. American engineer and railroad journal . A. Bissell, Buffalo, N. Y.; Treasurer,G. W. Demarest, Baltimore ; Secretary, John W. Cloud,Chicago ; Executive Committee, J. T. Chamberlain, G. , J. S. Leeds, and J. C. Barber. The Secretary announces that the revised Rules of Inter-change, which will take effect September 1, are now ready fordistribution, and will be furnished railroad companies at thesame rate as heretofore. The Alr-Brake and Signal Instructions, as approved at theSaratoga Convention, will also be published in pamphlet form,the cover and size being so arranged as to make the
. American engineer and railroad journal . A. Bissell, Buffalo, N. Y.; Treasurer,G. W. Demarest, Baltimore ; Secretary, John W. Cloud,Chicago ; Executive Committee, J. T. Chamberlain, G. , J. S. Leeds, and J. C. Barber. The Secretary announces that the revised Rules of Inter-change, which will take effect September 1, are now ready fordistribution, and will be furnished railroad companies at thesame rate as heretofore. The Alr-Brake and Signal Instructions, as approved at theSaratoga Convention, will also be published in pamphlet form,the cover and size being so arranged as to make them readilydistinguishable from the Rules of Interchange. The priceswill be the same as for the Rules. A CIRCULAR from Secretary J. W. Cloud has been issued,submitting two propositions to letter-ballot. The first is onthe question of changing the Standard Wheel Guarantee underthe heading of Except In cas? of Wheels removed for thefollowing causes. so that the first item shall read Flat orcomby by sliding, instead of Flat by sliding, as G.\UGES FOR M. C. B. STANDARD COUPLER.! The second ballot is on the adoption of the coupler gaugesshown in figs, i and 2 herewith, as standards of the Association. The voles will be counted on August 31, and votes not re-ceived at the Secretarys office before that date will be excluded. Engineers Club of Philadelphia.—At the regular meeting,June 18, the Tellers reported the election of Messrs. GeorgeC. Thayer and William Elton Mott to Active Membership. The resignations of Professor L. M. Haupt and Mr. JesseGarrett were accepted. Vol. LXVI. No. 8.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 387 Upon motion the Club appointed Mr. Josepli M. Wilson toaid the Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineersby the suKRestion of suitable persons to furnish papers for themeetinif of the Worlds Congress Auxiliary of the Chicagoexposition. A paper by Captain Smith S. Leach, on the Improvement ofthe Mississippi River, was presented and read by the Secre-tary. Mr. Tra
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