Daily Republican., 1882-06-13
NEW CAB NOTOR.
No Excuse for Refusing 70 Reduce
Passenger Fares.
From the North Amapfcan.

! Passenger Fares.
From the North American.
There has been on exhibition at thu
office of the Passenger Railroad Loco.
motive Manufacturing Company 5(
south Fourth street, for several days
past, the drafts for new motor power
or engine for propelling street cars,
which, If 1t does what the gentlemen
interested say 1t can do, is bound to
work q revolution in the street cars and
take from under the feet of the mana
gers of the city passenger railways the
ground on which they stand for re-
fusing the universal demand for lower
fares. There IL also a small working
model for car starter, by which the
strain upon the motive power, whether
it be horses or steam, is removed by
the application of very simple process
to the ruaning gear. One OF the new
locomotives is now being built by the
company, and 1t is expected that a
public trial will be given as soon as the
machine is finished. 1t is of rather
novel construction. A gas engine sup
plies compressed air to a reservoir, fl om
which power is derived to work sys.
TEN of air and hydraulic valves which
operate two elastic feet that tread upon
the cobble pavement between the rails.
The power is so nicely under control
that these feet are placed gently upon
the cobbles, and when thus placed the
pressure is applied, and the feet move
upon the oobbles, in the same manner
that a horses foot moves. These feet
are made adjustable to the inequalities
of the pavement, and should the pave.
ment be broken or removed, will reach
down and press upon the earth. In
connection with this locomotive an ap-
paratus is attached underneath the
passenger car called the "Differential
Car Starter" This peculiar construc-
tion, being wheel within Wheel
There are no springs or cog-wheels in
it. The back axle of the car rests upon
two small wheels; these wheels run
upon the fanges, of two larger wheels,
and are elevated four inches above the
pavement. cut Of the way of sand. The
draft is applied to two small friction |
wheels, which bear upon the large
wheels near their top periphery, and
thus is obtained twenty eight-inch |
leverage acting directly upon the small |
wheels upon which the axle of the car
rests. This leverage comes into action
whenever there is any resistance, such |
as starting car loaded with passen
gers; going up a grade, or running over
q stone or other obstruction. This car
starter is Of great value for use with
any kind of motor, for it avoids the
D Decessity Of very heavy locomotive
tested on the Market street.-The some
years ago weighed ten thousand pounds
too great weight for the light city
even with this great
weight, whom starting loaded car the
wheels of the engine revolved upon the
track without moving the car until
sand was thrown under them. The +
Baldwin Works admit that had this
ear starter been under the car, their
locomotive would have started it easily.
With this starter under car, a locomo.
tive weighing five hundred pounds less
than the car will start a loaded car
with ease. The Differential Car Star
ter has been approved by the Franklin
Institute of this city, and has also been
put to practical test on car drawn
by horses, and relieved the horses from
all strain when starting loaded car.
1t would be of great value for Use with
horses, but IL is proposed to do away
with horses, the company offering to
furnish the starter and locomotive and
engineer, and contract to haul two cars
night and morning and one through the
day at per diem rate below the pres.
ent cost, thus enabling street Car COM
panies to sell their horses and stables
and make a saving in the daily running
expenses of each car from one to two
lollars. The locomotive will make no
smoke or steam, and the engineer will
stand IN front in plain view. Good
Mechanical experts who have examined
he working drawings of the company's
'ngineer are satisfied that the locomo.
i've will be q success,