| Show l Prof Hi If W hubbard recently deIty delivered eyed ered nn tin address before the tho Society of Mechanical Engineers nt nit Cornell on din Engineering In ho lie said Among the most valuable members of tim the engineering profession today are the he moving spirits of ot the engineering press Much Mel matter of great value Is regularly to be bu found In the current periodicals of a profession growing so rapidly and hid In so many directions as Is engineering Hooks Books mono monographs monographs graphs upon particular subjects necessary essary as are by bI Uncle gathering within ono aria cover nil alt thin the required ma mu of and by their heir orderly classification logical dIe a aby by very necessity c f production always and the times The reason for of the tho engi engl engineering press Irs Is to all recent valuable Information news If you p ase and present it lb weekly or monthly more morp or loss digested to as largo a of renders readers aw an possible The American papers representing ape special cial branches of the profession far surpass In numbers and variety randy and ex ox excellence the like papers of the old world Their general use proves that they have havo haveIt a It most Important place those may be he grouped tim tho published transactions of the many engineering societies tutU and clubs cluba Unthinkingly or deliberately to neglect terming forming acquaintance with so great n a of knowl knowledge edge Is not fitting for f r the student who has imas his own oiin future tomako In a coun country country try where tilts ruts amid old fashions are only for the failures Habits are excellent balance wheels generally Brilliancy l given to but few men the great majority must ham hammer hammet met mer or 01 problem or engineer engineerIng Ing feat In tact fact genius line been de do defined fined as tin ten Infinite capacity to take trouble Regularity of mind a habit of undivided application may mity place the worker far beyond the ono one who thinks to accomplish by fits and starts U IL Is well to form the habit of regular perusal ot of the weekly Ma Machinist or Engineer Is the normal state of the tho scientific mind It Is over ever looking for something better not satisfied that tile tho present la Is perfect rIm Tho reading of arti articles cuba cles over the names of famous engi engineers Users afterward to find thorn them severely criticised Is good for fat the confiding slit stu student dent who perhaps has supposed that till all engineers and professors are agreed It Is Just as well tot for him to learn not notto notto to believe all that IH In In print unless there are good reasons presented A good engineering vapor be he one of time the life partners ready at h hand nd When moments of leisure permit Its In Instruction and enjoyment better under understood stood rind and liked as tile years roll noil on ac no acquaintance or perhaps friendship formed with editor contributions made given anti taken some share had la In It Its mighty In the tho engineering world sl The 0 II It N company announce ammoun a arate arAte rate of 25 for lasage be between tween Omaha and aret City its and Portland cad and Sound points next March and April Tho new rate will take the of the thu rate that wa withdrawn several months ago th there rr la is no connection between It ii sitU and the old condition of o affairs W n 8 Leeds an as provident of the Rock flock Island ro l In Is saId mild tn to owe his eleva elevation tion to Moore Bros who have IliVe gained of a ru majority of Rock Island stock Rut Hut It In is not known with an degree of certainty whom these finan financier cier are representing The Jersey Jeney Central ha luca ordered 2150 coal freight and box cars from tho thu American Car k Foundry company the Air ln Line Is In the tho market for or 1 1040 WH box and coal roal Mrs earn tIme the D C L I S has baa ordered 2050 box cur and deal oar cars Irom th lii AmerIcan Company the Pennsylvania has ordered hiTS box and cars car train from the Illinois Cur fi Equip meat ment company the wants freight cars em anti and U Use e Philadelphia A leading wants l care tors In ha addition to orders already given |
