Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-10
Saturday Morning.

The Baltimore and Ohio RAILROAD Company
being DESTROYS Of obtaining supply OF LOCO
MOTIVE STEAM ENGINES OF american
manufacture. adapted to their road, the Presi-
dent and Directors HEREBY GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE,
that they will pay the sum OF Four THousAND
DoLLARs for the most approved ENGINE which
shall be delivered for trial upon the road on or
befure the Isl of June, 1SSl-and that they will
also nav THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
Dollars for the Engine which shall be adjudsed
the next best and be delivered as aforesaid, sub
ject to the following conditions, to witt
1st The Engine must burn Coke or Coal. and
must consume its own smoke.
Cd. The Engine, when IN operation, must not
exceed three and one half tons weight and must,
on a level road, be capable of drawing day by
day, fifteen tons, inclusive of the weight OF the
wagons. fifteen miles pei hour. The Company
10 furnish wagons of Winans' construction, the
friction of which will not exceed five pounds to
the ton,
Sd. In deciding on the relative advantages Of
the Several Engines, the Company will take In
to consideration their respective weights, power
and durability, and, all other things being equal,
will adjudge''a preference to the Engine weighing
the least.
4th. The fianges are to run on the inside of
the rails. The form Of the cone and flanges, and
the tread Of the wheels mnst be such as are now
in use on the road IL the working parts are so
connected as to work with the adhesion of all
the four wheels, then all the wheels shall be of
equal diameter not to exceed three feet but IT the
connection be such as to work with the adhesion
of two wheels only then those two wheels may
have diameter not exceeding four feet, and the
other two wheels shall be two and half feet in
diameter, and shall work with Winans' friction
y h. hal,
plication to the Company. The ianges to be
four feet seven and half inches apart from out
side to outside. The wheels to be coupled four
feet from centre TO centre in order to suit
of short radius.
5th. The pressure Of the steam not to exceed
one hundred pounds to the square inch, and as a
less pressure will be preferred, the Company In
deciding ON the advantage of the several En-
gines will take into consideration their relative
degrees Of pressure. The Company will be at
liberty to put the Boiler, Fire Tube, Cylinder,
SC. to the test If pressure of Water not ex-
ceediug three times the pressure OF the Steam
intended TO be worked, without being answera-
bic for any damage the Machine may receive in
consequence of such toast.
9th. There must be tive safety valves, one of
which must be completely out of the reach or
control of the Engine man, and neither of which
must be fastened down while the Engine is work.
ing.
7th The Engine and Boiler must be support
ed on springs and rest on four wheels, and the
height from the ground to the top of the chimney
must not exceed TWELVE feet.
Sth. There must be mercurial gague affixed
to the machiue with an index rod, shelving the
steam pressure above fifty pounds per square
inch, and constructed to blow out at one hun
dred and twenty pounds.
9th. The Engines which may appear to offer
the greatest advantages will be subjected to the
performance of thirty days regular work on the
road; at the end Of which time, if they shall have
proved durable and continue to be capable of
performing agreeably to their first exhibition,
foresaid, they will be received and paid for as
here stipulated.
P. E. THOMAS. President.
n. B.-The Rail Road Company will pro-
vide and furnish tender and supply Of water
and fuel for trial.
Persons DESTROYS Of examining the Road or of
obtaining more minute information, are invited
to address themselves to the President of the
Company.
The least radius of curvature of the Road, is
400 feet.
Competitors who arrive with their Engines be-
fore the first of June, will be allowed to make
experiments on the road previous to that day.