however, the latest acquisition in way of big things and naturally is an object of great interest, particularly to railway men. It is a bold venture in massiveness and represents the highest achievement of American builders in producing an engine of enormous tractive power. It weighs, with the tender, 394,700 pounds, or 1972 tons. From the end of the tender to the point of the pilot it measures seventy feet. Two engines of 989's type, if they could be suspended in the air, one above the other, would reach a height nearly as great as Niagara. The top of the stunted smokestack is sixteen feet above the ties. On a level track 989 could haul a train a mile and a half long, carrying the harvest of 10,000 acres of wheat. Its tractive power is 53,900 pounds, that is, it could lift that amount of dead weight. Ten massive driving wheels, nearly as tall as a man and so heavily counterbalanced that they appear almost solid, grip twenty feet of track. On these ten drivers, which gave the name of decapod to this type of engine, a weight of 232,000 pounds is carried. Its firebox, made of carbon steel, tested to a tensile strength of 60,000 pounds to the square inch, is about as big as the bed-chamber of a Chicago flat. Its two thick shells are held together by nearly 2,000 tough stay bolts, each one capable of lifting a yard engine without breaking. The grate area is sixty square feet, which is unapproached in any other locomotive ever built. The heating surface of the Santa Fe's great freighter measures nearly double that of the English record-breaker, or exactly 4,682 square feet. Between the tube sheets 989's boiler measures eighteen and one-half feet, and in the big barrel are massed flues two and onefourth inches in diameter. Placed end to end these flues would make a pipe a mile and a half long. In 989 the massive low-pressure cylinders are next to the forward drivers. The smaller high-pressure cylinders are directly ahead-a construction which makes one piston rod do for each pair of cylinders. The cylinders of 989 are the greatest castings ever made in the Schenectady shops. Their gross weight in the moulds was 25,340 pounds. The DeWitt Clinton, tender and all, did not weigh as much as one of these castings. If the address on the wrapper of your CONDUCTOR is not correct, fill out this coupon, and send it to Editor Railway Conductor: Be Sure and Give Old Address and Division Number. Changes Received After the 11th of any Month are Too Late for That Issue. ABBOTT-Brother G. W. Abbott, Division 37, Phillipsburg, N. J. HOWELL-Brother T. J. Howell, Division 180, Atlanta, Ga. SCOTT-Brother L. F. Scott, Division 391, Long Island City, N. Y. VAN BUSKIRK-Charles, Brother of Sister Denny, Auxiliary 161, Duluth, Minn. WALDRON-Mother of Brother G. M. Waldron, Division 103, Indianapolis, Ind. WALZ-Brother C. M. Walz, Division 93, Ft. Dodge, Ia. WAGNER-Brother F. C. Wagner, Division 64, Erie, Pa. WREATHAM-Brother C. Wreatham, Division 396, Longview, Texas. GENERAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE MUTUAL BENEFIT DE PARTMENT. Assessment No. 397 is for the death of T. J. Howell, May 17, 1902. No. 398 is for death of G. W. Kinley, May 17, 1902. Time for payment expires July 31, 1902. BENEFITS PAID FROM APRIL 21, 1902, TO MAY 20, 1902, INCLUSIVE. NAME. NUMBER OF MEMBERS ASSESSED. Series A, 8,780; Series B, 8,170; Series C, 5,611; Series D, 475; Series E, 66. Amount of Assessments No. 397 and 398, $88,366. Fees returned, $12.00; Sundry expense, $7.30; Postage, $312.00; Stationery and Printing, $45.80; Salary, $497.35. W. J. MAXWELL, Secretary. Location and Number of Divisions by States and Provinces. Alabama. 18 ..116 Florida. Arkansas City 245 Springfield.. 30 Chicago 292 San Antonio.. 76 Avondale.....334 Jacksonville 196 Atchison 28 Springfield...321 Chillicothe...181 Smithville....256 Chanute. Birmingham .186 Pensacola....265 265 Stanberry....188 Cincinnati....107 Temple Caldwell. Mobile ..310 257 St. Joseph....141 Cleveland 14 Tyler... Georgia. Dodge City...300 St. Louis 3 Collinwood... 20 Waco.. 284 Montgomery. 98 185 Atlanta.. 180 Emporia 330 Thayer. ..358 Columbus 100 Yoakum......275 165 Trenton ... Tuscumbia...248 Augusta. .145 42 Conneaut. Utah. 320 Ogden.....124 Selma Arizona. Columbus 202 Ft. Scott.. 71 Goodland --276 Mississippi. Dayton 123 Herington....298 Dennison.....278 Salt Lake C'y 395 313 Savannah.218 Hoisington...390 Amory 207 Galion... ..109 Winslow... 85 Way Cross... 311 Junction City 342 Canton 304 Lima Tucson Arkansas. Ft. Smith.. 228 Pocatello.. Newton 299 Vermont. 295 Lyndonville.. 62 11 McComb City.367 Lorain.. Osawatomie..137 Meridian 105 Massillon ....402 Rutland ......296 161 Vicksburg...231 Middleport...233 St. Albans.... 24 166 Idaho. Jonesboro 332 Illinois. 380 209 Parsons Pittsburg. 382 Water Valley.279 Newark Topeka.. 179 Montana. Springfield... 329 Wellington...277 Billings Toledo. 26 Bristol Beardstown.. 81 Wichita Clifton Forge 184 Wellsville ....289 Havre Crewe. Kentucky. Van Buren...269 Bloomington. 87 Youngstown .270 Glendive Oregon. Virginia. 250 371 272 191 .349 Portsmouth..205 Little Rock...131 Blue Island.. California. Centralia ..112 Corbin.. Fresno 412 Chicago Los Angeles..111 Chicago 379 Kalispell.. 1 Covington. 127 Oakland.. ...364 Clinton. Louisiana. 89 290 Lincoln.. 383 McCook Norfolk 414 La Grande.......... 305 Roanoke... .210 243 Portland 91 Washington. Pen'sylvan'a 173 Albion Seattle 280 Spokane ..350 .285 172 343 Alleg'ny City.314 Tacoma......249 220 Altoona W. Virginia. Bluefield.....324 Canada. Effingham...327 New Orleans .108 North Platte.. 35 Carbondale .156 Grafton......190 Huntington..136 Hinton.......140 403 Wymore...246 Derry Station 144 Kenova ...351 Easton.....147 Martinsburg.223 British Columbia 335 Jersey Shore_168 32 346 68 Baraboo.. Fon du Lac ..259 Green Bay....373 La Crosse.... 61 82 ..174 New Castle...326 Milwaukee... 46 Madison. 413 Phillipsburg.. 37 Oil City ....163 .157 Paterson S. Kaukauna.274 65 Wyoming. Weehawken..312 Philadelphia.162 19 Springfield...198 254 Worcester.... 237 Mexico. 138 Chapleau. 315 Howell .....381 City of Mex...) Ft. William .286 Indianapolis 103 San L's Potosi 261 Hamilton Lindsay London --- 27 --322 La Fayette ...302 Michigan. 114 Cheyenne....128 159 411 372 Pottsville 281 Evanston....408 416 Rawlins.. 142 229 333 Albany 56 Sayre. 10 309 16 MichiganCity 213 Battle Creek.. 6 Binghamton..154 Scottdale.. North Bay...242 New Albany. 303 Detroit Scranton 2 ...176 Sunbury. 125 East Saginaw 192 301 Escanaba East Albany..359 East Syracuse 43 Tyrone. 340 Elmira 348 Grand Rapids 102 Ionia 385 Elmira Jackson Hornellsville.225 182 Marquette...240 L'g Isl'd City.391 M'chnicsville 171 Upton Works.316 344 So. McAlester 394 W. Bay City 306 Middletown ..104 Charleston...208 Sapulpa....415 New York... 54 Columbia 323 Minnesota. Norwich. 341 Greenville ...319 80 Austin... 215 Ogdensburg.. 25 75 Belle Plaine..410 Duluth 336 Oneonta.. 45 Quebec....130 Boone Quebec. Montreal 17 Washington..339 Iowa. 34 Melrose ...236 Oswego Burlington ... 31 Minneapolis. 117 Port Jervis ....52 Colorado. Carroll ..294 Montevideo 99 Rochester Canon City...375 Cedar Rapids. 58 Proctor Knott 405 Stapleton.. Colo. Springs 244 Clinton.. Durango Denver. 63 Creston. 44 Des Moines Grand Junc...325 Dubuque Leadville. Pueblo Salida .167 S. Dakota. 8 Tennessee. 284 33 Staples 150 Chattanooga.148 155 Jackson......149 36 Estherville...353 Missouri. Raleigh 318 Knoxville....139 .175 Texas 221 Ohio. 252 Eagle Grove..164 132 Ft. Dodge Trinidad ...247 Marion Connecticut. Hartford New Haven ..317 Delaware. Wilmington .224 Dist. of Columbia. Perry.. 232 Moberly. Valley Junc. .361 Monett Kansas. Washington..378 Argentine Fort Worth... 57 177 Hillsboro.. 328 362 Ashtabula: 73 Houston...... 7 New Franklin 230 Bellevue.. ...399 134 Laredo |