made instruments, and hewill have a tolerably correct idea of the workshopand the tools of John Ericsson. And of the models,too, so far as his surroundings were concerned; fornone of them were ever kept here, with one tempo-rary exception. The captains accomplishments as a draftsmanwere phenomenal. His beautiful maps early wonhim great distinction in his native country, and theexquisite finish of colored drawings made later onamply attested his mastery of the brush. But dur-ing the last thirty years of his life he did not takethe time to put his lines in ink; to use his ownwords, I do not make drawings any more; I onlymake marks. They were not, however, mere gen-. -N. Y., P. & B. NOVEL FLAT CARTheIow.\ has just passed a bill requiringrailways to equip their engines and cars with auto-matic couplers and brakes. All new cars and all oldcars fitted with new draw-bars must have automaticcouplings; after January 1,18J-5, no Iowa road can useany cars of its own not so equipped: after January 1,IS92, all locomotives must be equipped with driverbrakes; after January 1, 1893, all trains must have asufficient number of cars equipped with power brakes to give control of the train to the engineer; penalties he lines were suchare provided for non-compliance to this law, but the I upon aheet orii railways are left free tolives that are not equipped asThe bill is exi>ecled to pass th eral schemes intended to give his assistants an ideaof what was to be worked up, but were in realitydrawings, coranletc in detail, with outlines firmlypenciled, often shaded here and there to bring outthe form of certain parts more distinctly
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