Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Master-Car Builders' Association, Volume 27 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2d blow 34½ inches 66 Knuckle 6th blow adopted air brakes American Railway Association Arbitration Committee arch bar attached axle brake beam brake shoes broken buffer blocks car owner cast-iron center sills charge Chicago claims Committee for decision Company rendered bill convention Coupler Coupler Coupler COUPLER TESTS dead-blocks defect card diameter double buffer draft gear draft timbers DROP TESTS Executive Committee flange foreign cars freight cars height of drawbars iron journal bearings journal box Knuckle opening Lake Erie letter ballot Limit Gauge Master Car-Builders Morris & Co motion was carried O. H. STEEL Pacific Railway Company pass M. C.-B PIVOT PIN pounds capacity PRESIDENT PULLING TESTS question rail Railroad Company RAILWAY COMPANY versus Recommended Practice repairs required to break Rhodes rigid trucks road Rules of Interchange Secretary shank standard height steel-tired wheels submitted tight tion truss rods WAITT Weight of Coupler Western wrong drawbar
Popular passages
Page 364 - That within ninety days from the passage of this act the American Railway Association is authorized hereby to designate to the Interstate Commerce Commission the standard height of drawbars for freight cars, measured perpendicular from the level of the tops of the rails to the centers of the drawbars, for each of the several gauges of railroads in use in the United States, and shall .fix a maximum variation from such standard height to be allowed between the drawbars of empty and loaded cars.
Page 121 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with drivingwheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 375 - At each annual meeting the president shall appoint a committee of five whose duty it shall be to report at the next annual meeting subjects for investigation and discussion, and if the subjects are approved by the Association, the president shall appoint special committees to report on them.
Page 403 - Lord one thousand nine hundred and between party of the first part, and party of the second part...
Page 343 - If the company on whose lines the car is destroyed elects to rebuild either body or trucks, or both, the original plan of construction must be followed, and the original kind and qualities of materials used. The rebuilding must be completed within 60 days from the original date of damage or destruction. In such cases no allowance shall be made for betterments. RULE 122.
Page 376 - The by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present providing a copy of such amendment has been sent to all members at least 30 days prior to the meeting.
Page 403 - The party of the first part hereby agrees that on presentation of the statement to pay to the party of the second part any balance due from lack of sufficient service on the part of the wheels (with above exceptions) to balance the charge ; and the party of the second part hereby agrees to pay to the party of the first part any balance due as shown by the aforesaid statement — settlements to be made quarterly.
Page 348 - ... settle disputes arising under the rules, and to facilitate the revision of the rules at the annual conventions of the Association, an Arbitration Committee of five representative members shall be appointed annually by the Executive Committee; three members of this committee to constitute a quorum. In case of any dispute or question arising under the rules between the subscribers to said rules, the same may be submitted to this committee through the secretary, in abstract, jointly, said abstract...
Page 404 - The party of the first part hereby agrees on presentation of the statement above mentioned, to pay the party of the second part any balance due from lack of sufficient service on the part of the wheels (with above exceptions), to balance the charge, and the party of the second part hereby agrees to pay to the party of the first part any balance due as shown by the aforesaid statement, settlements to be made quarterly.
Page 402 - The wheel shall be placed flange downward on an anvil block weighing not less than seventeen hundred (1,700) pounds, set on rubble masonry at least two feet deep, and having three supports not more than five (5) inches wide for the wheel to rest upon.