is much more stable and better able to resist the agencies that destroy paint than a thin layer of undried linseed oil; in other words, wet paint is much more sensitive than dried paint. Therefore, in locations that are ill-ventilated, that get no sunshine, that are damp and filled at times with steam and acid gases, one must have material of a different kind for coating steel. We have found varnish or resin paints best adapted to work of this kind, and especially so where a primer coating of red-lead paint, so composed that it will dry rapidly, has been used.

Much has been said and written of late regarding the apparent failure of paints of wide reputation when applied to steel cars. From a limited personal knowledge and from information gained from others who have  handled  thousands of hopper-bottom