, 1880-07-18

slloyelins coal, and closing the door rs II
passed; tile engine, with train, backed down
and stopped; tile steam that consumes Ihe Ihe
smoke was shut off, and the engine ran by
the fireman shoveling in coal and then clos-
ing the door, showing ntaln engine WIN
the smoke from the stack; the Locomotive
ran IN and stopped as any ordinary engine,
showing the silloNc. and then stnppet IL ny
quite successful. and the vast quantity OF
smoke which rolled out when the engine
was run rs plain engine proved beyond
question that very large quantity OF SMOKE
was checked. No cintiers were seen: Inc LIN,
working seelnetl rs nothing to what was
rolled out in heavy clouds When it was cut
1tf; and the result is almost perfect co,l'-
bustion. The saving III fuel-.wood,or coal =
Is fully one-tI.ird, rs proved by experiments
Thousand and five hundred pounds Of coal g on
t every trip between Bostun and Woods 11o!t.
After returning to the city and tt11klng t1king
dinner in the United States iiatsi'
! For seventeen months the patentees have
| been working OH it, and now it is So tar per-
feet that it saves FROM 8; tn 20 per cent OF the
| fuel, President Choat thinking tine saving
also made by 3lr: John !: Winslow, Mr: Rt-
tendorfer, Col. Taylor, Nlr. iioyt, and Mr.. J.
J. Narrower: Great i'll proyenlents were
prophesied III tile use Of fuel on railroads.
The Boston papers yolced the minds Of the
entire company IN accounts OF the trip the
next day, in which they warmly commended
the utility of tue invention.
The attention of practical railroad men and
others Is respectfully called to these indurSe-
mtnts Of the everyday Use Of this invention,
direct saving Of s. to 10 per cent III fuel, and
is sure preventive Of forest-tires, which
cost railroads SO lliany thousands Of dollars.
THE CERTIFICATES
OLD COLONY RAILROAD, RosroS, July I, 1885,
Alfred Derney, Esq, MahNJsT-DEA: SIR: In re-
ply to your inquiry in regard to yuur spark and
q3c6cG r"ppa{%s ' wh,en % h,s
they are NIL working to our entire satisfaction.
Wo have been al,le to cntch FIJI! % per cent Of
ont upon the train. think we are urresriuy
more tine dust and burning more of the smoke
than ANY other. appliance in use, and for that
purpose goes beyond my expectation. All tho
parrs~bnre been nude durable, and it is not la
be to get out of order.
There is nothing about the general appear
ance or it that any one can object to. The en-
gincs stean, as well us they did with the old
method
quite Il saving Ut fuel, also great annoyance to
passengers abatcd, and the liability Of setting
lire fn'ni the stnoke-stack prevented.
| think any railroad company that may try it
will be convinced of the grent value of the ar
rangenlent when applied. Yours truly,
J. X. TAYLOR, II. n.
BOILER DEPARTMENT OF THE o. c. R. r.. Eos-
TON, Mass, Nov. =. ls1:.-A- Berney, Esq, .Mun-
dJcF-DEAK s1n: have been foreman Of this
department eighteen years, boiler making thirty
years. have fitted up seyersll Of the lucomo-
tiyes belonging to the Old Colony Railroad Com
pany with your invention. and they have been |
runninE without the slightest leak or repair to |
them whatever. They are very successful; in |
fnct, the only ones that have so proved On the !
They are running clean. and prevent fires
from the stack. All the parrs are durable and |
safe, and, in my judgment, will lust five ten |
years without repairs; and nm informed by |
the engineers that they save oyer 80 per cent Of |
the fuel JoHS L. WHITE.
1Es1.-Alfr1t Ber'tey, Esq, Manager-DEAK SIR:
The locomotive, Old Colony, was fitted with Your
spnrk-bnrner: Prior to this. she had been
rather a molerate steamfug engine, extremely |
heavy on fuel and threw IN immense quantity
of Sparks and dirt from tho stack: but, after
mile run. hauling from eleven. to fourteen
passenger cars In thrcchoursund forty minutes
time; s.enmng up in good shape; running
from the stack. !
The engine did the work on this train with
less pounds Of coal than formerly on a hundred
miles with the same number Of cars.
T. r: BuRHAnr, Engineer OH o. C. R. r.
NoTE.,This train ran thirty-scven miles an
hour, and made nm actual saving Of over u ton of
coal tlny, all summer and fall, 1879, without the
Q. G. r. r.. Woops Hort, Mass,. Jan. CO. $780,
4. BeTney, ESP, !Manager-DEAR SIR: ceccr-
fully give my testimony as to the economy,
certified to b. M. e. +. Hurhnrt, engineer Of the
Old Colony locomotive No. 81, us fired for that
engineer at the time We had plenty Of steam,
although We had from eleven TO fourteen cars. |
aud e5 high as seventeen. and our trip was 140
miles in three hours and forty minutes:
JOHN W. EATON, Fireman.
F:.1RHAvES, Mnss, jan. 10, 1884, Der,,ey,
SIR: In regard to the working
On locomotive No. Il. Bay State, I can state that
the engine is burning one thousand five hundred
pounds Of cotl less day than it did hefure the
the same work. The difference In fuel is on ac-
count Of the variation OF trains aud mileage
Turing the different days; It runs very clean;
s very neat in appearance: docs not get out Of
order. I bclicve it will last many years. tShe
able grntc in the front end OF the irrbox ] lind
very useful to dump the ashes made from the
argo amount Of sparks, which tall upon it and
run it over three months.
We take now 1900 pounds Of coal daily, when
we used to take on 1, ,5oo- Respectfully yours,
Engineer of Locomotive i, bay State. =. C.
O!D COLONY RAILROAD, BOSTON. Mass, April
Il, lse0.--A- Rernsu, EM,., .Munupe--DEAR SIR:
an1 now running the engine John \. Andrew,
supplied with your spark and smoke consu.ncr.
1t runs very. clean; no sparks he felt on the
:ugine or truin; 1t clnnut set fire from the !
;taek @ The train it hau!s Is the steamboat train,
With from fourteen to eighteen cars The loco |
motive steAms freely. Keeping il steady ut l;n |
,ounus pressure. Our tilnc Is eighty minutes,
With two stops forty-nine miles,.
J. ". LEIGHTON Engineer.
NoTE.-Thc smbkc-cutlsulner, ut this time |
vas not on full power to cOusume alI Of 1t.
OLD COLONY X. r. RoCSD-HousE, South nos-
on. Mass;; S Aprii ~ lSsa-i Es,''eM EW.-DEAn
'alf. frcmnn, Of locomotive No. 6s Falmouth.
'elougin1 to the 0. e. X. IT, Co., certify that it !
sls run by us tho two last weeks in January Inst
twelve daysl, without spark and smoke con
u1ncr, fss,nl Boston tt Woods Hull, making a
o.1nd trip of about 14a miles dAy. During this
inc the engine consumed Gl0OU pounds of coal,
'cing equal to 5,;s; pounds daily. At this timc
Ye had pleasant weather. After this your spark
md smoke consumer was applied and run the
n'nc train, with tho addition Of from ono to
hree cars, aud 1t construed l1,aU pounds of | :
oal, making Il sarinR of 1860 pounds, about
light tons: Tho weather during this last trial !
7As very bad I
Tho engine steamed better thaG before. run
cry clean, aud no sparks could be seen, night
r day, going ont OF the stack; but little smoke |
nd was very satisfactory From our knowledge
the appliances used by Won sy0 believe fhny |