Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-14
ROAD-MASTERS.

the Various Appliances NOW IN USUAL
Address in the Evening,
Yesterday afternoons session of the
Roadmaste-'s association of America con-
vened at the state capitol at O'Clock and
was called to order by its president, j..
Burnett, of Joliet, ILL.,, roadmaster of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road.
The following members were present:
]. B. Mol, Chicago, Milwaukee & st, Paul,
Faribault
David Wright, Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, RedsWing,
A. Cox, Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul
Omaha, LIE Sueur.
Geo. b. Trip, Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, Tomah, Wis.
Thomas Adamsen, Ohio 6 Mississippi, Law
renceburg, Ind.
John 1ierney, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
Blue Island, Ill.
C. h. Meeker, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
Chicago, Ill.
j. Burnett, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
Joliet, Ill.
Thomas Rafferty,, Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, southern division, Lanesboro, MINI.
Thomas Adams, Baltimore g. Ohio, Pittsburg
division, Connelsville, Pa.
W. H. McCliL took, Louisville & Nashville,
Louisville, Ky.
a. IL.
| cific, Des Moines, La.
L. Raynor, Chicago & Grand Trunk, Battle
| Creek, Mich.
S. L. Sweeney, Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific,
Bement, Ill.
o. D. Richards, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern, Andover, Oh o.
Il. II. Mott, Green Bay, Winona & ST. Paul,
Plover, Wis.
P. j. Kelley, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chi
cagh & st Louis, Kankakee, Ill.
A. W. Moore, Chicago, indianapolis, st.
Louis & Cincinnati, Greensburg, Ind
James Sloan, Chicago & Eastern Illinois,
Danville, Ill.
J. H. Brown, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Mason City, La.
c. H. stockwell, Chicago Milwaukee & st.
Paul, Coon Rapids, Ia.
p. II. Hennessy, Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, Perry, la.
]. E. Cox, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Sanborn, Iowa.
S. W. Deming, Chicago, Rock Island Daven-
port, Welton, La.
J,C. Brennan, st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Mani
toba, st. Paul.
M. A. Sheppard, Central Iowa, Brighton, Ia.
c. D. Shattuck, Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, L. & M. division, Farlbault.
c. H. Cornell, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Dubuque Ia
I. A. Heron, Iowa & Minnesota, Calmac,
Iowa.
Joseph Hayward, st. Joe and Council Bluffs,
Kansas City.
I. Hines, third division Northern Pacific,
Fairmount, Dakota.
J. B. Kelley, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
Hastings and Dakota division, Hastings.
j. T. Moran, Iowa Central, Waterloo, Iowa.
J. Sullivan, Iowa Central, Dubuque, Iowa.
j. W. Mayer, st. Paul, Minneapolis & StIllwa-
ter, Delano.
John M. Milton, Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, II. & D. division, Mi lneapolis,
A. B. Hyde, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
Wells.
M. Hanley, Fargo Southern, Fargo.
nj. D. Kelley, st. Paul & Duluth, st. Paul.
J. J. Brennan, st. Paul & Manitoba, Minneap-
oils.
There are eighty-fve members of the
association at this its first annual session,
of which twenty-five are accesslons at the
present meeting.
A letter was read from Gen. s. P. Jenni-
son, giving the free use of the capitol for
holding their sessions.
The president stated that the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba road had pro-
vided special train to take the association
to Lake Minnetcnka, leaving the union
depot at $3.50 a. N. this morning, where it
would speud an hour and half in q
sail on the lake, and returning to Mime
apolis would inspect the Mississippi river
bridge at that city, visit the Touring mills
and return in the afternoon in season to
hold q session at the capitol, to be followed
With an evening session 81. which the asso-
ciatlon would come 60 an adjournment.
Inc president al 20 stated that the Mani
toea orlage 70 Minneapolis, recently burn
eo' "ou' =. be completed sothat they would
pae 3 over it in the special train.
The members then commenced to take
evidence from each other in regard to
angle bar, fsh-plate and fiat bar joints for
fastening the rails together, hexagon and
square bolts for fastening these joints, nut
washers for holding them firmly, and the
best wrenches to be used in fastening
them.
Of the joint bars the angle bar was con-
ssidered the best on hard ballast roads and
the fsh-plate seemed to have the prefer
ence on mud foundations.
Experiences were given with the use OF
| the Varona nut lock, the Pratt vulcanized
| lock and other inventions. The majority
of the road-men gave in their preference
to the Varona and it was shown to be liz
use on all the leading roads, and fast
| growing in favor on account of its IN
destructability and perfect working.
OF bolts it was shown that the hexagor
was most in use although some good ar
guments were advanced in favor of thu
square bolt and the Harvey grip bolt.
It was decided that in the matter o
wrenches the steel wrench was the mes
econom cal and the quickest and sures
tool to work with,
The matter of the wearing out OF rail
on the end was discussed, and the supper
by ties of suspended joints as having to d
with their wear was elaborated On.
seemed to be shown that single tie su!
: port on joint was better than two {
: more, from the fact it was difficult to kee
f three ties ON level, and from such-ir
q CAPABILITIES of surface it was thong
a there came heavier wear on the end of tt
rails, and that such was principal eau
of the looseness and breaking of bolts al
danger of accident.
All were of the opinion that tbs joir
y were the weakest points in a railw
g track, and that too many bolt hoes ir
IS rail were weakening. The president,
Q speaking of the relative strength of joi
II bars, said that the fish joint would bre
Sc under the pressure of $4,000 pounds, a
g the angle bar at weight of 76,C
n pounds.
d. Tho boIa IN the ca7,tar on tho Hot =