. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rd or isjammed, it becomes hard and scrapes theoil off rather than feeds it up. Mr. Hodges, of the Long Island Rail-road, told of a remarkable experience withan elastic fibre waste. The box waspacked with i^^ pounds of waste and 9pints of oil. It ran cool 31,791 miles be-tween June 1st and January i8th, and wasnot opened in the meantime, being lockedpurposely. He did not advocate running boxes with- out inspection, but this was a trialwhich gave almost unheard of fibre waste was dee
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rd or isjammed, it becomes hard and scrapes theoil off rather than feeds it up. Mr. Hodges, of the Long Island Rail-road, told of a remarkable experience withan elastic fibre waste. The box waspacked with i^^ pounds of waste and 9pints of oil. It ran cool 31,791 miles be-tween June 1st and January i8th, and wasnot opened in the meantime, being lockedpurposely. He did not advocate running boxes with- out inspection, but this was a trialwhich gave almost unheard of fibre waste was deemed better thanshort, and attention called to the differ-ence in the way of handling packing bydifferent men. The effect of poor waste was shown tobe detrimental, and the use of waste balls,as practiced by some, was not favored. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING trued off at intervals, or the box catcheson the shoulder. Rules for Watch Inspection. The Burlington people do not proposethat accidents to trains shall happenthrough men carrying inferior rules just issued provide that here-. FRERE BRIDGE, WRECKED BY BOERS. March, IQOO. .rust and November. If found up to therequired standard, a card certifying tothis fact and thoroughly identifying thewatch will be given the owner. This cardmust constantly be carried with thewatch. Each man with a watch must goto the inspector once each week and thereregister and have the variations of hiswatch noted by the inspector, and have nreset to the correct time if there is anvvariation. The rules forbid an employesetting his watch or in any way changingits movements unless it shall have rundown. Whenever a watch is found out oforder and has to be left for repairs, asubstitute watch may be furnished withthe approval of the inspector, but must beaccompanied by a special repair card. In-spectors will have for sale the watches ofthe required standard at lowest figure,and are to make necessary repairs towatches at reasonable rates, but it is notc
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