, 1874-02-27
miscellaneous.
TIE MHLER PLATFORM.

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| SIn: In the Chicago Times OF Wednesday las
lind an artlcle under tho caption, e Regularly
Damphoollsm, which deem as ample eridenc
that the fools are not all dead yet, and that son
one OF their number, filed with malice towar
the Legislature OF the State, did therein disgore
himself over the editorial page OF that edition
Now, this scion OF general information assume
to tell us that there ID no such thing in use upo
the cars running on our railways Is an automati
car-coupler, and says:
The fact IL well known to Ill railroad men that n
such thing - an "Aut ouat1c coupling which cen
called suitable" either to purposes or tafcty or an
other desirable purpoes has yet been invented. Thec
s IL vs. On IL. ro4ds nd ot coupling caed
work automatically aud which, for othor reasons
~ condemned by many Of the bes. practical rairo2d
general use. II It hnd proved in practice gpitab
automatic coupling" avery respectable rril,ny com
Eans IN The country would hs7s sIapted ii ioae go
The fact that 1t " not suitabe automatic coupling
nor an "auto1natic compiling" at ali, aud tho furtIo,
fact that such coupling l. known ax plain ,ghY M
simpler aud mora secure coupling first introduced
Let me give yon few plain facts regarding
this subject.
There is device known a. the "AIillar Plat-
form, Buffer, and Coupler in uso upon nearly
every passenger train running to and from this
city. The coupling ia strictly " AUTOMATIC" and
all practical railroadists acknowledge it to be
Il a"euitable coupling" in every respect. No per-
sons are injured between the cars. The sirap Ie
act Of pushing one against the other couples
them together, and SO close are the
platforms 70 each other that child cannot stan
through between them. Nor is this the orly ad-
vantage Of. this improvemeat; !; for it is 4 sure
preventive Of telescopipg y Of cars in cases Of
collision or de1ailmenE, fact fully proven in
hundreds Of CAGES where it has been severely
tested. In my own experience OF extensive
travel upon our railways, have met with hun
trods who would gladly give corroborativa testi-
mony to the foregoing, and who to-day READILY
the very thing which the Times writer says ia
get to be invented. Among the number who
have borue testimony to this fact would name
q prominent merchant of this city named Far
yell. Who escaped from tha burning cars OF tho
NewaHamburg disaster by its use on tho sleep
Ing cars, in that fearful accident. supa1intend-
ent Mathews, Of tle Stoninston Railroad, told
NC immediately after tie accident which
occurred npon his road, ona year
Ego, that they: saved two OF his cars
4 prominent official OF the New York Central l.
Hudson River Railroad said that this invention
had Baved them 81 .000. 600 in 1878. Mr.: Hnghitt,
General Superintendent pf tho NoEthues.orn
managed roads in tho csJuntry. says tlat nd
passenger GET should be run without It, and mol.
'nly attaches it to every passenger car on his
'oad, but puts it upon all milk CATS running
nth, Of independent OF, passenger trains
The fact that all railroad companies do not use
his Improvement is dsc1edit to it, for it takes
long time to produce 30 great change, md is
accompanied with great expense, but there are
loE over 800 railways in this country where It is
tsed, and the managers would not think OF rnn-
ing trains without it, while others are preparing
0 make the change from tho old slack coupling
yston which. the Times considers good enough
Q the Miller system. Ia this not sufficient eFi-
ence that ne .hnye m "autoaatic coupling"2
Il conclusion would advise the managing edi- |
q q Of the Times that he .e1ve the writer OF |
Regulative Damphooham = vacation. Buy
i'm somo railway tickets, put him in charge OF |
careful guardian, aud send him ont oYer tie |
oada. Who knows but he may lsarn sonothing7 |
- c. I4AKEY.
TIE ERIE ROAD.
Mr. B. II. Arms, agent Of the Erie Railroad,
scaiyod dispatch yesterday morning, inform
1g him that the bsakmea's striko on that road is
au end, and that he should continue to sell |
ckets as usual. -