Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-14
MASTER CAR
BUILDERS TO-DAY
Twenty-third Annual Convention
at Old Point.
RAILWAY APPLIANCES
RAILWAY
APPLIANCES
An IntereStiDg Ixhibit Nlnde by
Dealers nnd NInnufmcturers-T Tho
HALLWAY Press of tho Country
Largely csentcJ--TOpics 10 BE
Discussed In tho Couventtou-Pro-
GRIM orthc ExcrciScs To- Day.

The thirty-th annual convention of
the Master Car Builders Association
Will open this morning at Chamberlin
Hotei' Old Point Comfort. Yesterday
many OF the members reached Old
Foint. but the main body arrived at
o:oo O'Clock last evening on the Railway
Age special from Chicago, ST. Louis
and Indianapolis.
THE EXHIBITS.
The exhibits of railway appliances are
OF particular interest Yesterday not
all were in shape, but they will proba-
Oily be all installed to-day. The fol-
lowing were in position yesterday:
The Carborundum Co. Niagara Falls.
N. y. Exhibit of crude carborundum
ian artificial producO and this sub
stance made UP into wheels and blocks
Tor grinding. clothes and paper polish
ers and other specialties. The crude ar
ticle is beautiful in it's mass of irrid-
escent crystals of many colors. (The
CRYSTALS will be given away as souve-
mrs.. II. II. Marley, treasurer of the
company, is in charge.
Asbestos products of The II. w. Johns
Manufacturing Co, of 100 william
street, n. Y: Asbestos packings, lin
lnSs, Fabrics. twines and stove Innings.
also vulcanized asbestos packing, crude
asbestos, and hair felt. one-half to two
inches thick.
tucket. r. l., manufacturers of Cranes
patent automatic air gate for steam
ana elevated cars, operated by engineer
ana motorman with compressed air:
and Woods patent car gates
s, shelby Steel Tube Co, Shelby. o.:
steel springs.
Chicago Grain Door Co.: Rabbeted
Chicago grain door.
Detroit Lubricator Co., Detroit
Mich: Improved lubricator attachment
and piping for feeding oil to valves
against back pressure.
Pantasote Leather Co.: Pantasote
fabric of car seat upholstering, walls
ceilings. etc. Exhibit in charge of
Messrs. John M. High. of New York and
H. M. Grier, of Chicago.
car upholstery plush (goat brandy,
u. s. Headlight Co.. headlights. man
ufactured for Adams & Westlake Co.
Chicago. ILL., ~
The Thornbrough Coupler Attach
ments Co.. Ltd. Detroit. Mich: Coupler
attp chments; also The Detroit Coupler
n nno me welsh spring upcoupling con-
nectlon, made at Detroit. All in charge
OF Mr. James A. Ellis. of Detroit.
Star Brass Co.. of Boston: Steam
qua res. safety valves and locomotive
appliances generally, in charge of Mr..
r. c. Sawyer, of Chicago, and Mr..
George II. Musgrave, of Boston, Mass
Boston Artificial Leet Co. manu-
fn?turers Of "Moroccoline," for up-
holstering car seats and kindred uses
metropolitan 1898 injector, made nv
The HAYDEN & Derby manufacturing
Co: III Liberty street. n. Y.
Monarch Brake Beam Co.. Ltd. De-
troit, Mich. manufactu If the
"Monarch" and Solid" brake beams
Thomas T.. Carliss, superintendent in
charge of exhibit.
y: S. Railway Supply Co., N. Y: Ex-
hibit of car seats upholstered in
leather. plush and rattan. POTTER &
Stymus Co. sole agents. Mr. Edwin NJ
Bushnell general manager NSR4H-
way Supply Co.. in charge of exhibit.
Chicago Railway Equipment co
Chicago, ILL.,: Automatic frictionless
side bearings for use on all railway
equipment Exhibit of new bearings
also old bearings in use two years and
OF Messrs. Z. B. Leigh. A. ]. Farley, G.
j.; Huntoon: Chicago; B. F. Plson,
Richmond, Va: F. G.. Ely. New YORK.
f. r.: Crane. Montreal, Canada.
Railway supply department of the
New York Betting and Packing Co.
49,, ai o'she NoSe, car heating hose,
X. r. s. engine and tender hose, pneu
matte tool hose, fire, water, oil and gas
hose. inter-locking rubber tubing. cor
rugated mats and mating. car stem
treads and in fact. all kinds Of rubber
material used by railroads An inter
esting feature is the exhibit OF rubber
from the crude article of the tropics. to
the finished products. Exhibit IS in
charge of Mr.. Charles L. Gately, of New
York.
Jenkins Bros. valve exhibit. IN charge
of c. w. Martin, of New York.
OUTDOOR EXH, BITS.
that of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co,
in its special pavilion. 30x4O feet in
size, between the Hygeia Hotel and the
beach. Here are shown pneumatic ham,
ners for chipping. caulking. hue beat
ing. drills. wood boring machines, re-
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