. American engineer and railroad journal . ow: 1 No. 2 Official press 4 by 6 inches. 3 Hemple (luoins and one key. 1 lot assorted wood furniture. 5 lbs. 2-point L. S. slugs. 5 lbs. 2-point L. S. leads. 1 8-inch composing stick. 1 S by 12 inch ink stone. 1 font 6 point combination Gothic type No. 1532. 1 font 18 point combination Gothic type No. 1 font 12 point combination Gothic type No. 1526. 2 fonts 2 point brass rule. 3 small cases two-third, size (for type).1 lb. can quick-drying printers ink. For the benefit of a number of correspondents who have in-quired about this method we woul
. American engineer and railroad journal . ow: 1 No. 2 Official press 4 by 6 inches. 3 Hemple (luoins and one key. 1 lot assorted wood furniture. 5 lbs. 2-point L. S. slugs. 5 lbs. 2-point L. S. leads. 1 8-inch composing stick. 1 S by 12 inch ink stone. 1 font 6 point combination Gothic type No. 1532. 1 font 18 point combination Gothic type No. 1 font 12 point combination Gothic type No. 1526. 2 fonts 2 point brass rule. 3 small cases two-third, size (for type).1 lb. can quick-drying printers ink. For the benefit of a number of correspondents who have in-quired about this method we would state that the press referredto, which is efficient and strong and specially well adapted tosuch work, was furnished by The Crescent Type Foundry, 346Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. ir,0(). AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 27 AN AIU-MIT PUMP. St. Paul & niilulh Rnilmad. Gmuna LirK r K ^M uii Cicapei :?^ fa/reaPipe 4H* ll :|| 1 -^ \^\ .^^1 Lii -rV 1 |3 aV^ , J :■*« ,] 13 bssMy ^ i lllr-»C»ec/t ^ 11 ^^p fa/re r liPipe. Mr. G. D. Hiooko, GeneralMaster Mechanic of the & Duluth Railroad, sometime ago devised an applicationof compressed air to the pump-ing of water at the Gladstoneshops of that road, which isworthy of note. It is an adapt-ation of the well-linown air liftto conditions, under which adeep well pump had not givensatisfaction. The engravings illustrate theplan. The well has an eight-inch casing, driven to a depthof 750 feet, but now partly filledup with silt, mailing the depth640 feet. Formerly a deep wellpump with a 36-foot pitmanwas used. This caused consid-erable annoyance by requiringconstant attention, repairs andin replacing this arrangementthe location of the well nearthe stationary boiler plant andin the midst of the shop build-ings was found unfortunate, be-cause it necessitated forcing thewater underground horizontallyto a distance of more than 500feet to the road water tanks. Itwould have been better to erecta tank directly over the
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