. Railroad digest . greater than the thickness of said plateand greater than the contracted dimen-sion of the mortise containing the roll,a side bearing provided with a longitudi-nal chamber and with a slot extendingfrom said chamber to the face of the bear-ing, a lug projecting from said cagethrough said slot and into said chamber,a plug screwed into one end wall of saidchamber, bosses formed upon said plugand said lug and on the end wall of saidchamber opposite said plug, and helicalsprings disposed within said chamber andengaging said bosses. Ventilator-Refrigerator Car No.


. Railroad digest . greater than the thickness of said plateand greater than the contracted dimen-sion of the mortise containing the roll,a side bearing provided with a longitudi-nal chamber and with a slot extendingfrom said chamber to the face of the bear-ing, a lug projecting from said cagethrough said slot and into said chamber,a plug screwed into one end wall of saidchamber, bosses formed upon said plugand said lug and on the end wall of saidchamber opposite said plug, and helicalsprings disposed within said chamber andengaging said bosses. Ventilator-Refrigerator Car No. E. LUCAS, of Atlanta. Ga. The claim reads: In a ventilator re-frigerator car, the combination with thesides, floor, roof and ends of a false endnear and parallel to the end of the ■A pocket in said false end open at its topand bottom ends, valves controlling saidopenings and a casing extending alongthe floor over the drawhead bolts andcommunicating with the lower opening insaid pocket and the cargo space. The Trans-Siberian Railway, begun in1892, is to be completed by 1908. About3,000 miles of track have been laid and 2,000 more are necessary to complete it, 326 RAILROAD DIGEST August, 1901 Truck with Tripartite Pedestal We Imvp received from Jlr. R. C. Wright, of the fir of received from Jlr. R. C. Wright,Stel)bins & Wright, patent attorneys, a drawing of a cartruck, made of structural steel shapes. The feature of thistruck is its Tripartite Pedestal,** which, as its name implies,is composed of three pieces so arranged that the withdrawal oftwo bolts releases a block, which forms the outside jaw of theptdestil thus peimittmg a pan of wheels to be quickly andnsih lemoned ^\ithout the cai ha\ing to be jacked up I hemd sought sterna to be \eiy satisfactoiil


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