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Railway master mechanic (1878)

New York [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. [etc.] · leaf 391

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its great object is to allow cars topass which would not pass under an ordinary straight in-spection. This idea is utterly wrong and should be eradi-cated from the mind of any who hold such an opinion. Itis a positive proof of an inefficient chief joint inspector, ifcars are allowed to pass an… … I.OJO.MDTIVKscrapers mentioned above makes it practically noise-less and hence well suited for use in cities. The costof conveying the coal is considerably less than 1 centper ton, which makes the total cost of placing it onthe locomotive below K cents, about o cents per tonbeing paid for shoveling…

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