. Railway mechanical engineer . leading consumers of this material,who are manufacturers of tanks for cars by the forge-weldingprocess, are members of the sub-committee and voted favor-ably. Two manufacturers who are not members of the so-ciety were consulted and expressed themselves as favorable. Technical Men Unionizing.—Extensive unionization ofengineers is predicted in the Chicago Daily News by A. , president of the International Federation of Tech-nical Engineers. Architects and Draftsmen. He says themembership now amounts to 5,000 and before the end of asecond year thev expect to
. Railway mechanical engineer . leading consumers of this material,who are manufacturers of tanks for cars by the forge-weldingprocess, are members of the sub-committee and voted favor-ably. Two manufacturers who are not members of the so-ciety were consulted and expressed themselves as favorable. Technical Men Unionizing.—Extensive unionization ofengineers is predicted in the Chicago Daily News by A. , president of the International Federation of Tech-nical Engineers. Architects and Draftsmen. He says themembership now amounts to 5,000 and before the end of asecond year thev expect to have three times that organization is affiliated with the American Federationof Labor. DURABILITY OF STEEL ENDS ANDSTEEL ROOFS The ultimate economy of substantial construction offreight cars is shown in a striking manner by some interestingreclamation work which the Illinois Central recently per-formed. Several months ago a box car belonging to a foreignline was almost entirelv destroyed in an accident. The steel. steel Roofed Car After Passing Through Fire ends were the only part of the car that could lie salvaged and,although so badly bent, were sent to the Burnside shopswhere they were received in a condition shown in the firstillustration. These ends were straightened under a press ata total cost of $ and were later applied to an IllinoisCentral box car. The condition of the ends after straighten-
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