. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lt of all this is that we will beable to sell our surplus abroad, run ourworks full all the time, and get the bestpractise and costs in this way. Yet an import duty of $8 a ton isimposed to protect these steel makersfrom the ruinous competition of labor. you of our anxiety to give you any in-formation you may desire, we beg toremain, etc. ft may be that the contrivance for in-creasing adhesion by magnetic attrac-tion may ultiinalcly be made a success,as many other inventions ha
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lt of all this is that we will beable to sell our surplus abroad, run ourworks full all the time, and get the bestpractise and costs in this way. Yet an import duty of $8 a ton isimposed to protect these steel makersfrom the ruinous competition of labor. you of our anxiety to give you any in-formation you may desire, we beg toremain, etc. ft may be that the contrivance for in-creasing adhesion by magnetic attrac-tion may ultiinalcly be made a success,as many other inventions have been de-veloped over the wrecks of repeatedfailures; but meanwhile, we entreat ourreaders not to put any of their hard-earned savings into the stock of thiscompany. A new concern which so-licits stock subscriptions before thor-ough practical trials have demonstratedthe value of their property, ought to beavoided on general principles.— Ed. Ubituary. The engineering world has suffered asevere loss in the recent death of Elfreth Watkins, who for manyyears was curator of mechanical tech-. POSITION WITH COriLER AGAINST HE.^D, BLOCK. Magnetic Equipment. We have received from Thomas .AllenBox. general manager of the MagneticEquipment Company, Chicago, the fol-lowing letter: We have noticed your editorial onour device, in your .\ugust number, andappreciate very much your kindness inmentioning same; however, we believethere are some facts in connection withour device you are not fully informedupon; if this is the case, it would affordus great pleasure to give your repre-sentatives any information in our pos-session. We herewith enclose copy ofletters from engineer and fireman whohave been running our locomotive. We do not compare an investmentin our company with a Governmentbond, yet we feel the earning possibil-ities of our stock is as great as anyever offered on the market. Thanking you in advance for cour-tesies shown our company, and assuring nology in the United State
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