The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-08-02
New Railroad Car!
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IA many yenrs,
GIDEON MORGAN


feels much pleasHSe IN beng able to announce
To the AmericaVePu bIie aud the World, that
he has completed RAILROAD Locomotive ant
Cal. Letters Patent we've issued to him by
the Cnitrd States, on the llth Of June, 1850
Tbe Car is so constructed that i. will carry,
say from 10 IT, 5 times the burden OF the Cars
now III use, without any possibility of injury
To the track which consists OF ii plain wooden
rail OF moderate dimensions, Ub,ihting the
Necessity OF any iron whatever On the whole
extent of the Road. As both the Car and
Locomotive carries With it mn endless chain or
track weighing from lO5 to las pounds to the
yard. 3imches by 4, or 4 inches square, which
1t takes up, carries forward aud lays in front
Of the driving wheels with great rxactness
AMI precision. Over this heavy tack the Cav
and Locomotive travels, securing the wooden
track beneath il from any possible IEjnry -
This iron track or cham is composed of
straight rolled iron bars, inch thick and 3
or 4 inches wide, according to the size You
may wish the chain, cut into pieces of "a
inches in length, with hole drilled or punch
ed inches from each end of the bar, and put
together with iron or steel bolts of an inch in
diameter, so us to overlap each other one
half o! its own length; thus when sufficient
number Of pieces are put together it will form
ii continuous bar or track 3 by 4. or inch,
es square as the case may be, alforling to the
driving wheels and wooden track constant
support of at least double the length of each
bar. This ack is LAID by means of Hanged
pullcys in the advance and rear of the hri-
wing wheels, over which il passes, and is laid
smoOthe on the wooden rail beneath in front.
The advance and rear wheels are connected
by means Of n plain intermediate wheel or
pulley, which, by means of lever, adds TO
the adhesion on the track enabling the lao
conceive to snrmonnt double or triple the tl-
ovation the present Locomotive can, thereby
greatly diminishing the expense OF excnva-
tinns. This Car is equally well adapted with
ITS enormous load to Plank Road or TO any
well Graded nr Nc adamizrd Roads
Mere words or terms are inadequate to con-
vry to the mental vision fac smi|c, or any
thing like n correct idea of this grand vet
simple machinery; hut rs soon rs practicable
the public shall he furnished with cngrnvings.
when the inventor hopes that the generous
patronage of n liberal and enlightened PEG.
pie, NAV at once he chcerfnlly and freely OK
tended TO advance the interest. pence and
prosperity of our nation in the promotion Of
the great public good, and that il will receive
the attention of those now engaged IN tine
Railroad business. He honestly believes that
il will only he niece ssary for men Of science to
seq the car with its nppcndages, to he imme-
diatelv convinced of its great utility. and
that its adoption will most certainly facilitate
the use of Railroads, nv doing away with n
very heavy expensc--viz: the iron.
Letters addressed tn him at Calhoun, Nc
MIN CO.. Tenn. post paid. viii he immrdi.
atelv attended to. G. MORGAN.
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