. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ncident is taken as indicating the desireon the part of the trainmen to make agood record. On the locomotive haulingan important passenger train the air ap-paratus o|)ening the fire-box doors be-came out of order, which made it possibleto pass the fuel into the fire-box throughIUe of the doors only, rendering it impos-sible to use the shovel. By the ingenuity of liremen and en-gmecr the locomotive was fired by handin this way and the train arrived onschedule time at the terminal, enablingthe division to retain a perfect record. This is as it should be. and
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ncident is taken as indicating the desireon the part of the trainmen to make agood record. On the locomotive haulingan important passenger train the air ap-paratus o|)ening the fire-box doors be-came out of order, which made it possibleto pass the fuel into the fire-box throughIUe of the doors only, rendering it impos-sible to use the shovel. By the ingenuity of liremen and en-gmecr the locomotive was fired by handin this way and the train arrived onschedule time at the terminal, enablingthe division to retain a perfect record. This is as it should be. and we trustthat tile kindly rclatiims thus briefly re-ferred to will not only long exist, but thatthev will become an example to others,proviny that the interests of all engaged means that a large amount of rollingstock must be purchased within the nextyear or two. The Government railwayshave been unable to handle the rapidly-growing business owing to a shortage ofcars and motive power. Since 1906 thetonnage handled has almost Electrification of French Railway. For some time past the French SlateRailway authorities have been conductingelectrification experiments on a stretchof the Western Railway, and it is statedthat results have been so satisfactory thatit has been decided to go into the matteron a larger scale. Contracts for 100electric locomotives have just been placedwith French and Belgian builders. Till-. S.\-\ l;;\.\liMii iixKKI \.\l> We cannot close without referringbriefly to the kindly relations that havealways existed between the employees ofthe Chicago & Northwestern and theofficials. Many of the latter have grownup with the great highway and their suc-cess has apparently not separated tliem in railroa i<lentical. 1 here uChilean C, them on (1 work are More Erie Equipment. Owing to the retirement of W. J. Hara-han from the Erie as a vice-president,George M. Orcutt has been made assist-ant to the president, and H. A. Taylor,commercial counsel,
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