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benefit of the re-acting power of thrf water. Being submerged it is protected 

 from ice and frost Small Medal and Vol Trans- 

 Darling's substitute for Cow Catcher, Cook Darling, Utica. This is claimed to 

 be a decided improvement upon the article now in use, but your committee 

 not being able to perceive its practicabilitj'' refer it to the notice of railroad 

 men generally. 



'One Pratt's patent Automatic Apple parer, J. Sargeant, Shelburne Falls, Mass. ; 

 a very ingenious and perfect contrivance to avoid personal labor; works expe- 

 ditiously, evenly and surely, Thomas^ Fruit Cult, and ^2, 



Five Horse Shoes, Michael CRourke, Utica; very good specimens, well made. 



Vol. Trans. 



One Pipe box and arrangements for attaching hubs to axle of wagons, G. Da- 

 vis, Syracuse; a good invention which comes well recommended, $'3. 



•One Sun dial, Henr}' Simmons, Paris ;an improved article, claimed to be more per- 

 fect in its operations than ordinary ones; can be put out on uneven surfaces or 

 hill sides as well as upon level ground; in this particular a decided improve- 

 ment, Vol. Trans. 



One case of Breech loading and Self-cleaning fire arms, Marston's patent, W. 

 W. Marston, N. Y. These Fire arms are exquisitely finished and capable 

 of terrible efficiency, Small Medal. 



Six cast steel Draw knives, Wells & Kendall, Clinton, N. Y. These knives, 

 manufactured in Oneida county, are a very superior article, both in quality of 

 material and finish, and are well worthy a Vol. Trans, and ^3, 



Seven Horse shoes, Matthew Sullivan, Mohawk, N. Y.; variety of patterns 

 well made Vol. Trans. 



One card Plane irons, John A. Beriill, Waterville, N. Y.; good article, 



Vol Trans. 



^tanely & Co.'s Car wheels, (Atwood's patent,) Mallory & Ingalls, Troy, N. 

 1 . Your committee cannot too strongly recommend the attention of railroad 

 superintendents and the public generally, to these wheels* The variety of 

 patterns, peculiar adaptation of the wheels to the rail, together with the 

 strength and superior quality of the material used in their manufacture, make 

 them probably the best car wheel now in use. They have attained a high ce- 

 lebrity, and are in use upon many of our most prominent raihoads, and give 

 entire satisfaction. The majiufacturers use none but the very best materials 

 in their manufacture, and use untiring in their efibrts to make an article that 

 hereafter shall much lessen the number of accidents by the breakage of 

 wheels, and thus avert much human misery. 



The form of the wlieel appears to be well ciUculated to compensate for the 

 unequal contraction of its dilfcrent j)arts in cooling, and at the same time 

 combine strength with lightness. The manner of cooling the wheels as dcs- 

 -cribed by the manufacturers and which we understand to be a patented process, 

 is such as first to equalize the temperature, and then take off the heat from such 

 part of it as to leave it perfectly free from strain. The specimens of metal as 



