. American engineer and railroad journal . RE.\R VIEV, SHOWI\G DEVICE. to raise the rail, the compounding giving the necessary power,enabling the operator to raise the rail at comparatively slowspeed and lower it at almost double the speed. The stand isbored out and fitted with bushings in such a manner that thetop shaft which carries the pulley can he withdrawn with thebushings intact and inserted from the other side, so that when used but very little it has been designed so that the pulley andtop shaft are the only revolving parts, all of the gears beingidle, when not in use. This
. American engineer and railroad journal . RE.\R VIEV, SHOWI\G DEVICE. to raise the rail, the compounding giving the necessary power,enabling the operator to raise the rail at comparatively slowspeed and lower it at almost double the speed. The stand isbored out and fitted with bushings in such a manner that thetop shaft which carries the pulley can he withdrawn with thebushings intact and inserted from the other side, so that when used but very little it has been designed so that the pulley andtop shaft are the only revolving parts, all of the gears beingidle, when not in use. This device is both powerful and very sensitive and is oper-ated by two small clutches on the top shaft. The two oilers on. IKUNT VIEW. .SHOWING LOCATION ON HOUSINGS. the top shaft and one at the end supply all the oil that is re-quired, and by having a bearing on each side of the main driv-ing gears, all danger of springing the thaft is eliminated. Therear view shows clearly the simplicity of the operating device. Onthe extreme right is shown the handle for manipulating theclutches and also the small handle for locking it in a centralposition so that it cannot be thrown in by accident. The above device was designed and is supplied by the Cin-cinnati Planer Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. Pennsylvania Terminal in Manhattan.—The story of the Penn-sylvania Railroads great enterprise, its genesis, progress andcompletion, is told by C. M. Keys in an attractive article in theJuly number of Worlds Wnrk. This story appearing under thetitle Cassatt and His Vision, is fully illustrated and will befound very complete, as well as interesting, by any one intercsted in the successful venture planned by a great exec
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