The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-07
FACE TO FACE WITH FACTS.
Aord GEORGE Hamiitcn reiis the uratish
Mechanics rh~y Are Not Fro
gresslve Enough.

London. June L. Lord George Ham
iton. the Indian secretary. who MA
not present IN the house OF
| when Sir Alfred Hickman (conscr,a-
tivc). Nav -. attacked American
built locomotives and bridges. 4 re-
! piled Ia a lc;ter 10 Sir Alfred HEX
man. In part il is rs follows:
mo practical engineer who has vs.
tied American workshops and inspect
ed their methods of production ana
manufacture would for a moment in
dorse your assumptions. Their cor.'
Ictition is dangerous because they are
yearly improving their products, bofh
i'm quality and price. Ii always has
been the practice of the board ~
management nf the indian railroads
10 give preference N all their coE'
tracts To British manufacturers. and
hat policy has SO prevailed that M
10 the great, recent engineering
strike no order for a railway como
tive was ever given outside OF Great
britain. Since then. owing To the
British workshops being blocked with
work. certain of the Indian railroad
boards found il necessary. as locorio.
tives could mt be obtained here. TO
place a few In tied orders in America,
| am ready no give all the available
reports concerning working. cnnsitrnp-
ton Of full AID load-drawing power
IT these locomotives. The earlier re-
ports were unfavCrable. but when
their working WA better understood
md alterations were made to suit tn
local fuel. a marked Improvement was
Roticed. so much SO that one company
wishes TO obtain more engines 81
similar construction. That American
locomotives obtained a footing in H..
lila is due 10 the strike | have re-.
ferred to. l:nt il. as | hope. British
locomotives are in the future 10 re-.
gain their monopoly in that vast sys
ten of railways. British engineers
nust profit hy the hints and sugges.
lions these reports convey"
Concerning The Gosetik siaduct In
Turmah. Lord Gcorge Hamilton says
phia company because no British firms
had anything like the same experience
In this class OF construction. The Amer.
leans bid 4 less price and quicker time
than nny other competitor. The
charge made by the late supervisor
IF the construction of the yiaduct
hat the riyiting was defective was Ia
10 way supported by a searching in.
sestigatior.
The Eurmah railway board" he
adds. composed OF the most compe.
cent railway experts. are satisfied that
he bridge j. sound and reliable"
Lord George Hamilton also says
that if he seems to combat Sir Alfred
Hickman's contention it * not be-
cause he does not heartily appreciate
his object. They both wish to assist
in maintaining the supremacy of Brit.
'sh engineers and Workshops against
foreign contractors.
You seem to think" he continues
that orders have only gone abroad
because those who gave them did not
understand their business. | wish il
were SO. The competition we have ia
face is founded on something much
more formidable and moro substan-
tial. Chemical research. the CONSOLE
Iation OF capital. thorough technical
education and improved industrial or
yanization have made in recent years
a create advance in America than
hcre. II Is with the product Of these
commissions and not with the as
sumed stupidity OF the Indian official.
that the British Ell gineer has 10 o
tend. 80 tar as | am concerned, I car
undertake that preference. unless III,
difference la price. quality and deliv
cry il very substantial, will always b'
given TO British firms. May | not ash
Won sS Il leading member Of the grea'
steel Industry OF this country. 10 60
operate with me by impressing OF
yonr associates the necessity Of meet
ing competition in the future? 50 a
TO insure that price and time of de
livery will be on the side Of British
production"
\ SENSIBLE BUYER.