, 1872-11-21
A DUMMY FOR A HORSE.



From the .ye,0 York Tribune.
The car that WAS placed on the Bleecker street
line, last Saturday, is known as the Remington
street steam car. It was invented about two
years ago, in Newark, and one has since been
running on the Bloomfield, N. j., road. The
Remington Company has manufactured only two
cars, one Of which is now running on the road
at lion, N. T., though the track has only slight
curves and small grades and the other ia the
car now in the Bleecker Street Company's shops
in this city. The car at Lion has accommo-
dated forty passengers, and has drawn q second
cur containing the same number. The car has
run at q speed Of twenty-five miles an hour
with q Light load, and on smooth, straight
track. 1t has the appearance Of an ordinary
street car, and is Of the came eize. The ma
chineyy by which it is propelled occupies the
front platform, is entirely separated from the
interior, and also invisible from that point It
il provided with compound engine Of iye-
horse power, which can be increased to twenty
horse power without any complicated mechan-
ism. The cylinders are placed under the front
platform in direct connection with the forward
axle. On this platform is q small box
containing coal sufficient for half a
6av Il ia said that the car can run
fiffy miles With 900 pounds of conl. The water
talk ia beneath the rear nlatform, the water
being heated from The e5hausted steam, The
car itself is heated BY means Of steam pipes run
ming beneath the seats on each side OF the car,
No unrIeasant heat ia experienced from prox-
imity to the boiler. as it is separated from the
interior by a noncondnctine nartitinn. The M
ciueer stops the cpr by suddenly reversing tho
engine. Even when The car is running at the
rate Of SIX miles IN hour, it can be stopped
within TWENTY-FIVE feet, and with the aid of
brakes. within half Of its own length, Two men
onIy are reouired on q car. a conductor and IN
engineer.
It now remains to describe the recent expert
ment. Holm q, Conoyer. the President OF th,
Bleecker Street Company. has never taken any
active measures in tllis direction, nor would he
have done so il the horse 1iseaso had not caused
such general panic. On the first appearance of
the disease he telegraphed to the Remington
COMPANY to forward one of its steam cara The
wheels. however, we're not adapted to the Bleeck-
er street track, and the necessary alterations
cansed delay. At length all the arrangements
we're completed. and on Saturday after
noon the car was ready for use. 11r.
possible, and therefore caused no alteration to
Be made in the track or any Of its curves. Tho
car was to r11n On the track in it's usual condi-
+ion and No hnrses were to be taken along tn aid
in t111rnino corners or ascending grades. At 10
o'clock Saturday evening. the President of tho
Company. some Of the other officials, and their
friends stepped into the car at the Blocker
Street DEPOT. When all was ready, seventy
persons we're in the car. and Mr., ConoYer pre-
dicted that it would the track at least three
times before reaching Fulton Ferry.
II was MT sn1,nosed that steam without exter-
nal aid would propeI q car around such sharp
turns as we're necessarily made at Howard,
Reade. and Beekman, and other streets, Con-
trarv to aynectatione the car turned every curve
and ascended and descended eyery GRADE With
out nnce leaving The track. and some Of the
curves we're tuIped et quite rapid rate Of mo-
ton. Atthe top of the grade in Elm street, the