. Official proceedings . , ETC. The U. S. Metallic Packing Co. PHILADELPHIA FIREBOX FACTS 1. Big locomotives have long wheel bases. 2. Long wheel bases must be covered by long boilers. 3. Long boilers mean excessive flue lengths. 4. Excessive flue lengths represent investment in heating surfaces of lowevaporative values. 6. Shorter flues mean longer fire boxes. 6. Longer fire boxes (with combustion chambers) of the radial stay type aredangerous and introduce added stay bolt troubles. 7. The Jacobs-Shupert sectional fire box (and combustion chamber whenrequired) supplies the means for designing
. Official proceedings . , ETC. The U. S. Metallic Packing Co. PHILADELPHIA FIREBOX FACTS 1. Big locomotives have long wheel bases. 2. Long wheel bases must be covered by long boilers. 3. Long boilers mean excessive flue lengths. 4. Excessive flue lengths represent investment in heating surfaces of lowevaporative values. 6. Shorter flues mean longer fire boxes. 6. Longer fire boxes (with combustion chambers) of the radial stay type aredangerous and introduce added stay bolt troubles. 7. The Jacobs-Shupert sectional fire box (and combustion chamber whenrequired) supplies the means for designing locomotive boilers of correcteconomic proportions and at the same time for reducing maintenanceproblems to a minimum. YOURS FOR BETTER BOILERS Jacobs-Shupert U. S. Firebox Co. 30 Church St., New York. Works: Coatesville, Pa. RAILWAY STEEL-SPRING COMPANY, Springs, Steel Tired Wheels, Locomotive and Car Wheel Tires. GENERAL OFFICE. 30 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK BRANCH OFFICES:—CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS. ST. PAUL, WASHINGTON, D. C. G-E Motors and Control Increase Production and Reduce Maintenance Inevitably — you will electrify SOONER or later the advantages of G-EMOTOR DRIVE are going to become so ap-parent to you that you will ask our EngineeringOrganization to study the conditions and require-ments of your plant—just as the owners of theequipment here illustrated had us do. Because of its wide experi-ence in all fields of indus-trial power, the GeneralElectric Company can ap-ply to the solution of ^outpower problems a breadthof experience and knowl-edge to which no other institution can lay , the organiza-tion and resources of theGeneral Electric Companystand squarely behindevery G-E MOTORDRIVE to insure satisfac-tory operation. rD General Electric Company
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