The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-17
NARROW GAUGES.
Convention at the Lookout
House To-day.

The delegates to the National Narrow
Gauge Convention met this morning at the
Lookout House to discuss the question Of
introducing narrow-gauges throughout the
country
Among the delegates present were:
President Kellogg. of the Marietta &
Shawnee Railroad; T. Corcoran, Marietta
& Shawnee Railroad; F. Parker, President
Parker e. Kansas City Railroad; Joseph
Ramsey, Superintendent Bells Gap Rail
road; Hon. J. II. Sullivan, Bedford,
Brownstown & Madison Railroad;
W. G. Mobley, Superintendent Parker
& Kansas City Railroad; Job. Navins, Mari
dent indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Rail-
road; R. II. Ramsey, transfer apparatus
Philadelphia; II. G.. Lourie, indianapolis.
Ind; 7. F. Wurst, Consulting Engineer,
Atlantic City, N. j.. H. r. Fullerton. Yios
President Parker & Kansas City Railroad:
j. A. brennan, President West & East Rail-
road, Lexington, Miss.
The meeting was opened at II O'Clock,
Col. w. Hubert presiding.
After temporary organization ME-. q
NJ. Yeoman, of Washington Courthouse,
was elected as Chairman, and Major Byrne.
as sSeCretary.
The welcome address to the delegates was
made by F. s. Covington, of this city.
A deep interest in the Narrow-gaugs
Railroad seems to have been taken by Q
large number of Ohioans. Several patents
and samples are now on exhibition at tho
Lookout House, showing the various meth
DDS of transportation removing trucks al
repairing shop and shop yards, etc.
Mr.. Eugene Davis of Clinton, Ills, has
an excellent pattern of a car for dumping
grain at the elevator or at other places, such
as boats, elevators, &c. He expects that the
cost of his invention will do
away with nearly all manual labor
and that the expense of emptyng car viii
not reach the small sum of cents His in-
yention will allow the car to be worked by
hand lever, or machine.
Mr., R. Fl. Ramsey, of Philadelphia, has
on exhibition car-truck shifting and car
transfer apparatus This consists of q
siding depressed into pit about twenty
inches deep, with rails of both narrow and
broad gauges centrally located, and on each
side narrow track remaining on the
level, bearing light but strong trucks,
which run under the sills of the car body and
support it while being transferred. Cross
bars, resting OH the side trucks are used tn
support narrow car bodies The trucks OF
different gauge are run in the depression
previous to the arrival of the car, or left
there by the car in advance, and by passing
the car body over on the side trucks, it be-
comes disconnected with its trucks at tho
first incline and connects with the trucks Of
a different gauge at the opposite incline.
Trucks are removed from the depression
by a turn-table or switch.
Mr.. H. C. Lowne, of indianapolis, has an
improved draw-bar for freight cars on exhi-
bition. The object of the bar is to secure
perfect ease in coupling on the shortest
curves, and to prevent finger smashing by
brakemen, and to obviate the necessity for
movement of the entire train forward and
back for each coupling.
Mr.. w. L. Rankins, of Paris, KY, has also
a patent on exhibition, namely, a model
showing how narrow and broad gaugD
trucks may be removed from under cars at
pleasure
The Convention met at II o'clock to-day.
Mr. S. f. Covington was elected as tenn
porary President, and Major Byrne as Sec
retary Col. Woodford opened the meet
ing.
Major Byrne, in his address, said that hs
thanked the members and delegates pres
ent, on behalf oil the local and Joint COM
mittees and the citizens of Cincinnati fer
the large attendance at the Convention
ne Sttlu lie lldu SeCuTeu TIE COOLEST place
that could be had and expected that tho
narrow-gauge railroad interest would bs
attended to.
He also said that he had received Num-
bers and numbers of letters to the effect
that quite large number of delegates
would be down in day or two.
The Chairman then appointed the follow
ing Committees:
On redentials-David Allen, of the Nj
ami VALLEY N. G. r. R.; D. D. Paris, of Iili-
nos; B. J. Giffert, of Illinois; J. A. Hutch
ins, of the Colorado & Northwestern r. R.,
and James f. Ely, of Washington Court
house.
Committee on Permanent Organization
E, Hubert, F. F, Haines, J. M. Graham.
John Lee and Geo. Wilbur.
Mr.. L. G. Hopkins then introduced
motion that an intermission of oirs
hour be had between l and o'clock, ami
that other intermissions be held as may Inn
determined upon by the Convention.
A recess was then taken until half past 2
this afternoon.
Local Personals.