, 1873-08-24
A. .FlRELESS LOCOMOTIVE.
Successful Experiments with My
ers & Lamm's New
Engine.
A Substitute Found ut Last for
Horses on Strect-Cars.
Ono Of tho Most Wonderful and Useful
Inventions Of the Age.

pound On sc'on'lno eap1o.at1on, 'o1t 1ho Guy
py tho O'CLOCK tram ZOE ayoo fa1h' 10 "lthess
an experiment III 1oco"oaon 1nh' was inos' IN
.ero6slns' anu may fosuls III co'lp'e'o fo'o,u-
non oi Guy t,h8ol. 1holo "efo on poa'u ~ M1.
aeorge ~ "eop' enpos1ntenaons OF LILO "est
o'ae 1tau"ay company Mr' y. y. nolnos, WHO
occupies the sa'ho Posltlon WIN tho souen oloe
Company; Mr. Campbell, Assistant General
Manager Of tho G., D. D. Y. Z. H.; Mr.. s. 3.
cobh N, f.aoroo n c1orlo mr. n afvara
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"lu osnot 6a"'!on'oa'
Tho object OF tho excursion was to test Q now
invention, recently patented. by which Vhnt is
known as a "t1reloss looo,notiyan In used tn
nronol cara. Tho nartv vaa con1ucted n Tho
tJrIo pa~, ,.,,,t - s ~ r,t,s n. ;t..s' -.
nyao ialA ospos VI tho otty halfway company
whore stood car, and as Boon as tho party was
safely on board it began to move without any
apparent oauso. A littlo Investigation proved
tl1at in front of tho car WAS t,o motive nowor.
coDtn;,o5 =, a,,a1, ,o,,,n.o. a,,a 49, ,ano1na
To- h1 ;s pps;soar a uas Th;a wos ~.
''frelosa locomotive" It consisted of boiler,
s feet long bv 8 feat in diametor. and
.,o ,,s;,a, -, an,.11 .,a1.
m nno aoua! 'naon'.o.5 VI en'aa eesuo' ~
inelo ~ was. no lue1, NO nro, no. nfo,
man. Tho steam WAS supplied for tho round
trip OF six milos bcforc starting. At the depot
was a supply boiler 18 font hy 2 feot in which
a,oar, NO. ..rnrataa ,,,+;, ooo ,o,nds r-os.,ro
a'e"ln Mas senora.ea ~, ' unta 1oo poonns pleasulo
was indicated by the 8team~gnugo. Ihe iocomo-
tive boiler wss three-fourths full OF cold water
Instead Of boiling this by means of q flre. and
-; s;n ~. ,,roaauro ~ ~ ro,,;~od ,o;,,4 49,
aa oDs W. ,1 ploaa.o ~ o w .o4'a no,sns .no
heat WAS introduced from tho supply boiler
through an iron tube. This iron tube waa con-
noctol with tube in tho locomotive boiler tho
1attor m ming under tho wator along tho bottom
Of tho boiler and letting out tho supplemented
hoilar into the locomotive boiler. Th;s stean
rising through tho cold water, pormcatod #. md
auicEly raised it's temperature to ia degrees.
With Ills aupply Of steam tho locomotive atari.
ed. drawing n Ieavv fnnr-horao car ovor thn
thrrea niins to Th;rfv-fifth street. in tn MN.
utea, TLo amount OF steam conBumcd was 40
ronnds the iocmotiya starting hack with m
bounds remaining. When the starting point
waa ra0chs1 th"rS vna ~ nonnfla ~ stoam r. tIo
boilor the pressure benc red,ced only So bounds o. @
in tIc rnturn trin, wl,;ch waa lnwn rraffa' r.
must be- borno in mind thst thero was q 1arro
car. heavily laden. makipe e1plteon milos an ilotr
Tho M experiment. proved coanoiusiyoly that as q
locomotive Is. boyond Question q as,lcccsg, Tiers
ia no ira or f5reman 1enm;rcd. varv iittie steom
escapes, aud the locomotive, not being one.half
h 5 Ct se sasy dummy ls sg oss ss1 not
the engineer. It ntoppod ar n no,nont;a not,ce
and riding in tho car VAS EASY and comfortable,
A single, horae-car was taken on a short
motive power to streot-cnr uso VIVA frllv
demonstrated. The experimont was SUCCESS.
ful in overy particular and tho substitution
Of .tfreloss locomotives instead Of horses. for
hauling stroot-cars. is only question Of t{mo.
| The railroad men. whosa uractioa oxnerionco
impaired weight to thsir nni11ions o1nrosnet1
themselves highly pleased with the experiment,
| aud pronounced II an unqualified SUCCESS.
placed tomorrow by thoso Hire]osa locomo-
tiyes." The owners Of 1o patent have made a
contract to run cara eyory twelve minutes. in
stead Of every hour, us heretofore. and ciyo
bonds to perform tic duty at two.thirds Of tho
| exponae Of dunmy-eneipcs. ~'@
It is not unlikely that this nav meana Of loco
motion will bo applied to street cars Ut no distant
| day. There is nd good reason wly Il nhon1d not
aupersede horsos IL eyory city in tho co,,ntry.
In the first place, It is lust ~ ess;Iy handlai
,v;t,,o,+ tra,,t, asttbtoo ~ otoly stieot-colhor
uniform and pleasant; It docs not balk or run
away, as even Btreot-car horses sometimes do
il oata no hay OF oats: it reoujres no votorinary
surgeon Il Ia not subject to botts or snav;ns ~
tho epizootio, and thoro is absolutely no danger