. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Now, how much do you read the paperwhen you get it? Do you spend an hourgood solid reading over each copy? Well,I knew you didnt. Now, see here. Thisis the March issue and heres the air-brake end of it. Six pages chuck full ofair-brake matter that Ill bet you dontknow a blamed thing thats there. Knowwhat makes ice in train pipes? Courseyou dont. Know how the New York en-gineers valve works? Why not? Didntread it, eh? Then there are eleven ques- you dont and wont spend a few hoursreading it ca
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Now, how much do you read the paperwhen you get it? Do you spend an hourgood solid reading over each copy? Well,I knew you didnt. Now, see here. Thisis the March issue and heres the air-brake end of it. Six pages chuck full ofair-brake matter that Ill bet you dontknow a blamed thing thats there. Knowwhat makes ice in train pipes? Courseyou dont. Know how the New York en-gineers valve works? Why not? Didntread it, eh? Then there are eleven ques- you dont and wont spend a few hoursreading it carefully, why, the fellow whowill gets in ahead of you every talk to me about the paper beingno good; its yourself—too confoundedlazy to read it thoroughly. Two quarts of cylinder oil, did yousay? and Uncle Billy stopped his lectureto fill Engineer Greens can. He was redhot with righteous indignation, and ifsomething hadnt happened he might havedied of apoplexy. But he told a lot oftruth that a good many dont seem torealize, and Ill bet hell get that fellowssubscription next year, TANDEM CYLINDER ARE.^NCEMENT. able. Any traveling engineer or road fore-man of engines is eligible to active mem-bership, while any general foreman whohas had experience as a locomotive engi-neer and has charge of enginemen, as wellas any expert in air-brake practice, can beactive members. Anyone whose knowl-edge of locomotive running and manage-ment will be of service to the associationcan be an associate member. For any further particulars in regardto the association or the meeting, addressW. O. Thompson, secretary, at Elkhart,Ind. Absorbing Information. BY R. E. MARKS. Uncle Billy Edwards is a club-raiser forRailway and Locomotive Engineering,and has been for some time. Boys alllike him and most of them take the paper,both on its own account and to help UncleBilly along (oil-room pay isnt enough sothat he needs a guardian carrying ithome). tions answered, and you ought to knowevery
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