Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-05
Aa!lcastrr tlltelligcnrer.
roaDAY Evening. DEC. S. 1892.
An IMPROVED CATTLE CAR.

Transporting Live Stock Without Ipjury.
The York Daily notices that 80 head Of
fine cattle have arrived there from Chi
caE:o for William H. Miller. Sixteen
head wero brought in Kohler's improved
cattle car. They left Chicago last We'd
ncsday at p. n, being nearly four days
On tho road. Each steer had a oompart
mont to itself, and could either stand up
Vr liz down as it pleased without tho
least .!..n:". rf becoming injured, and
where y WIS regularly watered and fed
with mix"d com and oats during the
transit vi tie i'ain. This, the FIRST trial of
tho improved car, has proved perfect
success, the machinery for delivering the
water and foed into the troughs working
like charm. Upon the arrival of the
train a number of persons were present
and werc more than surprised at the line
condition Of tho animals. Their good
condition demonstrates the fact that CAT
tie can be comfortably transported in
KOhlcr's improved car.
This CIR is of the ordinary stereOtyped
open work pattern, AZ feet 8 inches long
inside, 8 feet wide and feet 2 inches high
from the deck to the roof. Ipside the car
is q false deck which can be raised or
lowered from the outside by means OF
cranks, thus making, when hOisted into
place, a double deck car, each deck having
4 space three feet Quo inch high above it,
and suitable for the carrying Of sheep,
ho.s or other small live stock. On top OF
the roof, running lensthwise, are the water
tauks aud feed bins, having capacity
respectively Of $50 gallons Of water a',i
forty. eight bushels Of oats, a quaii-
oNol 20
load Of live stock for period Of sovcn
days, givin. each animal three meals
.lay Of half a peck at = time. Leadin,
from tho water tanks and feed bins are
tubes which conduct tho food to cast iron
feed boxes placed before each animal, and
which, whom not in use, are turneo up
right SO as not to project into Or beyond
tho sides of the car. The water tanks are
SD constructed that. they can be packed
with cork shavings to prevent the water
freezing in cold weather. This car is cal
culated to accommodate eighteen head
and give each animal plenty Of stall room
20 lay down and rise UP liz, each being
separated from the other by stout
canvas partitions, which, when not in
use, or when the car is turned into
double decker, arc rolled up against the
roof Of the car by means of cranks opera
ted from the outside : but, in case OF an
emergency, twenty -four head can be
crowded into a single car. Built beneath
the platform of the car is 4 capacious
box 10 DC used for the purpose OF carry
ing the cranks and tackle necessary to
operate tho car. When the car is
turned into double-decker, there are
two rows of iron feed boxes, one for
each deck, both being connected with
the feed bins and water tanks by sepa-
rate tubes. Beside being used for stock
purposes, tho car can also DO utilized
to carry freight of any kind with
out any alteration or trouble. To
push the interests Of this invention a
stock company has been formed by capi-
talists, under the name of the kOehler
Improved Cattle Car company, with
he ldquarters in New York, the officers
being Hon. Chauncoy F. Black, of York,
Pa, president, and E. ID. SaxtOn, of New
York, secretary and treasurer. Whether
or not this invention will settle the much
disputed question as to the best means for
the carrying of beef, remains to be seen
Just ut present public interest is conferred
on tho effort to Introduce dressed Chicago
beef OH all the Eastern markets, tho con
troversy being as to whether the beef is
really fit for food after such transpOrta-
ton but that there is a vast field for i'm
prOvement il tho present method OF
carrying live stock is a fact apparent to
the most Indifferent observer.