, 1864-10-19

Trial Yesterday on tie r.. ". Railroad

Patent couplers AID brakes are busbe.r to
pracucal ra'lroad men: they are annually over
wfelmed with hoet Of projected sc,emes fos
come change In the mode OF connecting cars, or
staying their proRrets and the recorda Of the Pat.
ent ollie are stored with plans or de.1ens whose
practical inutility h8e long tlnce been proven We
1t lieve We have found an exception to this rule
aIew CAB COUPLER, destined to effect complete
revolution In the building AID working Of cars.
We saw 1t yesterd3y: no mere drawing or model,
but 'he t1ii ltse IN actual and saeeesstai opera.
the ordinary coupling, less liable to dieconnect,
admitting OF the cars being Connected or detacned
while the train Is IN motion, prevents jerking and
l1ttral unEteacinees, and oots not endanger the
uves o. limbe Of the employee.-ihe coupler bel,1z
epetntsd from the platform Of passenger cars and
that In cose tie engine bolts de track the cas- be-
come automatically detached, remaiufog in eatety,
While taonGh with 1hs reach # Passengers it Is
We cannot well describe the coupler wIthoutt the
aid Of draW tnes, and ret IL Is very simple It .s
ss costly IN construction than The ordEary coup.
LEI, aId II 80 maue a. to cJLnect with 1t: either
end Of 3 car lifted with 1t will connect with ether
ED Of another car. or with the ordinary link coup
superior to all uther- 1t Is capable OF bsIns intro.
ducet On rosd by degrees. not requiring the op.
eIatio;'s Of road to De etoppsd while the rolling
ftock IL being fedtsed, nor preveatln. the prouis
cuOua use Of CATS trum other rouda, 1t WA tper.
aled 5eeteIdeT ontTo flat cars Of the N. " Il, T.,
the brake being turned upside down 70 as to e1.
we're Asst. Superintendent Hobart, Chief En.i.
petE Van Meenan, Master Machinlst Cuehlng, and
several conductors ard mechanics in the employ
Of The Company. The, watched ITS operation
with much interest, and were unanimous In ther
admiration Of its pefsrt adaptation to the Office It
T. propt fed to al. The lnyenror-col. Ezra Ni:-
Inilroad man, wa= able to answer eg1ry objection
r-ieed as to the ataptabilify OF the coupler TO ey
cry possible contingency.
The Ec0pe OF the inventor does not, however,
stop here; indeed, the conplet /. OILY secotn
at. ieatnre Of great reform to Hhca It Is nee
tesary ag5snct- TIE numerous accidents occur.
etfuctfun. We have alreadg mentioned the avoid.
ance OF necessity ot eoing bet t1een the csrs to
Ihske or nnmake the compiling. On an average one
IN every dozen hrakemea and yarlmen haze su4-
tstned in1rry in the hsud from this cauee, aud
Str3 many bare been thus run over aad Killed.
The nee OF this couple will bring the c1rs close
acc1depte, occurring from the plattorn-the drop.
p!LG between the carriages while In notion and it
viii abolish that fr1ghtfni and not unfrequeat cla.s
Of accidents kno~ as teleseoping, the enu:tluy
up Of one CT into another, IN cssee or collision
The capse OF which fs oirecy trsceab to the pras
ent 1anlty Eetaod Of construction in placing the
taLce.
The advantages then obtained By the use Of this
coupler are 'tesdom from accident IN these fur
from oLe car TO The cther in running off the tracs
ard In cases Of collision. We look to see it cope
no ge1essl ~ nse and that gery speedily. By iss
lie
read travelling viii be altogether aroioed
COL Miller ts a. present eta,lL at the fremont
aouke. He remains there for \ lew days.
TEACHERS 1SsT1TUTE,-The Cook County
Teachers 1Datitute c1osed Its second eees1on OF
one WeeF, at Darrtceton, On last Fftday evening
The attendance was 1sEPe, and 1t is regarded a.
ole OF the most succtssiul that has yet been held
IN me county The exercises were conducted by
sehsoi @ % Comnias,oner Eberhsrt. Mr Aylsworth
Uaf Hal fVoM I'D r.
and Rev. Robt collser. All Of theae Lectures size Ire
pakea o. sa v1.1 aoe ptodoctions. The eIer-
tel 5ed by over two huCdfed teachers and ftiends
The occasion throughout vas full Of interest, and
ntw hope and added shillty,
The good people Of Darlington qare free enter
ts1n.oent 70 heteachert thronehoutth week and
lDstitnte hiss been held, to Say that 1t was never
bt .ter OF more Hospitality done.
keso'ut'ons OF lhanEs 70 tha people for their hos
pitalty4 70 the School Directors-mote especially
10 str Mc1ntoeh-fos The interest taken IN the IN.
stitnfe AID for the Tree use Of the School honse,
A 10 me conductor and several lecturers for the
able manI Il In htch they contributed to The sue
e e o. me Institute, were unanimously pssseu.
A=o, patriotic resolutions expressing the Strong
In it, support.
Fms.-Abo7t half past eight O'Clock Yesterday
morning are broke ont In q barn belonging to
Nr. $. burton, In the alley between Stats street !
E1d Third avenue, near Polk street. the fire befpc
accidentally CON npacuced from come sparks created
BY few hoss Who were smoking Inside, The
b. m, valued ct S50, was speedily burnt to the
.tro.e0.
The flames exterded to IN adjacent harm be,cuc-
rc to MI; y r Brady, IN The rear Of No. ST. St,ts
,u.ount Of SIS. - '4o
TEE barn ot MI. Edward Ely in the vicinity vas
'lto IA "a hames' ana suffered damages to the extent