. American engineer and railroad journal . CO « Ul X SEPTEMBER, 1899. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 281. Fig. Firebox York Central & Hudson River Railroad. niaae of properly selected lumber. Size has m\ich to do withthe cost, however, and for capacities of more than gal-lons wood could not be used. Mr. Snow expects to see tanksmade of large diameter and less height than are now custo-mary. The increased cost of pumping into high-sided tanksis worthy of consideration, and the danger of freezing is lessin tanks of larger diameter. Steel tanks appear to
. American engineer and railroad journal . CO « Ul X SEPTEMBER, 1899. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 281. Fig. Firebox York Central & Hudson River Railroad. niaae of properly selected lumber. Size has m\ich to do withthe cost, however, and for capacities of more than gal-lons wood could not be used. Mr. Snow expects to see tanksmade of large diameter and less height than are now custo-mary. The increased cost of pumping into high-sided tanksis worthy of consideration, and the danger of freezing is lessin tanks of larger diameter. Steel tanks appear to havegained popularity recently, but the present high price of steelis likely to increase the favorable opinion of wooden ones. In discussing Mr. Snows paper, Mr. Onward Bates. Superin-tendent of Bridges and Buildings of the Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul Railway, expressed his interest in the subject andstated that he had recently figured on installing some steeltanks, but was deterred by their high cost compared to woodenones. His remarks were in part as follows: It is true that a wooden tank ought to
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