Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Master-Car Builders' Association, Volume 30 |
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13-INCH PLAIN SHOES adopted air brakes air-brake Arbitration Committee Association Average axle BARR bearing pieces bolster bolts brake beam broken buffer blocks car owners center line charge Chicago CHILLED WHEEL COMPANY versus convention Cudahy Packing Co cylinder decision defect card diameter dimensions door draft gear drawbar end of car end sill equipment Evansville Executive Committee fiber stress flange freight cars gauge grabirons or handholds hose Illinois Central Railroad inches inspector iron Janney coupler journal bearings journal box knuckle ladder lading letter ballot lever load located Louis M. C. B. couplers Master Car Builders matter motion was carried Ohio Pacific plate pounds PRESIDENT R'y Co rail Railroad Company Railway Company recommended practice referred repairs road rods Rules of Interchange SANDERSON SCHROYER Secretary shown springs STEEL WHEEL stock cars submitted tailpin Terre Haute TESTS OF 13-INCH tion trucks truss rods WAITT weight
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Page 497 - Lord one thousand nine hundred and between party of the first part, and party of the second part...
Page 18 - ... to make all necessary purchases, expenditures and contracts required to conduct the current business of the Association, but shall have no power to make the Association liable for any debt to...
Page 21 - 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 497 - 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 174 - ... be stamped by the inspector with his own name, and will then be piled and allowed to remain at the works, subject to further orders from the purchasing agent. On receipt of further orders, axles once accepted will, of course, not be subject to further test, but in no case will even accepted axles be loaded and shipped except in the presence of the inspector. In all cases the inspector will keep an accurate record of the heat numbers, of the number of axles in each heat which are rejected, or...
Page 498 - 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 18 - The duties of the president, vicepresidents, treasurer and secretary, shall be such as usually pertain to their offices, or ma'y be delegated to them by the unanimous vote of the executive committee.
Page 447 - When repairs of any kind are made to foreign cars a repair card shall be securely attached to outside face of intermediate sill between cross-tie timbers. This card shall specify fully the repairs made, and reason for same, the date and place where made, and name of road making repairs; also show location of parts repaired or renewed. The end of car on which brake staff is located shall be known as " B " end, and the opposite end as " A
Page 176 - ... as long as the axle, by reinforcing it on one side, equally at each end, so that when it is laid on the axle, the reinforced parts will rest on the collars or ends of the axle, and the balance of the straight edge not touch the axle at any place.
Page 492 - 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.