, 1862-12-02

been made within the past year In the na-
chinery for running ral say trains. perhaps no
one invention has attracted more attention |
than the new brake Of Myers, Miller g. Co.
Practical maD, who hare given this patent
careful examination, assure ne that it will |
perform all that is claimed for it, and thst 1t is
destined to work revolution In the public
mind touching the danger OF travelling by |
rail. The patentee of this valusblo article is !
Mr. D. Myers of South Bend, IudIaua, Of the |
firm Of Myers, Miller & Co., and 1t Ia appro-
p1iatc2y named "Myers Double Action Mo- |
mentum Friction Brake" It Is claimed that
by Its use the necessity Of employing brake
MN is obvtated entirely, Al the train IL under
the control Of the engineer and fireman,
either OF whom can stop any sized train, the
longer it il the better, gclag at the rate Of
fottS-ive miles an hour down Crude almost
iCetantaneout1y. It's principle Is as simpleas
the drawirg of water by windlas from well,
and just as easy to comprehend. The power
by which the brakes are applied is derived
from the momentum Of the train, there being
permanent friction wheel upon one Of the
a1les Ct the t:nder, and a corresponding fric-
tlon wheel with drum, which is placed 1pon
the axle in the form Of q s1eave and is sup
ported By bearings in which it reyolves, not
touehirg the axle. These friction whsels nre
brought rcgether by means Of q spring lever
to which is attached chain connecting with
brake wheel upon the tender. This lever is
10 arranged that it ia capable OF being ad-
| justtd SO that ary amount Of power
Can be applied and no more,
thus cf1ectually guarding against an
| excess OF power. When these FRICTION wheels
are brought together, the one with the drum
| is nade to 1esolve; to this drum chain is at
tached which extends the whole length of ths
train, and is attached to the rear end of the
| rear car. On the under side OF each coach
tnere is an arrangement operated by contin-
uous chain which applies all the shoes 10 the
wheels simultaneously, and with uniform
pressure when the chain il wound upon the
drum. These shoes upoa the tender are also
applied at the same time. 1trequires not one
fourth IS much strength to brake whole
train in this manner SIS it does to man one
brake OF the old kind. 1Fe saw tie fireman
repeatedly turn the brake with one hand while
tie Train was insrapld motion, Without the ap
pearauce cf effort on his part, and bringing
the train to a stand still at once. The brikss
can be applied on either or ali the cars by thu
I old method at the same time the continuous
connection il used, there being Mo iuterfer
ence, thus rendering it doubly Eecure. Whe1
| he :r:ctlon wheels are released, the continu
ous chain connection rela1es, and the shoe
ere thrown off the wheels. By the pecu1i4
construction Of this brake the shoes are fra
aplaitd with fu1! force to the wheels on th
: rtar car, thereby bringing up the train with
! : | cut The least shock.
> We are informed that the Michigan S3utt
;, ern ard Northern Indiana Railroad Company
| have been paying Out about Sl7, 900 year
!, brakeneu. The whole Of this amount
' snyed to the Company BY the Introduction (
: : this breag, which costs about thirty dollars t
: attach it to the engine and tender, sud te
dollars 10 each coach. It will be readily see
that the expense Of attaching it does not
any degree approximate TO its estimated valu
c II 1t was in general use, it being SO perfect
4 ard rc=5iEy controlled by tue engineer, rai
>, road accidents OF alt kinda would bs amo
entirely unhcard OF. Human life would be
n safe Oh the cars as at home, because collision
~ would never oecar, running into sta1di1
- cars On tho track, losa thrown across ii
track, OF in fact nothing Of the kind Wou
= ever take place unless the engineer n
drunk, asl.ep, or desired it should be SO.
An engineer On the read nu1ned ab5ye 8
a. serts that he has had Charge OF an engi
II many yea1s, and aeTeT before say SO complc
an arrangement as thls brake. lie lad BE-,
~ usi1g it fer scme time, had thoroughly te5t
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