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Show Nason and the Air Brakes. It was In tho tlmo of tho old Ilos ton & Providence railroad that nlr brakes wcro first Introduced, but oven then railroading wan so llttlo understood under-stood that fow men realized their Importance. Im-portance. Supt. Najon of tho Iloston & Provldonco was ono of these, although al-though ho had tho reputation of being nn eminently "practical" man Ono day oh agent of nn air brako company was explaining to him tho working of tho main reservoir, but Nason could not seem to go it through his head. "You say you pump air Into It?" ho Inquired. "Ycj," was tho reply. "Well, ain't It full of air. anyhow; and how nro you going to 111! It nny fullorT Think jou can make a pull hold twlco us much water by pouring moio In? When a thing's full. It's full, I know what I'm tnlklng about." |