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AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER

The Russell Snow Plows and Flangers, 1898.—The Russell
Snow Plow Co., Mr. J. w. Russell. Manager. Tremolnt Building»
Boston, Mass., has issued a. new catalogue i11l1StI‘3»1‘-iI1l8‘_ and d9‘
scribing their plows. The pamphlet 8‘iVeS 28 pages‘ Of 1I{f°'rma'
tion concerning the construction of the plows. f0!‘ _d1ffe1‘9I1t
classes of work, and also giving the weight, dimensions and
other information necessary for intelligent ordering of this
equipment. The Russell snow l3‘10'W has been de-Ve‘10PeC1 by 19113‘
experience w-hich has led to successful use at speeds 33 1‘-“Sh
as 35 miles per hour into side hill drifts and diagonalbanlks of
snow, which in some places attained a depth of 14 ft. in curved
cuts, and even 50 miles per hour under other con.d1t1ons. A
longitudinal section of one of the large plows shows its con-
struction to b-e such that the frarne transmits the force- from
the engine to the front of the p-low, so as to keep it upon the

‘track, and those who are investigating the su-b.‘ieC‘«t Of SHOW

plows should examine the construction of this type. The trucks
under the front ends are exceedingly h€aVY and StI‘0I1g- The)’
are of the diamond frame type. With four frames and eight
journal bearings for each truck, the axles having 7993-Pings D0111
inside and outside of the wheels. The plows are of different
sizes and forms and are adapted for fast trains on. single track,
for right or left hand rtmning on double track and for com-
bined shoveling and flanging. The wing elevator plow is de-
signed to leave a clear road ove-r 16 feet in width, which is ac-
complished by the use of wings pivoted to each» side of the car
and one of these may be- omitted from the plow if desired. The
elevators on the wings are inclined planes which cut under the
snow,.and lift and throw it from 30 to 60 feet away, according
to the speed of the train. On railroads with two- or more paral-
lel tracks these wings lift and throw the snow clearof the right
of way and clean. it out from between the tracks. A specialty
is made of flanges, which are so constructed as to be strong and
durable and at the same time easily o-perated by hand or com-
pressed air. The Damphlet contains a record of snow plows
from this company during the winter of 1896 and 1897 on the
Northern Pacific Railway in North and South Dakota, that
winter being an exceedingly severe one as regards snow block-
ade. A plow was used in hard, frozen snow from 9 to 12 ft.
in depth over both rails, and in temperatures as low as 18 de-
grees below zero. The statement says: “On March 5 was the
most severe storm, a blizzard, continuing for over 24 hours.
The plow was run from 25 to 45 miles per hour, with 2, 3 and
one 4 mogul engines with 18 by 24 inch cylinders behind it.- The
miles run were as follows: On main line 1,042, on branch line
531, a total of 1,573 miles. In spite of the fact that unusually
hard work was done, part of which was upon branch lines with
a poor road bed, the plow never left the rails, nor was it broken
or disabled; neither was there any accident to the snow plow or
its train. An equally satisfactory record is shown for work on
the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad.

“Pop” Safety Valves.-—T’he Consolidated Safety Valve Com-
pany, 111 Liberty street, New York, have just issued a new
catalogue containing illustrated descriptions of the various
styles of “Consolidated Pop Safety Valves,” manufactured by
them, including several new styles not previously illustrated.

,The importance of using only the best safety valves is first

pointed out and several styles of nickel-seated valves are il-
lustrated, after which three pages are filled with testimonial
letters from such concerns as the Babcock & Wilcox Company,
the Stirling Company, the Abendroth & Root Manufacturing
Company, the He-inae Safety Boiler Company and the National
Water Tube Boiler Company, all of whom are using these valves
on their water tube boilers. In a letter from the concern fivrst
mentioned it is stated that: “Out of 3,737 safety valves of your
make which we have put out there has not yet been a single
unsatisfactory valve.” Over 200,000 pop safety valves have been
sold by this firm, and the catalogue states that none of them,
to their knowledge, have ever failed to work with satisfaction.
Five pages are devoted to valves for marine work, and letters

are printed from Wm. Cramp & Sons, the Newport News Ship- -

building & Dry Dock Company and the Union Iron Works, the
three largest ship-building firms in the country, Statinlgl their
satisfactory experience with these valves. Among the remain-

ing illustrations a.re;a number from locomotive work, both pop ’

and relief valves, the-company h-aving been manufacturing these
valves since 1866. Among the valves for locomo-tivge use is the

Blackall relief valve for attachment to locomotive dry pipes‘
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V anywhere between the throttle and the steam chest, for the re-

lief of pressure due to reversing the engine while moving for-
ward. On page 44 is a list of about 130 railroads using these
goods. The pamphlet is standard size; it is well printed and il-
lustrated and serves its purpose well. Copies will be
mailed to those who apply to the above address.

“Pressed Steel in Car Construction.”——One of the handsomest
catalogues that ever came into this office has just been re-
ceived from the Schoen Pressed Steel Company of Pittsburgh,
Pa, It is 9 by 12 inches in size and is beautifully illustrated
with half-tone engravings from photographs and dra.wings
made s.pec'1a.11y for the purpose. The frcntispiece is a page en-
graving of the works" of the company at Pittsburgh, which is
followed by an interior view of one of the car erecting shops
and one of the exhibit of the company at the World’s Fair in
Chicago. The other engravings show in succession the truck
and body bolsters-, the pedestal truck complete, the diamond-
frame truck, underframing for flat cars, fiat car complete, gon-
dola car, a self—c1earing hopper car of 100,000 pounds capacity,
a steel car of 80,000 pounds capacity for the P. & L. E. R. R.,
a twin hopper coal car of 110,000 pounds capacity for the P. R.
R., a. self-clearing 100,000-pound ore car for the L. S. & I. Ry.
and two views of a. self—clearing coke car for the Frick Coke
Company, all o-f which are in Dressed steel. The last engrav-
ing in the book is from an instantaneous photograph showing
a train. of 35 Schoen pressed steel cars in motion, each car con-
taining a load of 108,000 pounds of ore. The text accompanying
the engravings presents in concise language the advantages
of pressed steel in car construction. The book is sure to be
read -and prized by those for whose use it was intended, and
it forces the conclusion stated at the beginning of the work
that “An all-steel car is not a theory, but an accomplished
fact.” -

“Electricity for Machine Driving.” Westinghouse Electric &

Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg, Pa.

This is a 24-pagep-amphlet which points out in a brief, con-
cise manner a few of the advantages to be secured by the sub-
stitution of electric distribution» of power for the common
method, involving long lines of shafting and connecting belts.
The methods described lead to great reductions of operating
expenses, and the pamphlet is recommended to manufacturers
and others who have charge of power transmission plants. It
is especially commended to those who are operating plants
which, starting from one that is small and well arranged, have
grown with the increase in business until they are scattered
over large areas, making it necessary to divide the power into
a large number of uneconcmical units. a This applies to many
railroad shop plants as well as to !n£|.I1l].fa,ctu1~jng~ establish-
ments. T'he pamphlet is illustrated with handsome half-tone
engravings upon the left hand-pages, and 0-pposite them the
advantages of electric transmission are presented in concise
paragraphs. Its attractiveness will draw -atten-tion at once, and
the pamphlet will be likely to find a place in files for future
reference, if not for immediate use. The style of the author is
flowery, but the work is well done.

“Baldwin Locomotive W0-rks. Record of Recent Co-nst-ructio-n."

Pamphlet Nos. 6 a.nd 7, July, 1898.

These pamphlets in the series now regularly published by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works illustrate a variety of locomotives
of standard and narrow gauges, for domestic and foreign roads,
and with steaxn and electricity for motive po-wers. The dimen-
sions and characteristics of each design are shown, which makes
the record a valuable one for reference and for study of the
tendencies in locomotive construction from these works. No.

7 is deV°ted entirely to n-arrow-gauge engines, the narrowest be-
ing 1 ft. 11% in. .

The Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company has found the demand
fo-r information concerning its pneumatic tools so great as to
necessitate what are termed “special editions-*” -in the form of
additions to its catalogues. The latest of these are devoted to
riveters, hammers and drills, and to wood bo-ring machines,
breast drills and painting machines. They are well printed and

Well illustrated, and show the machines awhile actually at
work.

“Snow Sweepers, Snow Plows, Track Scrapers." The J. G.

.Brill Co., Philadelphia, have distributed a 16-page illustrated

pamphlet dated Aug. 1, 1898, -describing their designs of snow