Show r t tAut t AO Aut Automatic Fuel Stoker With the Introduction of the air airbrake brake make o on railway y trains trains' the trainman's trainman's train train- mans man's occupation no longer consists of tl the calling stations and handling the bral brakes es the latter duty having been eliminated by by byan an apparatus appa app apparatus ratus under under- control control rot of th theman ma l in in charge of ot the engine and enabling e eO O t i I 1 Feeds the Boller Boiler Without Aid Ald him to bring his train to the a stop at the proper place at the the station or to apply th the brakes instantly in case of danger instead of giving the signal and waitIng waiting wait wait- Ing until the brakeman can can tighten the brakes Now the question n arises arises is the engineer to be his own fireman as aswell aswell aswell well as brakeman It would certainly seem so 80 from the invention of a western man which is shown in they tho picture Should the point be raised that the engineer has enough to do in watching his engine and the track tracI ahead the answer can be given that the arrangement is almost automatic and only a little atten attention f n 4 cr- cr ped at a stati i l 0 mOp a out at Mats Mats- o 40 needed d to keep A the e ti t f dC ic stoker in working condi condl L tion on As long as the supply q of fuel in inthe inthe the h hopper is no note exhausted worm screw will carry it forward and discharge discharge discharge dis dis- charge it Into the boiler boller the screw being actuated b by an auxiliary engine obtaining steam from the boiler boller Should the engineer discover his steam Indicator climbing too high he has only to cut down the amount of ot feed for a time and even this portion of ot the work could be looked after automatically automatically automatically auto auto- by connecting a stop lever with the safety valve There Is no opening of the furnace door at frequent frequent frequent fre fre- quent intervals to ascertain the condition condition condition con con- of the fire and shovel in more coal but the draft through the firebox Is maintained continuously and under these circumstances it it should not be bea bea a difficult task to gauge the apparatus so that the proper amount of ot fuel would be discharged into the combustion combustion combustion combus combus- tion chamber continuously Telephone and Phonograph The London Dally Daily News says that an English engineer named Ernest George Craven who for some time was one of ot Thomas A A. assistants assistants as as- at Menlo Park has Invented a machine which combines the properties properties prop prop- of the telephone and graph As the sound Is received over the telephone it is recorded on a wax cylinder from which It can be repeated repeat repeat- ed when desired Several successful demonstrations it is stated have be been n given at the Dally Daily News office In Lon Lon- don All Contracts Let Let to Americans According to Electricity every contract contract contract con con- tract for the first speed high-speed railway to be built bunt in Japan has be been n let to American concerns and every every part of the the- equipment of pt the road w will n be made In this country Considerate Fellow Bill Oh Bill-Oh Oh yes hes he's great on eti etl quette Jill Is Jill Is that right I i. i Sure Why he was telling me me only yesterday esterday that if a man Is sm smoking ling while walking down the street with alady a alady alady lady the cigar should always be In Inthe Inthe inthe the side of the mouth farthest removed removed removed re re- moved from the lady I |