. American engineer and railroad journal . diameter. The driving wheels are four-coupled and 7 ft. 1in. in diameter. The total heating surface of the engine sq. ft. The largest order ever taken for Magnolia Metal has justbeen closed by Mr. H. W. Toothe with the American Locomo-tive Company fur the supply of all the bearing metal that thiscompany will require for the coming year, A FOLDING BRAKE WHEEL Chicago & Northwestern Railway. For use on cars of passenger train whi r< the usualmenl of the brake « he i! would be In the wa r ol estilC. A. Schroyer, Superintendent of the Ca
. American engineer and railroad journal . diameter. The driving wheels are four-coupled and 7 ft. 1in. in diameter. The total heating surface of the engine sq. ft. The largest order ever taken for Magnolia Metal has justbeen closed by Mr. H. W. Toothe with the American Locomo-tive Company fur the supply of all the bearing metal that thiscompany will require for the coming year, A FOLDING BRAKE WHEEL Chicago & Northwestern Railway. For use on cars of passenger train whi r< the usualmenl of the brake « he i! would be In the wa r ol estilC. A. Schroyer, Superintendent of the Car Departmenl of tb<Chicago & Northwestern Railway, designed the brake wheelillustrated in the accompanying engraving the wheiturned up out of the way when the car is coupled to one havinga vestibule and when in use the brake wheel is held rigidly inplace. The wheel pivots on the pin shown in section below the CI 0ter of the wheel and revolvi s so thai the lefl hand sldiin the engraving, mines upward and to the right. I I hool. Tii cml of brake ?iiaft A Folding Brake Wheel-Chicago & Northwestern Railway. on the top of the dog over the center of the brake staff is usedto raise the dog so that the wheel will turn up out of the the last minute we note an error in the engraving. Thetop of the brake staff should not be shown in the dotted Lin< aand the cross-section of the metal in the wheel should beshown against the top of the shaft so as to indicate an abut-ment for the wheel to rest against. To fold the wheel overthe dog is lifted and the wheel is free to move. When returnedto place the dog drops into position and locks the wheel. A GENEROUS EMPLOYER APPRECIATED. When so much is heard about the unreasonableness of work ■ingmen the following quotation from the president of a largitrust company, printed in the New York ■Times, is refreshingand even reassuring, as it records a response to consideratetreatment: When I hear discussions of the relations existing betwe
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