. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s. Numerous cities are making life miser-able for railway officials on account of thesmoke from their engines, which indicatesa wholesome respect for the saying thatCleanliness is next to godliness. The inconsistent feature usually is thatfactory chimneys belch forth smoke with-out much protest when there is far less are all lost in its sombre mantel of soot. Railroads are not blameless in this mat-ter, but we trust the newly appointedCommission will deal with the offenders inconsideration of the ease wi
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s. Numerous cities are making life miser-able for railway officials on account of thesmoke from their engines, which indicatesa wholesome respect for the saying thatCleanliness is next to godliness. The inconsistent feature usually is thatfactory chimneys belch forth smoke with-out much protest when there is far less are all lost in its sombre mantel of soot. Railroads are not blameless in this mat-ter, but we trust the newly appointedCommission will deal with the offenders inconsideration of the ease with which thenuisance can be abated; and as Prof. C. will probably be at the head ofthe Commission, we expect to see justicedone to all concerned. Curious Railway Practices in India. Railroad business seems to be managedin a curious way in India. Items in a re-cent number of the Railway Times say: A night station master allowed a localtrain in, in preference to mail. Was hefined ? Oh, No! The acting day stationmaster was, to the tune of Rs. s, thoughhe was in bed at the EASTERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE FOUR-CYLINDER COMPOUND EXPRESS ENGINE. tion is of the Walschaert type for both high and low-pressure cylinders, that great favor with IS 01 tne Walscnaert type tor botn—„- and low-pressure cylinders, thatstyle of motion being in gr^*^ *->•- ^ engineers. Double Headers. The question of increased danger toengine and train men with a doubleheader as compared with a train drawnby one engine was brought to the atten-tion of the Texas Railroad Commissionlately. The matter was first before theLegislature, and the passage of a law pro-hibiting the practice asked for by the em-ployes. It was then referred to the Rail-road Commission, and that body, afterhearing the arguments from the employeson one side and the companies on theother, decided that the evidence did notshow any increase of danger with adouble header. They decided also thatthere was a decided eco
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