. Railway master mechanic [microform] . an un-reasonable length of timemerely because he is capableof turning out certain clamoring for a change it would be consistentfor the apprentices to weigh both sides of this question,and the same suggestion might apply to a mastermechanic or general foreman who is over-zealous inwishing to give the boys a show. Judging by the list of subjects selected upon whichpapers will be read at the convention of the Associationof Air Brake Men at Buffalo this month, the meetingshould be most interesting. May, 1904. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 147 New
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . an un-reasonable length of timemerely because he is capableof turning out certain clamoring for a change it would be consistentfor the apprentices to weigh both sides of this question,and the same suggestion might apply to a mastermechanic or general foreman who is over-zealous inwishing to give the boys a show. Judging by the list of subjects selected upon whichpapers will be read at the convention of the Associationof Air Brake Men at Buffalo this month, the meetingshould be most interesting. May, 1904. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 147 New Shops of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at East St. Louis, III. (Continued from page 120) Power House. POWER for the entire plant is derived from a singlecentral station. While the building is not locat-ed in the actual center of the plant, it is arranged in suchposition as to be most convenient for the steam dis-tribution, and the distance to any of the buildings isnot so great as to affect the electrical Fig. 1—Exterior View of Power House—TerminalR. R. of St. L. Steam, air and water pipes as well as all electricalconnections are led from the power house to the sev-eral buildings through brick tunnels, which providesfor the convenience of readily reaching any point ofthe several lines in case of accident and renewal. Thetunnels are of such height as to be easily traversedby workmen, and man-holes, located at several pointsaround the yard, provide easy access thereto. The power house is in a brick building, 98 ft. 2 by 92 ft. 4 in., and is divided by a center wallinto an engine room 44 ft. wide and a boiler room49 ft. 11 in. wide. The stack is erected on a founda-tion of concrete supported on piles. The square baseis 20 ft. across, while the circular portion is 8 ft. in-terior diameter at the base and 150 ft. in flooring of both the boiler room and engine roomis of concrete; the boiler room floor is on the groundlevel, whil
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