. American engineer . ortest route. The only other linefrom the Yangtse to Peking is that from Hankow, about 755miles long. The newly opened line from Pukow to Tientsinis 626 miles, and that that has to be added the 73 miles fromTientsin to Peking and the 193 miles from Shanghai to Nan-king, making the total rail distance from Shanghai to Pekingsome 892 miles, which is broken only by the Yangtze river atNanking. The first through trains to run over the line fromPukow to Tientsin left Tientsin and Pukow, respectively, onDecember 4, and two trains per week are now running fromboth places, leavin
. American engineer . ortest route. The only other linefrom the Yangtse to Peking is that from Hankow, about 755miles long. The newly opened line from Pukow to Tientsinis 626 miles, and that that has to be added the 73 miles fromTientsin to Peking and the 193 miles from Shanghai to Nan-king, making the total rail distance from Shanghai to Pekingsome 892 miles, which is broken only by the Yangtze river atNanking. The first through trains to run over the line fromPukow to Tientsin left Tientsin and Pukow, respectively, onDecember 4, and two trains per week are now running fromboth places, leaving Pukow for Tientsin on Mondays andFridays at 9 a. m., and arriving at Tientsin on the followingdays at 11 :07 a. m.; and leaving Tientsin for Pukow on Wednes-days and Saturdays at 1 p. m., and arriving at Pukow on thefollowing afternoons at 3:15 p. m. The trains are providedwith dining cars and comfortable sleeping cars, and passengersmay make the journey in comparative comfort. 166 AMERICAN ENGINEER. Vol. 87, No. Olmstead. Supply Trade Notes The H. W. Johns-Manville Company, New York, has openeda branch office in the Dooly block, Salt Lake City, Utah. C. J. Olinstead, who has been assistant manager of the West-inghouse Air Brake Company in the western district, has beenappointed western manager with headquarters at Chicago. was born inConcord, Mich., and in1890 entered the employof the Pullman Com-pany at Chicago, as chiefclerk in the manufac-turing and sales depart-ment. He remained withthis company in variouscapacities for severalyears, leaving in April,1905, as assistant to thegeneral manager, to be-come associated with theWestinghouse Air BrakeCompany as commercialrepresentative iu thewestern district. Thisposition he held until hewas promoted to the of-fice of assistant westernmanager with head-quarters at Chicago, on June 1, 1912, which position he has held until Iiis promotion tothe position of western manager. F. H. Allison has been appointed general p
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