. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ery working. Thespectacular effect is produced by makingthe flaming woods move past the loco-motive. It is wonderfully striking andwell worth seeing. stance which can be used to advan-tage on the walls is never given anopportunity to incrust the boilers. Beingopaque to heat, it is made to help dis-iributc light in the buildings. Itsabsence in one place and its presencein another both serve useful company notes a decrease in boilerscale and gives up the purchase of white-wash at o
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ery working. Thespectacular effect is produced by makingthe flaming woods move past the loco-motive. It is wonderfully striking andwell worth seeing. stance which can be used to advan-tage on the walls is never given anopportunity to incrust the boilers. Beingopaque to heat, it is made to help dis-iributc light in the buildings. Itsabsence in one place and its presencein another both serve useful company notes a decrease in boilerscale and gives up the purchase of white-wash at one and the same time. Theonly trouble they experience at presentis that they make more whitewash thanthey can dispose of, but the utilizationof a by-product is one of the surestmethods of effecting a permanent econ-omv. Boiler Incrustation Is Useful. A place for everything and every-thing in its place is a trite saying, andthough, no doubt, there is a place for Systematic Mandling of 5crap. A very practical application of theold proverb, Look after the penniesand the pounds will take care of them-. IN SPECTACUL.^R \Y. everything, it is sometimes not easy toget everything in its proper place. TheChicago & North-Western Railwaypeople, however, have just made a veryneat attempt to fulfil the latter part ofthe trite saying. They use what wouldotherwise become boiler scale, to coatthe walls of roundhouse and shop, andthe lime which inside a boiler would re-sist the passage of heat and diminish theefficiency of the machine is made toreflect the light of day and give a sweetand clean appearance to walls andposts. The water used in the boilerson the western part of the line is chem-ically treated by Davidsons method atWest Side. Iowa, and a chalky precipi-tate is thrown down before the waterfinds its way to tank or crane. Thissolid matter has recently been used towhitewash the shop walls. The beautyof this arrangement is that the sub- selves, is to be had by a visit to t
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