. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . GAGE. The report was carefully prepared, andcontained illustrations of charts takenfrom trains in service. The discussion of the report was de-ferred until to-morrows session. given the members and their ladies bythe hotel management in the banquetroom. The hotel orchestra was in attend-ance, and an enjoyable time was had. Thursdays Session. Convention opened at 9 A. M., SecondVice-President Blackall in the Parker opened the discussion. Mr. Frazer said the horizontal type ofrecorder had gi
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . GAGE. The report was carefully prepared, andcontained illustrations of charts takenfrom trains in service. The discussion of the report was de-ferred until to-morrows session. given the members and their ladies bythe hotel management in the banquetroom. The hotel orchestra was in attend-ance, and an enjoyable time was had. Thursdays Session. Convention opened at 9 A. M., SecondVice-President Blackall in the Parker opened the discussion. Mr. Frazer said the horizontal type ofrecorder had given good service on theSouthern Pacific. The speed of the chartwas three feet per hour, and gave detailedresults. Mr. McKee said he had had severalyears experience witli the revolving disktype, but was waiting to see the develop-ment of the horizontal type, as that gavepromise of superiority over the revolvingdisk. Mr. Farmer believed from experiencethat the circular type was amply sufficient. Mr. Wahlerts experience with the de- May, 1899. |.<»(■( ).M( »TI y K KNGINEEUI N 1 219. o H zz O LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING May. 1899. velopment of a recording gage taught himthat the horizontal type was superior torevolving disk, as more accurate and re-fined detail was obtained. Mr. Nellis said detail should not besacrificed in order to economize on re-cording paper. Discussion closed. Chair-man Farmer then read the report of thecommittee on ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING THE AIR-BRAKE DEPARTMENT OF A RAILWAY. The report contained many valuable and
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