New-York tribune., 1876-01-04
STEAM on CITY RAILRO1DS.

EXPERIMENTS WITH STEAM sTREEr-cAR IN BROOK
IFPICULTIEs ~ TIE WAY OF IFS UsE
AND ADVANTAGES To BIZ DERIVED.
Experiments have been made lately with
new steam strce-car on the atlantic Avenue Railroad
OF Brooklyn in trial trip from the stables at ihtbush
and Aaniicayes. to East NowYork and return Several
members Of the Board of Aldermen and other prominent
gentlemen board the novel vehicle, and all de-
ciared themselves highly gracd with the result, the
tip having been made In onehalf tho usual time TX
ports have mnutcly examined all OF the Objectionable
points, tie chief of which appears 30 bo In accidents at
endant upon the Of seam and assert that they can
he easily. Plans have been examined in de
tail. which presented by engineer thoroughly ac
quantcd with the subject in which methods are shown
~ meeting al OF the objections that might arise The
danger alone remains objection to the Introduction
Of steam pow In place OF horses all city railroads.
To overcome fears persistent in the mind Of the public
1t thought he only necessary that the danger should
be fully understood. The steam generator j., the prnc
vcIOn In Irpokyr IL Is placed outside of the car
tine platform and can 80 constructed ina any d-
worse would result than leakage of straIh'
No violent rupture or explosion IL claimed can posi-
hly take place. ana In tnc event Of low wafer lyht lhc
heating surface of the boiler OStd only leakage or
steam would he produced, ana no possible injury 10 per
sons could follow. T annoyance usually caused ny me
exhaust steam. after II has performed ~ service ~ the
EXHAUST pipe which extends to tho end of thr car and
back again to the nOkcpipc, at tine SANS l' lnPFuhB
fire this heat. The engines ana macilely are 80
sructcd tt the invention can bc applied 10 any Oi
the street cars now use whOu rsmOIing tho trucks,
and tne most cXtrrme motions Of the ear ana aA,S ~
not b. fclt. Tie space taken up bS me mlohy go s"hy
about ~ cubic feet. To unUhiIcry II ehci5'd anu IS
placcd between tine trucks Of the cars NJ Sth h5hJ
from the ground that urithcr snow nor ob5rlctuhs can
interfere wtn IL any way. In c59 ol heavy SNOW
storm the tracks bc kept cleared py having SIoW-
pluw attached tu each ear, as luiCe tGLl /" -Vo' -
power can be developed AT any time. Tao haii-euirhl
al tr car in running either drcc ion, tuln& curves
and stopping. u under the immediate c"hioI OI tho IN
FIu and >
In the annual iCpOrts OF The uildScls OI Street rl
WAYS they state that "Npcil.co utuItl lo tN"hH7
and mauann the horses tor each car, not hcuilS Ttd
r-fatc stable aud insurance, AVERAGED +-Oto @H"u'y'
At least eight required Tor rarn car, az iio
average cost Of Nl2O Tor each hro or $500 llc IN
crca-ig difficulty procuring horses renders thg alO
tinu Of steam on c.ty railroads very dtariDe by tie
u-o OF u IL asserted that gicrr :. ccd can De
timed uIs dispensing with Onr-tnird or thc hhprl {"
cf. AID svIug outlay IN cars conductors AMI incidental
tNprusrs. the machinery rcGmI"d, iholulng "'h'I,
en- ines aud all ,cc>stry at acnmrnts, can bc Ptd
on ANY Ctr, now constructed ih running "IH'' I"I
500 Inc rNpcus' ur fuv, OH, repairs ana 7u''it
over the sum paid to dr,cr, wtii not rAfoI f'"p,
making net saving of Tl'uo year on o"'d '"I'