. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ts which havebeen made to date. For the largest,35,000 kw. or nearly 50,000 H. P., repre-sents the capacity and the set is ap-proximately 60 feet long. In strikingcontrast are the small sets for mount-ing on steam locomotives to supplyelectric current to the head and cablights. These sets have a rating of 140watts or approximately 2/10 of a horse-power. The sets are only 23J/> in longand weight only 130 lbs. The Telescribe. The telescribe is a new apparatus re-cently developed by Mr. Thos.
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ts which havebeen made to date. For the largest,35,000 kw. or nearly 50,000 H. P., repre-sents the capacity and the set is ap-proximately 60 feet long. In strikingcontrast are the small sets for mount-ing on steam locomotives to supplyelectric current to the head and cablights. These sets have a rating of 140watts or approximately 2/10 of a horse-power. The sets are only 23J/> in longand weight only 130 lbs. The Telescribe. The telescribe is a new apparatus re-cently developed by Mr. Thos. It comprises a dictating ma-chine equipped with telephone-recordingdevices. To better understand the apparatusa short description of the dictating ma-chine or dictagraph follows. The ma-chine consists of a small electric motor,operating from the regular lighting cir-cuit, which drives, at constant speed, arevolving barrel on which is placed acylinder made up of composition. Thiscylinder can be started and stopped atwill by means of a mechanically operat-ed clutch. A carriage driven by a. MR. EDISON TESTING HIS NEW I Good Luck. Is there any such thing as luck? Thereis undoubtedly something which we callluck that attends the operations of thesuccessful man. An analysis of the con-ditions which are summed up under themystic head of luck reveals that goodfortune is based on something more en- NVENTION, THE TELESCRIBE. cording to present arangements, a journeywill occupy about the same time, whenthe new line is in thorough working orderit will be possible to reduce the trajet byseveral hours. Kalaw is about 1,000 than Maymyo, and it has a pro-portionately cooler climate and a smallerrainfall. 102 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. March, 1915. Items of Personal Interest Mr. John A. Fickel has been appointedcar foreman of the Grand Trunk withoffice at Fort Erie, Ont. Mr. E. A. Humphrey has been appointedelectrical engineer of the Great office at St
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