. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tPhiladelphia last fall, the United StatesSteamboat Inspection Service of theTreasury Department, has taken cogni-zance of the fact that inferior plugs werebeing used, and issued a circular requir-ing that all fusible plugs should be filledwith pure Banca tin and stamped with themanufacturers name, and that an affi-davit setting forth this fact should befiled with the inspector having charge ofthe boiler inspection at whatever pointthe plugs are used. Two forms of plugs, namely, the out-side
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tPhiladelphia last fall, the United StatesSteamboat Inspection Service of theTreasury Department, has taken cogni-zance of the fact that inferior plugs werebeing used, and issued a circular requir-ing that all fusible plugs should be filledwith pure Banca tin and stamped with themanufacturers name, and that an affi-davit setting forth this fact should befiled with the inspector having charge ofthe boiler inspection at whatever pointthe plugs are used. Two forms of plugs, namely, the out-side and inside patterns are shown withthis. They are made to be screwed in,either from the inside of the boiler orfrom the outside through the fire-boxor shell. They are manufactured by theLunkenheimer Company, of Cincinnati,Ohio. The C. W. Hunt Company, West New-Britain, N. Y., supply all kinds of coal-ing apparatus for railroad coaling sta-tions. Those who contemplate makingany changes in their equipment at coal-ing stations ought to send for an illus-trated catalogue of the Hunt JointCement For Making Joints on LocomotiveSmoke Box Fronts, Under Ringsand Doors, Cylinder and StackSaddles, Under Expansion Padsand Around Hud Ring. Unequaled ement. for il expands ;il in heat or cold, and ^ t. Half the Cost ;e times lighter in weight tha Tk Otley Cement Co. riANUFACTURERSCHICAQO, ILL., U. S. A. As an Iron Cement, for it expands and contractswith the metal in heat or cold, and will not bumor crumble out. Being three times lighter in weight than red orwhite lead. Patents. GEO. P. WHITTIESEY, LOAN i TRUST BUILDING. WASHINGTON, D. C. Terms Reasonable. Pamphlet Sent. BEST RAILROAD BOOKS. COMBUSTION OF COALAnd the Prevention of Smoke. Con tains about 800 practical quest ions andtheir answers on the Science of .SteamMalting. By Wm. M. Barr. The necessaryconditions for the Economic Firing of aLocomotive are explained. 85 pages. Cloth, $ AIR-BRAKE CA
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