. Railway master mechanic . ettle-ment of the famous *Q strike. Mr. Cavner was activelyengaged in perfecting a device for the improvement ofcombustio n in locomotive smoke boxes at the time of hisdeath. PERSONAL Mr. J. VV. Mai-den, superintendent of the car departmentof the Fitchburg Railroad, has been assigned the duties ofsuperintendent of buildings in addition to his other duties. Mr. Wm. Hassman, formerly master mechanic of theChesapeake & Ohio at Huntington, W. Va., has been ap-pointed superintendent of motive power of the westernof the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Rail- Mr. Clem Hac
. Railway master mechanic . ettle-ment of the famous *Q strike. Mr. Cavner was activelyengaged in perfecting a device for the improvement ofcombustio n in locomotive smoke boxes at the time of hisdeath. PERSONAL Mr. J. VV. Mai-den, superintendent of the car departmentof the Fitchburg Railroad, has been assigned the duties ofsuperintendent of buildings in addition to his other duties. Mr. Wm. Hassman, formerly master mechanic of theChesapeake & Ohio at Huntington, W. Va., has been ap-pointed superintendent of motive power of the westernof the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Rail- Mr. Clem Hackney has been appointed general managerof the Fox Solid Pressed Steel to succeed Mr. F. , who has resigned. Mr. Hackney was formerlysuperintendent of motive power and rolling stock of theUnion Pacific Railroad, and is well known in railwaycircles. On Wednesday. September 23, li-Sl. the death of Harrington occurred at Bethel, Vermont. was in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and. or splinters and dirt adhering to the lower side of thetimber. The operator can also gauge and size up thetimber at the start, prevent the rocking motion ofthe material, and secure perfectly square work in thefull length of the timber. The machine is carefully constructed feed rolls are 8 in. in diameter, while thejournals are also very large. They are strongly con-nected throughout with a system of compensatini;levers and weights and are raised and lowered bypower simultaneously. A small lever on the feeding-in end of the machine adjusts the whole train of feedrollers by power, while the adjustment by hand canbe done at the other end of the machine by means ofa hand wheel. The connecting links of the train ofexpansion gears are hung on special journal boxesand not on the feed roll shaft, thus preventing unduewear of the links and shafts. The lower feed rolljournals rest on adjusting levers, which can be ad-justed quickly from the outside of the mach
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