Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . English make. Thewriter in favor of the American locomotives expressesthe opinion that it is a mistake to judge so hastily onthe subject, as the engines hitherto imported by Japanfrom the States were not of the best kind. He saysthat there are other and better makers of locomotivesin the States, and that it Is absurd to suppose thatthe Americans cannot make good engines. EvenJapan Is beginning to develop that ability, and Ameri-ca is not new to the work as Japan Is, as she has beenat It for years. Above all, she can turn out muchcheaper l
Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . English make. Thewriter in favor of the American locomotives expressesthe opinion that it is a mistake to judge so hastily onthe subject, as the engines hitherto imported by Japanfrom the States were not of the best kind. He saysthat there are other and better makers of locomotivesin the States, and that it Is absurd to suppose thatthe Americans cannot make good engines. EvenJapan Is beginning to develop that ability, and Ameri-ca is not new to the work as Japan Is, as she has beenat It for years. Above all, she can turn out muchcheaper locomotives than England can, there being adifference of as much as one-third of the price infavor of the American engine. This means, of course,that. If the American locomotive lasts seven yearsagainst the English locomotives ten, the advantage Isstill on the side of the former. He makes the rather gent expression of public opinion which is taking placeon these matters is certain in the end to lead to effici-ency and public convenience.— SIR JOHN EVANS. astonishing statement that materials and labor arecheaper in America than in England. Probably he isnearer the truth when he says that the British manu-facturer is a stiffbacked person. He has been at thetop of the manufacturing tree for such a long timethat he fails to observe the changes going on will not concede anything to a customer or makeany effort to suit the latters convenience. But theAmerican Is looking for custom, and will spare nopains to reduce his prices or accommodate a client inany other manner. In conclusion, he adds that theproof that the Japanese government understandsthese things Is that it has recently ordered eighteen loco-motives from Rogers, and they are to be examined andpassed by Mr. Crawford, an American engineer for-merly In Japan. We believe that Mr. Crawford wasthe first engineer of the Hokkaido Railway, andIntroduced cheap methods of construction, which, how-ever, were not
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