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Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
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d generally arrangedin the artictic style of earlier days, when the ornamentation ofa volume was regarded as an important incident to its presen-tation of reading matter. It is also very well written, andgives an interesting description of the two most interestingcities in Canada, with many illustrations from photographs.Sent free to any address. Apply to G. W. Vaux, 917 Mer-chants Loan & Trust Bldg., Chicago, 111. The production of pig iron in Canada for the year 1909was 556,044 tons, or only 4.3 per cent less than in the pre-ceding twelve months. The returns of the eight principalcompanies showed an output of finished steel rails, bars,spikes, rods, etc., of 538,842 tons, of which 291,039 were pro-duced in the second half year, which therefore exceeded thetotal for the first half by 43,236 tons. The output of steelingots for the year was 21 per cent less than for 1907. whichcompares with a shrinkage of over 50 per cent in the UnitedStates. 242 RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC June, 1909.
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Plant of American Nut & Bolt Fastener Co. Manufacture of Nut and Bolt Fasteners The American Nut and Bolt Fastener Co., of Pittsburg,commenced the manufacture of nut and bolt fasteners in July,1902, in a factory 24 ft.x40 ft., at which time the companymade fasteners by hand; the machinery not being readythen. Fasteners had to be made to fill orders and aboutfour hundred per day were made by twelve men. Now thiscompany has a factory equipped with improved automaticmachinery with a capacity of 200,000 fasteners per day. Thiscompany manufactures over 700 different kinds, shapes and sizes of Bartley Positive Fasteners, to make which, all that isrequired, is the size of bolt, and a pencil sketch showingsurrounding dimensions. These fasteners are constructed so that, when applied thelocking arm is bent into its locking position in an easycurve, and when it is to be removed for any cause it canbe straightened out and reapplied many times, making thefastener a very cheap appliance for use

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