. American engineer . mpany, as mentioned above. Ernest F. Slocum, formerly vice-president of the Safety CarHeating and Lighting Company, New York, has returned to thatcompany as assistant to the president, a position which has not been filled for sometime. Mr. Slocum wasborn in Newark, N. J., in1870, and spent his boy-hood days in St. , where he receivedhis early education. Hestarted his business ca-reer as a journalist, andwas connected with theNew York Herald andthe Commercial Adver-tiser, also of New he was made di-rector and manager ofthe Daily Advertiser ofNewark, N.
. American engineer . mpany, as mentioned above. Ernest F. Slocum, formerly vice-president of the Safety CarHeating and Lighting Company, New York, has returned to thatcompany as assistant to the president, a position which has not been filled for sometime. Mr. Slocum wasborn in Newark, N. J., in1870, and spent his boy-hood days in St. , where he receivedhis early education. Hestarted his business ca-reer as a journalist, andwas connected with theNew York Herald andthe Commercial Adver-tiser, also of New he was made di-rector and manager ofthe Daily Advertiser ofNewark, N. J. In 1895he went to the SafetyCar Heating & LightingCompany, accepting aposition offered him byErnest F. Slocum. he late Colonel A. W. Soper. In May, 1907,he was made a vice-president of that company, having chargeof sales. In October of that year he suffered a nervous break-down and has been out of business up to the time of his appoint-ment as assistant to the president of the Safety company, asmentioned 576 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION. Vol. 87, No. 10. Catalogs Switching Locomotives.—Bulletin No. 1015 from the Ameri-can Locomotive Company, New York, includes tables of dimen-sions of twenty-four recent designs of switching locomotives ofthe 0-6-0, 0-8-0 and 0-10-0 types. Most of these engines arealso illustrated by means of photographs. Motors.—A new bulletin from the General Electric Companydescribes its adjustable speed, direct current motors. These areespecially designed to meet the requirements of individual drivefor machine tools. The bulletin illustrates these motors andtheir application in considerable detail and contains variouscurves showing the horse power output at various speeds. Railroad Electrification.—The Westinghouse Electric &Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., is issuing two leafletscovering the electrification of the New York extension of thePennsylvania and that of the New York, New Haven & leaflets cover the
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