. American engineer and railroad journal . in place and af-ter the holes in the fireboxsheets are tapped the staysare screwed up to their seatsby the square ends. Theseends are left and a sledge isheld against them in the riv-eting, after which they arecut off. The stays are thencompleted by the insertion ofthe copper caps. These capsare punched to form from thesheet, and they are forced in-to place by a small handscrew press which is held un-der the heads of the bushings. The press flattens the and forces the edge into the groove in the bushing,making a tight joint. The drawings
. American engineer and railroad journal . in place and af-ter the holes in the fireboxsheets are tapped the staysare screwed up to their seatsby the square ends. Theseends are left and a sledge isheld against them in the riv-eting, after which they arecut off. The stays are thencompleted by the insertion ofthe copper caps. These capsare punched to form from thesheet, and they are forced in-to place by a small handscrew press which is held un-der the heads of the bushings. The press flattens the and forces the edge into the groove in the bushing,making a tight joint. The drawings kindly sent by Mr. Cardewfully illustrate the construction and the application of thesestaybolts, which are used for crown as well as side sheets. Weare glad to record this successful experience which tends toshow how few things are really new. Mr. Cardew gives valu-able testimony to the worth of flexible staybolts in prolongingthe life of the firebox. We believe that this result will repaya large investment in this direction.—Editor.]. A SUGGESTION FROM SWISS PRACTICE. To the Editor: On page 290 of your September number is an article entitledA Suggestion from Swiss Practice, and as I hold letterspatent for the United States, Canada, Great Britain andFrance covering the practice, I do not feel flattered that itrequired effete Europe to bring to the attention of Americanrailway officials what I have been Importuning them for yearsto try. In the New England States the writer is facetiously entitledSpring-Suspension Graham, and the man who dared to saythat the equalizer of locomotives was an antiquated relic whichpossessed no mechanical or other features to entitle it to aplace upon a modern locomotive. You have done the combination of leaf and spiral springsjustice in stating that the arrangement is attractive. Well,it is attractive, for the Czar of Russia and the President ofFrance use it on their private trains. The InternationalSleeping Car Company of France have adopted it
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