. American engineer and railroad journal . n the Argen-tine Republic and other parts of South America resemble muchmore nearly those which prevail here than those which exi-tin England, therefore quite naturally our locomotives are bet-ter suited to the roads in that continent and other new coun-tries than the English machines are without modifications. Ithas been said that doubtless the Lord could have made a bel-ter berry than the strawberry had He chosen to do so, butapparently He did not so choose, and therefore the strawberrymaintains its pre eminence. So it may be said that the Eng-lish
. American engineer and railroad journal . n the Argen-tine Republic and other parts of South America resemble muchmore nearly those which prevail here than those which exi-tin England, therefore quite naturally our locomotives are bet-ter suited to the roads in that continent and other new coun-tries than the English machines are without modifications. Ithas been said that doubtless the Lord could have made a bel-ter berry than the strawberry had He chosen to do so, butapparently He did not so choose, and therefore the strawberrymaintains its pre eminence. So it may be said that the Eng-lish builders of the Argentinian locomotives and ears might —perhaps—have made better machines than they sent to thatrepublic, but apparently they did not choose, or did not knowhow to do so, and therefore the united scream of the Ameri-can locomotive and the American eagle has again silenced thegrowl of the British lion in our sister republic of SouthAmerica. Hip, Hip !—Editor Amerh an Engineer. 76 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [February, THE NORWALK COMPOUNDAIR COMPRESSOR. In our recent issues we have been pub-lishing illustrations of several types of hy-draulic and pneumatic hoists for machineshop use. On another page of this issuewe publish an illustrated description ofthe pneumatic hoisting arrangements thatare in use in the New Haven shops of theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-road. The use of compressed air is meetingwith a wider and wider application everyyear, and its utilization as means of trans-mission of power has been widely appliedin Paris, and it is probable that the samemeans will be used at some of the plantsat Niagara Falls. As the pump is a ne-cessity for hydraulic work, so the air com-pressor is the basis from which this pneu-matic work must start. The compressorwhich we illustrate is one of the standardtype which is built by the South NorwalkIron Works, of South Norwalk, Conn.,and presents some novel and interestingfeatures. In the construction of this
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