. American engineer and railroad journal . rates. The vehicles are described and all infor-mation necessary for getting the benefit of the new service is the reverse side of the folder is a map of New York, with thedistricts plainly indicated. The Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner changes its name toMines and Minerals with the November issue. Originally thepaper was exclusively a coal mining publication and the name wasparticularly appropriate. The broadening of the scope of the paperhas made the change a desirable one and we wish ourcontemporarysuccess under the new name even better
. American engineer and railroad journal . rates. The vehicles are described and all infor-mation necessary for getting the benefit of the new service is the reverse side of the folder is a map of New York, with thedistricts plainly indicated. The Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner changes its name toMines and Minerals with the November issue. Originally thepaper was exclusively a coal mining publication and the name wasparticularly appropriate. The broadening of the scope of the paperhas made the change a desirable one and we wish ourcontemporarysuccess under the new name even better than that which has beenenjoyed under the old. A New Brake-Lever Carrier. The accompanying engraving shows the construction of theDuraut Noiseless Brake-lever Carrier, which was devised to over-come the scraping and rasping noises of the levers of air-brakesystems by doing away with the causes for the grinding. Theillustration shows the device as applied to an equalizer carrier consists of two castings receiving the trunnions of. The Durant Brake-Lever Carrier. two rollers and riveted together with the rollers in place. Thelower edges of the castings are formed into sister hooks whichare sufficiently far apart to admit of removing and replacing thehanger links by giving it a quarter turn. The rollers bear upon abar of \ by H-inch iron. The device is manufactured and sold bytheHampson Flexible Steam Joint Company, of Lakeport. N. H. The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Safety-Appliance Act. The appioach of the limit of time set by the act requiring theapplication of air-brakes and automatic couplers on cars used ininterstate commerce is causing uneasiness among those railroadofficers who have conscientiously tried to meet the requirements. Others have assumed that an extension of time would be grantedand hive acted accordingly. Some of the3e may be disappointed,as the following statement of the present situation, recentlyreceived with other papers relating to the
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