. Official proceedings . all ready-made ! I have been much interested in the papers recently presentedbefore the New York Club in November last, and before thePittsburg Club in December last, and before the New EnglandClub at their December meeting. Three of t;e organizations for December last considered mat-ters relating to the locomotive, and presumably because the loco-motive is of great importance at this period, in connection withthe net result of railway operation. At the December meeting of the St. Douis Railway Club, Ihad the pleasure of presenting to the members a blue print madefrom
. Official proceedings . all ready-made ! I have been much interested in the papers recently presentedbefore the New York Club in November last, and before thePittsburg Club in December last, and before the New EnglandClub at their December meeting. Three of t;e organizations for December last considered mat-ters relating to the locomotive, and presumably because the loco-motive is of great importance at this period, in connection withthe net result of railway operation. At the December meeting of the St. Douis Railway Club, Ihad the pleasure of presenting to the members a blue print madefrom a tracing made in 1863 of an eight wheeler designed by W. Cushing, and built in 1S64 for the Chicago & North-western Railway. The engine in question was called the Barth-olomew, and had cylinders 16 x 22, and drivers 66 locomotive carried 130 pounds working pressure, and I amtold that it was a smart piece of machinery. Below is given asectional view of the cylinder of the enghie, Bartholomew,. 94 Proceedings Railway Club of Pittsbur^fh. and in the following cut is given a sectional view of the practiceof the present day.
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