. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 2 and wasburied on the ISth, his funeral havingbeen among the largest and most influ-entially attended interments ever held inthat city. The honorary bearers, all oldfriends and associates of Mr. Carney, wereJames McNaughton of New York, vice-president of the American LocomotiveCompany; R. .J Gross, John R. Magarvey,manager of the Schenectady plant of the-Xmerican Locomotive Works; H. C. He-quembeurg of New York, Harry Swoyer,general manager of the Brooks worksof the American Locomotive Compa


. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 2 and wasburied on the ISth, his funeral havingbeen among the largest and most influ-entially attended interments ever held inthat city. The honorary bearers, all oldfriends and associates of Mr. Carney, wereJames McNaughton of New York, vice-president of the American LocomotiveCompany; R. .J Gross, John R. Magarvey,manager of the Schenectady plant of the-Xmerican Locomotive Works; H. C. He-quembeurg of New York, Harry Swoyer,general manager of the Brooks worksof the American Locomotive Company;H. II. Droege, vice-president of the Mer-chants National Bank. The active bearers, all members of Dun-kirk commandery No. 0, K. T., wereHenry Adams, J. A. Taylor, A. E. Nu-gent. R. H. Heppell, A. W. Cummingsand John W. Holmes. With the excep-tion of Mr. Holmes all are past eminentcommanders. -Ml the public organizations in Dunkirkand of some neighboring towns sent del-egates to the funeral and a general feel-ing was manifested to honor the departedcitizen. In 1876 the writer went to work in the. CH.\RLES J. C.\RNEY. lirooks Locomotive Works and workedfor several months under Mr. Carneywhom he found to he the most helpful,obliging and efficient superior he has evercome in contact with. He was an excel-lent leader of men and by precept andexample pushed forward in an ad-mirable manner the work he was engagedupon supervising. 176 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. May, 1916. Dr. Angus Sinclair Comments on the Educa-tion of Apprentices, Past and Present In the meeting of tlie mechanical staffof the Erie Railroad, presided over byMr. William Schlafge, general superin-tendent of machinery, reports arc madeabout the value and utility of certain ar-ticles. These we discuss and valuable in-formation is obtained that keeps one inclose touch with the mechanical progressof the day. There are now six apprenticeschools and another one is about to beopened, all of which add considerably t


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