. American engineer and railroad journal . e grown from L0,000,000 lbs. in issi to14,000,000 lbs. in 1904; the average value per lb. of the cruderubber has advanced in this time from 43 cents to 70 cents,and the total quantity imported in the crude state from 23,-272,000 lbs to 61,890,000 lbs. Doubtless the extension of elec-trical distribution has accounted for a large proportion ofthis increase. EiECTRicm on Steam Railroads. In a paper read before HieWestern Railway Club Mr. Clement F. Street, commercial r of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, pre-sented .-i very large amount
. American engineer and railroad journal . e grown from L0,000,000 lbs. in issi to14,000,000 lbs. in 1904; the average value per lb. of the cruderubber has advanced in this time from 43 cents to 70 cents,and the total quantity imported in the crude state from 23,-272,000 lbs to 61,890,000 lbs. Doubtless the extension of elec-trical distribution has accounted for a large proportion ofthis increase. EiECTRicm on Steam Railroads. In a paper read before HieWestern Railway Club Mr. Clement F. Street, commercial r of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, pre-sented .-i very large amount of data covering the cos! of operationof electric and steam railroads, including valuable tables, fromwhich comparisons of costs may !»■ drawn. This is :i valuableaddition to the literature on the subject, and as the paper cannot properly be pr nted in abstract, readers are advised to secure copies of the paper itself from Mr. J. W. Taylor, (;S The Rook-ery, Chicago. III. Mat. 1905. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 175. h 1 111111 (SONnOd/ 93UU. dO 1H0I3M a - - •= a .=s a - E 5 - = c ~ - a >. 3 - ■O — - r .- 5 i _ 2 T .• £ S Si — - :- s - 3. - f3 fi 5 — - 3 -g - 3 I a a ~ S - 3 - = > —■ _ = - * ~ ■- s S e - s , — <n 3 2 g -o aSe^i<9« S5534ICS5 CC Wl h- o ♦3 S * © H E h S5 176 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. PLANER TYPE MILLING MACHINES. It is surprising to find that this type of machine is not moregenerally used in railroad shops when the advantages gained fromits use in manufacturing establishments are considered. In oneor two railroad shops machines of this type were found to belying idle for a considerable portion of the time, but an investiga-tion showed that they had been built a number of years ago, andboth the strength of the machine and the driving power providedwere entirely inadeq
Size: 1342px × 1862px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectrailroadengineering
