. Railroad digest . e form of a private letter to the ed-itor but too late for us in our June is-sue, and in the pressure of cares got over-looked in pieparing the July deem it of sufiicient importance toput before our readers in this issue. Wemet Mr. Furman at a recent conventionand were impressed with his candor intalking aliout his device. For some timeprevious to this, however, we were im-pressed that some one would get up somesuch machine for not only sandpaperingbut also for rubbing with black pumice:and he has done both and was doingit while we were dreaming about is a
. Railroad digest . e form of a private letter to the ed-itor but too late for us in our June is-sue, and in the pressure of cares got over-looked in pieparing the July deem it of sufiicient importance toput before our readers in this issue. Wemet Mr. Furman at a recent conventionand were impressed with his candor intalking aliout his device. For some timeprevious to this, however, we were im-pressed that some one would get up somesuch machine for not only sandpaperingbut also for rubbing with black pumice:and he has done both and was doingit while we were dreaming about is a large item in the passengercar painting problem, necessarily so bythe slow process of doing it by hand;and if Mr. Furman can accomplish areduction here by his ingenious devicehis name ought to be added to the listof labor-savers, with which, as yet, theranks of foremen painters are not over-crowded Some attachment for cleaningI ai glass would also be a valuable ad-dition as this i-. a laigp labor item in I U sh,,ps. HOTEL CdlA-MBIA. IJIFFAIii The accompanying illustration gives aview of the Hotel Columbia, which well-equipped liostelry will be the headquar-ters of the M. C. & L. P. Associationduring our annual convention at Buffalonext month. Particulars of the accommo-dations to be afforded by the proprietorsof this hotel will be found in the officialnotice of the convention, and we are as-sured that the members in attendance atthe convention will be well taken care of. The railroads are beginning to shutdown on extensive sign-writing, or ad-vertising, on the sides of freight cars,the Illinois Central being the first to take a stand against the practice. Smallmuslin signs containing simple noticesmay be tacked on, hut not over the carnumbers. The above is clipped from an exchangeThe practice did not stop too soon andcan be none too thorough. Lampblack dries better if it has beencalcined. Sign painters sometimes dothis. It also works better every day, andhas more body. Saturat
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