. Electric railway gazette . b. 8 : and at a latermeeting of the New York Railroad club, paperswere read on wheel guarantees, steel wheel mile-ages, and safety of cast iron wheels. The paperon wheel guarantees was prepared and read byMr. W. W. Snow, of the Ramapo Wheel andFoundry Co., and his introductory paragraphsshow the light in which the subject is held byboth sides of the interested parties. He said : This subject is one of unusual interest, bothto railroad companies and wheel manufacturers,and one that has often been discussed in thisroom and before this club. There is perhapsno other s


. Electric railway gazette . b. 8 : and at a latermeeting of the New York Railroad club, paperswere read on wheel guarantees, steel wheel mile-ages, and safety of cast iron wheels. The paperon wheel guarantees was prepared and read byMr. W. W. Snow, of the Ramapo Wheel andFoundry Co., and his introductory paragraphsshow the light in which the subject is held byboth sides of the interested parties. He said : This subject is one of unusual interest, bothto railroad companies and wheel manufacturers,and one that has often been discussed in thisroom and before this club. There is perhapsno other subject, of its class, which isand has been treated so variably as car wheelmileage. The railroad companies on their part,are anxious to obtain as much mileage as possi-ble for the money invested. Some railroad offi-cers think they can do this by purchasing cheapwheels, and others by demanding a very high andrigid specific guarantee. This situation has prevailed to a great often hear railroad men say, Yes, we have a.


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