. The locomotive engineer . , and at the time of theaccident she was a poor, old loose-Jointed affair,did not have a tight place about her, but she brokea rod jusl the same. Again, if bad quartering ha^a tendency lo break rods, why dont they breakwhen everytiing is litih and snug, or just aftercoming out of the shop f Now. dont let the remlera of the best rallriadpaper in the country mieratand that I favor shiftlesswork, for I do not, neither do I favor spending adollar on a job when tweuty-five will pro-duce OS good results; I believe in banng things asnear right as possible, and save
. The locomotive engineer . , and at the time of theaccident she was a poor, old loose-Jointed affair,did not have a tight place about her, but she brokea rod jusl the same. Again, if bad quartering ha^a tendency lo break rods, why dont they breakwhen everytiing is litih and snug, or just aftercoming out of the shop f Now. dont let the remlera of the best rallriadpaper in the country mieratand that I favor shiftlesswork, for I do not, neither do I favor spending adollar on a job when tweuty-five will pro-duce OS good results; I believe in banng things asnear right as possible, and save trouble on the man caLi tell belcr than I know, whit it is toget over Ihe road under ditQiulties. Who knowsanything about the Baldwin compound f Youspoke some time ago about a mazniflcent Baldwintenwheeler on the B. <& O. in passenger service;how did she do ? You speak of a locomotiveworks using cast steel rockersithe late A. J. Stevens,of the C. P., used Ihem over fifteen years ago. Oorri/. Pa. VV. DE Tbe TravallMB Bnfflneer. Editor Thr Loroinolice Eiigintrr : There has been some discussion In the columnsof The Locomotive as to the real valuelo a railroad company and the euginemcn, of thetraveling engineer. Some of it was a little hot-tempered, but this subject can be looked at andtalked over with just as much reason and exerciseof good Judgment as any other matter connectedwith the successful administration of the locomotivedepanment. To begin wilh. it will be taken for granted thatthe traveling engineer is not a clerk out of theM. office, or one of the draftsmen, but a loco-motive englueer of considerable experience, prefer-ably on tbe road where he holds bis position, sothai he will he acqualuied with grades, location ofall switches, water tanks and railroad crossings;have a correct idea of the mechanicalconstruction of the different i lasses of -_ ^^ engines in the service, and Ihcir weak ^9 points OS well as their strong ones, so=^^ he can
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