. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ry attraction. The oil is thus fil-tered before it reaches the axle and there is no dirt or grit which reaches the bear-ing. After the oil passes through thebearing and comes out at the back or in-side end, it runs into openings in thehousing, which drain into the overflowpocket from which it can be removedwhen the car is in for inspection andeither used for outside oiling or cleanedand filtered and used again. The samearrangement is used on the axle bearings. Coasting saving in powe
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ry attraction. The oil is thus fil-tered before it reaches the axle and there is no dirt or grit which reaches the bear-ing. After the oil passes through thebearing and comes out at the back or in-side end, it runs into openings in thehousing, which drain into the overflowpocket from which it can be removedwhen the car is in for inspection andeither used for outside oiling or cleanedand filtered and used again. The samearrangement is used on the axle bearings. Coasting saving in power consumption nn alarge electric railway where scores of carsare in operation not only means a savingin cost per car mile, but also means thati greater number of cars can be run with-out increasing the total amount of powerfrom tlie main power house. It is an es-tablished fact that less power is consumedby the railway motors when the train isbrought up quickly to a high speed andthen allowed to coast instead of runninga* a slower speed using current, the sameschedule speed being maintained in both. FIG. 4. IXTERPOLE. To accomplish this result the elevatedrailroads in New York and Chicago haveinstalled in each car a coasting clockwhich, at the end of a run, by inserting akey, will stamp the amount of coastingwhich has been done. This clock is run-ning at all times, but records are onlymade between the time that the current isshut off the motors and the time thatbrakes are applied and does not recordthe time during acceleration, braking orstopping at stations. These clocks bring out competition be-tween the motormen to run at the lowestpower consumption and in this mannerthe results desired are obtained. New Chemical from Western Canada statethat Mr. Andrew Gordon French, a na-tive of Glasgow, and well known as ametallurgist, has discovered in the Nelsondistrict of British Columbia an absolutelynew element, which is expected to proveof high commercial value. The n
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