Reports Adopted by the Roadmasters Association of America: And Papers Accepted at the Conventions from 1883 to 1893, Inclusive, Volumes 1-8List of memberrs in 12th- |
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... reason for printing the address except in this book , if anywhere . No portrait , thank you . MR . MCQUISTON : All that I agree to , but I insist on the por- trait . We must have that . MR . ADAMSON : I move as an amendment that a copy ...
... reason for printing the address except in this book , if anywhere . No portrait , thank you . MR . MCQUISTON : All that I agree to , but I insist on the por- trait . We must have that . MR . ADAMSON : I move as an amendment that a copy ...
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... reason . THE PRESIDENT : What do you believe to be the proper length for ties for a standard gauge ? MR . DOWNING : I think eight feet long , if you get them eight feet . We don't get a great many of them eight feet . THE PRESIDENT : We ...
... reason . THE PRESIDENT : What do you believe to be the proper length for ties for a standard gauge ? MR . DOWNING : I think eight feet long , if you get them eight feet . We don't get a great many of them eight feet . THE PRESIDENT : We ...
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... reason that our sawed ties didn't last any better was , that they were sawed out of timber that neither could be split or hewn , they were so knurly and twisted . MR . PRESTON : Well , that is so to a great extent . MR . SWINNEY : I ...
... reason that our sawed ties didn't last any better was , that they were sawed out of timber that neither could be split or hewn , they were so knurly and twisted . MR . PRESTON : Well , that is so to a great extent . MR . SWINNEY : I ...
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... reason why they do not keep the bolt tight ? MR . RAFFERTY : I do not know , unless there is a shrinkage in the washer , and the nut has no way of catching on there . It seems to slide around , and it gets loose . There is a jar of the ...
... reason why they do not keep the bolt tight ? MR . RAFFERTY : I do not know , unless there is a shrinkage in the washer , and the nut has no way of catching on there . It seems to slide around , and it gets loose . There is a jar of the ...
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... reason , the facts and circumstances belong to this place of common study . Has individual study and experiment haply found an easier or better way to surmount a frequent difficulty , here it should be brought as a com- mon benefit . It ...
... reason , the facts and circumstances belong to this place of common study . Has individual study and experiment haply found an easier or better way to surmount a frequent difficulty , here it should be brought as a com- mon benefit . It ...
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Page 73 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 73 - Jose, duly seconded, it was voted that the Report of the Committee on the Revision of the Constitution and...
Page 24 - The President : You have heard the report of the Committee. What is the pleasure of the Association in reference to it.
Page 52 - ... and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States...
Page 52 - Industry," which was discussed by Messrs. Morrison, Morris, De Camp, Coggeshall, and Whipple ; and a resolution based upon the paper was adopted, to the effect that a committee of five be appointed by the president to report at the next...
Page 131 - The next thing in order is the report of the Committee on Resolutions.
Page 132 - Davis then introduced the following resolution : "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President...