New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-23
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JANUARY %,

eop,Y;v.pce for THE purpose would be hailed by pro-
pr;.tor. everywhere ss great boom Il s no: deued
bu, difficulties will be discovered by whoever under
,sl.. 20 .pppy the want thus pointed out as existing
Int these will disappear before the ingenuity and per-
,.ys,.nce Of the American inventor. We now have
r,ocb;ne.made bread machnemade pins machine
made sausares and pies-why may We not also have
machine-opened oysters
Since the foregoing was written, II is announced that
nsrtes at Washington, ID. G., have received patent
for an oyster-opener. They claim hollow shaft in
combination with double levers for operating an ad-
Unstable knife, with movable bed-pla;e or rest
R,uRo.p SIrIPER-.-The consumption Of timber
IN American railroads for the single article of eepers
il 20 great as almost to defy calculation. Some at
tempts have been made TO Lessen this consumption by
subjectng the seepers TO process which will pre-
vent or check their decay Salt has been extensively
tried, but in very imperfect manner. Some COM
panes have adopted the kyenzing process, and keep
their sleepers immersed in the liquor long time. Blu.
this process requires time and great deal of space
where mucf il 10 be done. Salt is about 10 be en-
ployed on one of the New-Jersey roads in way some
what different from former practice. A m"
recently patented TO cif'''> ""o
log with - - .1 "NioH o ''''
.naking the hole perfectly straight all the way through
that is if the hole be started at the center of the
log scanting the auger will come out at the exact
center of the other end feat which no hand-boring
can perform. BY this machine it is intended TO per-
forate the seepe from end to end, M the cavity with
salt, and plug up. But this process will be an expen-
sve one as the cost Of salt will be considerable.
cheaper and better method would be to boil the seepers
in common gas ter. This would charge the pores
with substance that would enable the wood TO resist
decay for many years But while all railroad men are
sensible Of the immense number of sleepers which are
called for every year. and that they annually be-
coming dearer no railroad manager seems to have
adopted any plan for producing them. If the long
stretches of railroad which everywhere found were
lined with aanthus chestnut trees, say in double
rows each side, this expedient would establish an
unailng supply of the best material for sleepers. The
planting could be done by contract at cheap rate,
and the trees would grow up faster than the seepers
decay. Either the planting process must he adopted,
or better and cheaper modes Of preserving seepers
introduced or an ndestructibe substitute invented a.
the forests of country will not always support the
heavy drain upon them required to keep up nearly
80, 000 miles Of railroads.
STEAM BOlLER.-Among the many important pat
ents issued lately by the United States Patent Office
was one for Steam Boiler invented by WIN. Geo.
Norris, of Philadelphia.
The patent il for closed chamber between the fire
box and tube sheet for the purpose not only of pre-
venting any combustion going in actual contact
with the tubes of the boiler but also for the purpose
of equaiZing the heat before il reaches the tubes.
Mr.. Norris is the son of the original founder and
proprietor of the extensive Locomotive works in Pha
delphia and from constant observation of the vari-
Gus alterations and necessary improvements made or
needed the perfect construction of locomotive has
been enabled TO introduce this addition to the SCI
entifc cabinet. Daily Reading Gazette.
The advantages claimed for this form of boiler are:
Lighness, simplicity, and the economical consumption
of anthracite and bituminous coal, without emitting
smoke, sparks, or gas; greater amount of heating
surface than is obtained in boiler of the ordinary con-
structiOn; the fre-box being placed orer the axes,
NAV be much longer than usual to insure sufficient
crate surface while the distance from the center OF the
back driver to the center Of the front trunk re
mains shorter than in the ordinary locomotives good
arrangement it is sad for short curves. There is no
overhanging weight as the adhesion is all upon the
drivers and as the center Of gravity is no higher than
common the engine will pull more in consequence we
are informed In ten.wheel engines the arrangement
of machinery is the same in those of eight wheels,
having full strokepump fastened to the main frame,
between front driver and cylinder, while the main rod
connects directly to the front drirer thereby dispensing
with the superfuous friction of spade handles &" o:
combination stub-epds.