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Title: Railway master mechanic
Year: 1878 (1870s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York (etc.) Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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i iiiaii into closercommuuiuation and relalionslup. and conveying the pro-duct of one state and country to meet the requirements ofanother. I see men beforemewho are foremost im the vanof these to whom much of this progress is due. It is im-provement in detail that has made railroad transportationin this country ra)nd, cheap and safe, and it is for the pur-1)086 of improving details that our association exists. By our membership in the association we acknowledgeourselves to be a unit in this one important part of railwaylife and work. We acknowledge tha wr- tm. r d, finit,. ends and aims, and I am proud to say II a! til i n t selfish ones, nor the aims personal or , i . ,-.s we are all apt, ill the midst of our daii . i i h to (I shall not say forget, but) over;,!! Mm lihi i m-lerest, and the wider ambitions whivli sliuuiu .l,..u.n;...i,liour actions. Perhaps we do not call to our reuolletiLiu:i asoften as we might, that wc exist for the sole purpose of im THE RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC-
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a certain uniformity of development thatshould accompany without retarding growth. If I were to ask each one of you to take a retrospect, andtell me what he has done during the past year, even themost active one would humbly say; Very little; and itis the existence oi this personal modesty that brightens myhope for the future. Itisinot yet accomplished his aims, who vand, being dissatisfied with the small iwill do better, and more. Occupied, vho realizes that he has usually delay most of us are, in active and, oftentimesI, we realize the full value of personal interchange of opinions and experience, and to many thepleasant social intercoursitogether is a needed and ^ It is very pleasant to notice the steady growth and de-velopment of the many railway clubs throughout thecountry. The full discussion and interchange of opinionswith the many subjects brought before them, must tend tobenefit the parent association. The very important ques-tion of the rules of interchange has received a gr

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