pany for an order further extending the time within which the said work be completed File 9610. Upon reading what is filed in support of the application It is Ordered, That the time within which the said work be completed be, and it is hereby, further extended until the first of February, 1912. (Signed) J. P. MABEE, Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Com'rs for Canada. Order No. 15685. THE BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSION ERS FOR CANADA. Saturday, the 23d day of December, A.D. 1911. D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Com'r. S. J. MCLEAN, Commissioner. In the matter of the Central Vermont Order No. 15947. THE BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSION- Monday, the 12th day of HON. J. P. MABEE, Chief Commissioner. D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Com'r. S. J. MCLEAN, Commissioner. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon it, and for the further carrying out of the order of the Board No. 14115 re rules and regulations for the inspection of locomotive boilers: File 16513. Part III. It is hereby Ordered, That all railway companies under the jurisdiction of the Board file with the chief operating officer of the Board, within thirty days from this date, a list showing the numbers of all locomotives owned or leased by them; and also file from time to time with the Railway Company and the portions of chief operating officer of the Board a list its railway operated in Canada: File 13802. Upon the reports and recommendation of the engineers and inspectors of the Board It is Ordered, That the Central Vermont Railway Company ballast its entire line between St. Lambert and Waterloo, Marieville and St. Cesaire, Farnham and Frielsburg, and Iberville and Farnham, with at least a 6-inch lift of ballast, and repair all the bridges, farm crossings, highway crossings and fencing; the said work to be completed on or before the first day of October, 1912; and that within thirty days from the date of this order, the railway company fill up the frogs and guard rails on the said portions of railway with packing, as required by Section 288 of the Railway Act; and that the railway company be subject to a penalty of $25 a day for every day it shall be in default in complying with the requirements of this order. (Signed) D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Com'rs for Canada. giving the numbers of all additional locomotives that may be purchased, built or leased by the said railway companies. (Signed) J. P. MABEE, Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Com'rs for Canada. "February 12, 1912. Circular No. 81. Files 9079 and 18767. LIGHTING OF MAIN LINE SWITCHES. I am directed by the Board to call the attention of railway companies subject to its jurisdiction to the fact that on a number of lines where trains are run at night, main line switches are not being lighted; also to point out that the rules require night signals to be displayed from sunset to sunrise, and that when weather or other conditions obscure day signals, night signals must be used in addition. A. D. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary, Board of Railway Com'rs." I am directed by the Board to call the attention of your company to the fact that it has not complied with subsection E of Section 6 of order of the Board No. 12225, dated November 9, 1910, as follows: "Railway companies shall (within ninety days from the date of this order) file with the Board a copy of each examination paper for the examinations herein required to be passed by the employes of such railway company." Your company is therefore directed to comply with the requirements of said subsection E and file at once with the Board a copy of examination papers referred to. A. D. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary, B. R. C. (To all railways under jurisdiction of Board.) Section 391: "The company shall incur a penalty of $8 if, when any train of the company is approaching a highway crossing at rail level "(a) The engine whistle is not sounded at least eighty rods before reaching such crossing; and "(b) The bell is not rung continuously from the time of the sounding of the whistle until the engine has crossed the highway. "(2) The company shall also be liable for all damage sustained by any person by reason of any failure or neglect to sound the whistle or ring the bell. "(3) This section shall not apply to trains approaching such crossings within the limits of cities or towns where municinal by-laws are in force prohibiting such sounding of the whistle and ringing of the bell." By order of the Board. A. D. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary. (To all railways under jurisdiction of Board.) OTTAWA, June 20, 1912. SIGNALS AT HIGHWAY CROSSINGS. It has been brought to the Board's attention that Section 274 of the Railway Act, quoted herewith, is not in every instance being complied with by Enginemen. Section 274: "When any train is approaching a highway crossing at rail level the engine whistle shall be sounded at least eighty rods before reaching such crossing, and the bell shall be rung continuously from the time of the sounding of the whistle until the engine has crossed such highway. "(2) This section shall not apply to trains approaching such crossing within the limits of cities or towns where municipal by-laws are in force prohibiting such sounding of the whistle and ringing of the bell." Noncompliance with the above mentioned section of the act is a serious matter, and unless action is taken by your company to insure the law being complied with, the Board will be compelled to take action under Section 391 of the Act, reading as follows: THE BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSION ERS FOR CANADA. Saturday, the 22d day of June, A.D. 1912. D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Com'r. S. J. MCLEAN, Commissioner. In the matter of the question of improved conditions of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's yard at Winnipeg, for the purpose of obviating the danger and inconvenience to employes of the company going to and from work. Upon hearing the matter at the sittings of the Board held in the city of Winnipeg on March 25, 1912, in the presence of counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, the railway employes being represented at the hearing, and what was alleged; and upon the railway company's filing a plan showing an elevated passageway from the Arlington street bridge landing at or near the round house, as directed at the hearing; and upon the recommendation of the chief engineer of the Board It is Ordered, That the said plan, dated Winnipeg, April 17, May 14 and May 30, 1912, as amended by the chief engineer of the Board, filed with the Board under file No. 18303, be, and it is hereby approved. (Signed) D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Com'rs for Canada. Order No. 16822. THE BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSION- D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Com'r. A. S. GOODEVE, Commissioner. In the matter of the application of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Com pany, hereinafter called the "Applicant Company," under Section 261 of the Railway Act, for authority to open for the carriage of traffic that portion of its railway, in the Province of Alberta, between Hinton (mileage 978) and Fitzhugh (mileage 1,028). File No. 2236.77: Upon the report and recommendation of an engineer of the Board concurred in by its assistant chief engineer, and the filing of the necessary affidavit It is Ordered, That the applicant company be, and it is hereby authorized to open for the carriage of traffic that portion of its line of railway in the Province of Alberta, between Hinton (mileage 978) and Fitzhugh (mileage 1,028), provided that in the operation of trains over the said railway, the speed be limited to a rate of twenty miles an hour. (Signed) D'ARCY SCOTT, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Com'rs for Canada. Death of Clinton B. Conger. The many friends and acquaintances of Clinton B. Conger, and the thousands of others who knew of him through his writings for the technical press, will regret to learn of his death, which occurred October 29th last at the age of 65. He was one of the founders of the Traveling Engineers' Association. He was its first president, and has presided over various conventions of that association. He had held the office of treasurer for a number of years and was filling that position at the time of his death. Mr. Conger was an acknowledged authority on the air brake, having published several editions of his "Air Brake Catechism" which met with a ready sale. For some years he filled an important position with the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa., and traveled over many of the leading railroad systems of the United States with its instruction cars. At the time of his death he was a traveling representative of William Sellers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., manufacturers of the Sellers injector and other locomotive appliances, having been in the service of that firm since May 1, 1908. Book Reviews. Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair. This is a new book by Victor W. Page, M. E., late technical editor of "The Automobile Journal." It is written in language that is easily comprehended by the nontechnical man, and gives the most reliable and latest infor mation on all phases of gasoline automobile construction, operation, equipment and repair. It is profusely illustrated with half tones and line drawings made especially for this work and which show the actual mechanism used in domestic and foreign automobiles as at present designed. In the arrangement of the matter the reader is taught the basic principles of operation of the various parts before the component or its application are described. The exposition of the principles of the gas engine are so complete and withal so easy to understand that that feature alone is well worth the price of the book. The simplicity of the primer is combined with the completeness and attention to detail of the abstruse engineering treatise, which makes it more practical than either and just as valuable to the engineer and designer as to the novice, student, motorist, chauffeur or repairman. It contains over 700 pages, size 5 x 83 inches, bound in cloth. Price, prepaid, $2.50. Published by The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 132 Nassau street, New York, N. Y. The Modern Gasoline Automobile, Its Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Recipes, Formulas and Processes.-The third edition of this work, edited by Gardner D. Hiscox, M. E., has just been issued. Nearly everyone at some time or other feels the need of a recipe or formula for the doing of some certain thing and would give much for the information could it be obtained when wanted. While a book of this nature may contain a vast amount of matter its possessor might never have use for, the fact remains that if it conveys the information he seeks on one particular subject it may be worth many times its cost to him. It has been compiled in an endeavor to meet primarily the practical requirements of the mechanic, the manufacturer, the artisan, and the housewife. In his preface, the editor states that "In addition to exer up to date. It has over 800 pages, size 53 x 8 inches. Price, in cloth binding, $3; in half Morocco binding, $4. Published by The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 132 Nassau street, New York, N. Y. The Goff Combination Boiler and Superheater. Herewith are shown views of the Goff combination boiler and superheater, which is designed to furnish power for driving stationary engines and steam The Goff Combination Boiler and Superheater cising the utmost care in selecting his materials from competent sources," he "has also modified formulas which were obviously ill adapted for his needs, but were still valuable if altered." He also states that: ". Inasmuch as a particular formula may not always be applicable," he "has thought it advisable to give as many recipes as his limited space would allow under each heading. Sometimes a series of formulas is given which apparently differ but slightly in their ingredients. This has been done on the principle that one, at least, will answer the purpose in hand." It contains a mine of information, is well printed in clear, readable type, and is thoroughly heating plants. The following description is reproduced from "White Light," by request: Fig. 1. General exterior view. Fig. 3. Section taken on line 3-3 (looking downwardly) of Fig. 2. Showing the sheet metal casing 1, with asbestos covering, also the exterior and interior fireboxes or boiler coils, 10 and 13. While in plain view at the bottom of this section, you will see the rotary fire grate 7. Fig. 4. Section taken on line 4-4 (looking downwardly) of Fig. 2. Showing, in addition to the sheet metal and asbestos casing, the open ring casing or separator 15. also the interior firebox or boiler coil 13. (The exterior firebox or boiler coil 10 is located below the open ring casing or separator 15. For this reason it does not appear in this section.) Fig. 5. Section taken on line 5-5 (looking downwardly) of Fig. 2. Showing, in addition to the sheet metal and asbestos casing, the exterior superheater coil 18, the intermediate superheater coil 20, and the interior superheater coil 22. Referring to the drawings, numeral 1 designates the outer casing of the boiler, which may be composed of sheet metal lined with asbestos. Numeral 2, door for the removal of ashes; 2, prime fuel door; 3, flue; 7, rotary fire grate, with cogs on the under side; 9, fire grate operating crank, by which the grate may pipe; 34, boiler check valve; B, gauge cocks; G, steam gauge. Method of Operating (low pressure, automatic.) Water entering supply pipe 28 through check valve 29 flows to reservoir 26, thence through boiler supply pipe 33 and check valve 34 to exterior boiler coil 10, thence circulating downwardly, enters interior boiler coil 13, thence circulating upwardly, enters separator 15. When the water supply is sufficient in reservoir 26 and separator 15, float valve 31 will seat check valve 29, thus checking the flow of water to the reservoir 26. Any reduction of the volume of water in the said reservoir 26 causes the check ers. be revolved in either direction as many times as desired; 10, exterior boiler or firebox coil; 13, interior boiler or firebox coil. Please note: this device is composed of two coils disposed concentrically between the fuel door and the fire grate. Said coils forming two separate fireboxes and two connected boilIn other words, one firebox within the other, or one boiler within the other, as each coil is at the same time both a boiler and a firebox; 15, open ring casing, known as separator, a receptacle for both water and steam; 18, exterior superheater coil; 20, intermediate super heater coil; 22, interior superheater coil; 23, steam dome; 24, steam service pipe; 25, condensation return pipe; 26, water supply reservoir; 27, equalizing pipe; 28. reservoir supply pipe; 29, reservoir supply pipe check valve; 31, float valve; 32, float valve stop pin; 33, boiler supply valve 29 to reopen, thus automatically controlling the reservoir and the boiler supply. You will please note: the exterior and interior boiler coils, 10 and 13, are closely coiled. The chambers within said coils are the receptacles for fuel, and will be designated as the exterior and interior fireboxes. It will thus be apparent, fuel entering at the furnace door 2 prime, if placed within the interior firebox only, will generate the minimum quantity of steam. If the fuel is placed within the exterior firebox only, this will generate the intermediate quantity of steam. While, if the full capacity of the exterior and interior fireboxes are utilized, the maximum quantity of steam will be generated. You will please note: when both the exterior and interior fireboxes are in service, the fire is within the exterior |