. American engineer . Interior of the Erie Railroad Apprentice School at Dunmore, Pa. chosen as apprentices are preferably employees sons and must the aim to retain him in the companys employ, and every effortbe over 17 and under 21 years of age. When they are selected is made to do are given mental and physical examinations, and if ac- ceptable are required to serve a three months probationary periodin the shop before they are hnally accepted. Each scliool is in session 40 weeks a year and the apprentices P.\TENT .—According to the report of the secre-:iry of the interior


. American engineer . Interior of the Erie Railroad Apprentice School at Dunmore, Pa. chosen as apprentices are preferably employees sons and must the aim to retain him in the companys employ, and every effortbe over 17 and under 21 years of age. When they are selected is made to do are given mental and physical examinations, and if ac- ceptable are required to serve a three months probationary periodin the shop before they are hnally accepted. Each scliool is in session 40 weeks a year and the apprentices P.\TENT .—According to the report of the secre-:iry of the interior for the year ended June 30, 1912, the U. of the Models Erie Railroad Apprentice School. are required to attend two two-hour periods each week duringthe three years of their apprenticeship. The time is given tomechanical drawing, shop mathematics, and instruction in stand-ard shop practice and it is the aim of the instructor to make the patent office received during the year, 69,236 applications formechanical patents, 1,775 for designs, 195 for reissues, fortrade luarks, 941 for labels and 362 for prints. There were35,539 patents granted, including reissues and designs. February, !913. AMERICAN ENGINEER. SHOP KINKS al Fo BY W. F. CANAVAN,Missouri. Kansas & Texa: Fori Kans AIR CLAMP FIIK DRIIX PRESS. A pneumatic claiti]) for holding the work f)n a drill press isshown in Fig. 3. It consists of a 6 in. x 8 in. air cylinder, which TAHI E FOR SLOITlNi; IIRIVINC. H\ IIRASSES. A convenient method for clamping a driving box brass to aslotting machine so that it may be machined for the driving box


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