. Railway master mechanic . e that does not require aground or rail return. The motor cars carry theirown lights, which is quite an advantage in coalmines, and they can be handled as easily, safely andquickly as any steam locomotive. The Cyclone Snow Plow at Work. The Cyclone snow plow has at last had a chance toshow what it can do with snow drifts. Plenty ofgood hard work vas supplied to it by the CentralPacific blockade, and we learn direct from the sceneof operation—on the Salt Lake, Truckee and Hum-boldt divisions—that it rose to the occasion in a man-ner highly gratifying to its owners an
. Railway master mechanic . e that does not require aground or rail return. The motor cars carry theirown lights, which is quite an advantage in coalmines, and they can be handled as easily, safely andquickly as any steam locomotive. The Cyclone Snow Plow at Work. The Cyclone snow plow has at last had a chance toshow what it can do with snow drifts. Plenty ofgood hard work vas supplied to it by the CentralPacific blockade, and we learn direct from the sceneof operation—on the Salt Lake, Truckee and Hum-boldt divisions—that it rose to the occasion in a man-ner highly gratifying to its owners and to the offi-cials of the railway. It has been at work for the lastten days on the divisions named, passing throughsnow banks 10 to 1-5 ft. deep, and throwing the snowa distance of from 100 to 2-50 ft. from the track. Theowners of the Cyclone plow have waited long forsnow, and should feel gratified that the first test ofthe worth of their device has been -so remarkablysevere and that the result has proved so SUPPLY TRADE NOTES. —The new works and offices of the Ajax Metal Co., at4«,«, .W, and 52 Richmond street, Philadelphia, Pa., arespacious and convenient. The casting room is feet,and between 14,000 and 15,000 lbs. of Ajax metal castings arebeing turned out daily. The finishing room and the spacedevoted to ingot metal embrace 50x75 feet. The remainingspace fronting Richmond street—50x100 feet—is used as atest and exhibition room by the Ajax Lead Coating Com-pany. The Ajax Metal Company has beeu a prosperousconcern under the business management of Mr. Hendrick-son and the metallurgical skill and experience of , and it is now a very large concern with abundantcapacity for production, and a large and steadily increasingdemand for its products. There is a large demand in New South Wales for locomotives on the government railways for renewals and ad-ditions to stock, and it is currently reported that the au-thorities are prepared to give a
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