The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-20


An elaborate report on railroad and s'eam
engineering, NJ preseated at the Universal
as Paris, in 1867, has been made
bv WIN. 8. AuchinlOss, Honorary Co~Dls-
siOner from the Uuited States 10 the Expo
sitlon. We give below the report IN full 90
the American, English, French, Russian ana
Austrian Locomotives
raE LocomOrIvE "AAERIcA."
DOR own country was most creditably rep
resented 10 the engine "America," furnished
bV the Grant Locomotive works, q Pster-
con, New Jersey. The class Of engine and
work manshiO produced BY thia company aud
its predecessor (the New Jersey Locomotive
and Machine Company. are too favora6ly
known to admit Of extended remark As
presented 10 this engine they were source
Of conscious PRIDE t. thoss who had crossed
the Atlantic, 90 we'll as surprise TO eon'lnen,
tai minds, the majority Of whom are lDoueo
with exceedingly plain ideas 90 the subject
of ornameRtation. Some 20 so FAR NJ to
consider any attempt at the later grave
misdemeanor, and paint their engines sol
emn lead color, or funeral black, without
single pencIliug Of gay colors TO relieve the
dull monotony OF course the contrast was
very marked between such snd the "Ameri-
cam" with her bright Gsrman silver jack
citing on boiler, cylinders, chimneys, and
headlight, her cab beautifully inlnii With
ash, maple, black walnut, mahogany and
cherry; with the tender shaded, striped and
ornamented 10 Q manner pecul ar TO AmerI-
eau practice. the cast-iron tender truck
wheels and bolloW-spoked driving wheel
centres gave rise TO many lpeculaIions
among those who baVe not yet learned their
value. Much skill 10 svinced 10 the arrange
mens Of the parts, and the reduction OF their
weight to q minimum n>i-tent with
strength. The link motion 10 we'll schemed
and counter weighted BY vol0se SPRING, in
stead Of the clumsy weights 80 general 90
foreign epgines. A fitting acknowledgement
Of the high order OF workmanship displayed
was made in the award OF q gold medal TO
the builders.
STEPHENSON 4 CO.'S LOCOMOTIVES.
The locomotive OF Messrs. Robert Ste
phenson & Co., Newcastle on-TyDe, and
The Lilleshall Company, Of Shropshire, are
similar to each other in proportion and de-
sign. The boiler of the fret engine is made
With Atone patent thick-edged plates, the
loBgitudiaal joints being lap welded, and
the transverse butt under a welded covering
strip, to which they are double rivited. Both
longitudinal aad transverse sectit rs OF such
boilers are exhibited by the Low Moor Iron
company, who own the exclusive right of
manufacture. The plates are rolled, with
uniform thickne OF three eighths OF an inch
to within about eight inches Of each trans
uerse butting edge, where they are gradual
Iy increased to thickness of 6ve-eightbs Of
an inch, through which portiontbe holes are
drilled or punched for the rivits. section
of the covering strip measures eight by five
eiShths OF an inch. The ordinary shifting
link motion without rocker) opera % the
valves. Il reversal can be accomplished
either with the regular handlever, OF by a
Kheel operating a horizon tai screw, into the
groove Of whose thread the laton Of the
lever catches. To accommodate itself to the
arc described by the latch in the motion Of
the lever, the screw is Swollen at the ceatre.
being turned to toe same radius of curvature
az the arc. The hand wheel performs its
duty rapidly, and furnishes a very simple
and Efficient means for reversal. A general
employment Of the screw-Ieversing motion
in obeer vable ON foreign LOGON olives, in fact
almost sufficiently for the practices TO be re-
Rarded as universal. Anolher feature, and
one that is common 10 Prussia and other
continental countries, consists 10 the use Of
sliding double furnace doors. Horizontal
slides are bolted to the furnace fronts, and
receive the plate doors, which are Uper-
ated by two plain levers and connecting
link. The arrangement serves good pur
pose in the event CT a tube collsp>ing, il
more effectually protects the fireman. This
engine is one Of great excellence, and q
model Of good workmanship. That Of the
Llllesball Company differs principally IN
The construction of the boiler, tho arrange
ment of The link IN otion, which is Of the AL
Ian varieiy-giVing virtually constant lead
and equal opening of the ports in front and
back stroke, for Every notch Of the reversing
lever-apd by the addition OF a comfortable
wrought-iron cab.
TIE engine az Messrs Krtson 4 Co., OF
Leeds, is remark ole for the same excellence
Of VOL kmAnship on the Stephenson locomo-
tive.
TIE TANK ENGINE, "TTrAN;"
" Titan" 10 the name Of an immense tank
engine, built BY Messrs. Gnuin & Co., for
the Northern Railway Of France. II was
designed specially for heavy freight service,
and completes an order for ten, the balance
Of which are now sctiVely employed It's
novelty les Principally in the arrangement
Of the boiler the main shell and fire box
are Ihe same as used in ordinary practice,
but instead OF the products Of combustion
passing away through a vertical stack after
leaving the tubes, they enter a front connec-
ton. return through two horizontal dome
shells on the back Of the boiler, ard then
into bOriEontal eeeape pipe, which conduct
them far enough away to prevent inte fer
ence with the duties OF the engineer. They
pass through the wrought iron tubes in the
hrst OF these horizontal d0mes. which are
surrounded by the live steam, thus iasurIog
a perfectly dry supply for the cylinders. and
in a measure super heating the steam. Feed
water fills the second dome, and il heated BIZ
the main escape pipe through us centre.
The grate-bars least in accordance With
the system Of Mr.. Belbaire), are Only three
eighths Of an inch wide on the head and
spaced 6ve-sixteenihs Of an inch apart. Of
these there are three sets running iOngItudi-
Dally, and terminated By q transverse pae st
The tube end Of the frebOx. The vast
volume Of steam generated by tais boiler
:npplies four cylinders, each pair II W hich
connects with Elk coupled wheels Although
capable OF drawing great load-, these engines
are said to have undue oscillation when
moving at high velocit'es, AMI, as might be
supposed, are peculiarly severe On the road.
bed.
The G'seHenstaden engine il tht ONLY one
exhibited having q steam tende. The ar
Of the paris The Commissioner
0 early shows BY an outline sketch, in which
the dimensions are given in metres ard de
cimsl paris of the same. The internal d.
ameter of Ihe Onnecting iIhex bic steam,
pipe is 3 3-l6th inches. A screw reversing
gear throws The link into forward or back
motion Its workmanship is IT the first or
der, snd skill ia eVincei in The counter
balls ncing IF he Uut and inside crankS with
their connecting rods.
AUSTRIAN LOCOMOTIVES.