Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-25
LOCAL NEWS.

Exhibition of the TIohenstefn Car Coup 1 Ter.
 l An exhibition of the Hohenstein car coup Ter, the invention of A. G. Hohensteln Of 1 this city, was made yesterday. train of freight cars was furnished with locomotive l No. 12, MT. Caldwell engineer The exhibi-
 ton took place near the shops of the Consoll- dated road, and was witnessed by many well known gentlemen of this city. Among those present were General s. E. Merwin, M.
 Frank Tyler, Professor Johnson T. Platt, Master Mechanic Kettendorf and Master Car
 Builder Denver, of the Consolidated road
 Master Car Builder. Ferris, sof the Housatonic
 road Major 1T. H. Strong Attorney s.
 Arthur Marsden, Attorney Colby, Mr. Key
 burn, inventor of the Reyburn cattle car
 Mir. Hohenstein, the inventor of the coup ling, and A. H. Kellam.
 President Watrous, of the Consolidated road, had named the time for the exhibition, intending to attend in person and witness the exhibition, but the. unforeseen continu-
 ance of the railroad hearing at Hartford yes- terday, where Mir. Watrous delivered an ad- dress, prevented his attendance. The State
 Board of Railroad Commissioners were also to have been present, but were likewise de- tained. It is understood that Mir Watrous
 will attend a future exhibition of the merits of the coupler The exhibition was perfect ly satisfactory in all respects, the coupler be- ing subjected to all manner of tests and trials. It came out of all triumphantly, fully meet l ing the expectations of the most sanguine. The great and imperative need of an auto
 matic car coupler as life saving agency has ! been hitherto advocated in our columns, and | it is widely known that thousands of hu- l man lives are sacrificed every year in the United States in coupling cars, to say noth- ing of the multitude of men maimed for life
 and the sorrow and misery entailed upon 1 families The State of Connecticut, through l it's General Assembly, has moved in the sub ject and adopted legislation requiring the adoption of a suitable self acting car coupler. | The Railroad Commissioners, with praise worthy exertions and investigations, labored for this result. The day is not distant when some new car coupler will be adopted, and much loss of life and limb and misery
 will thereby be averted. The Hohenstein
 car coupler has enlisted much interest in this city and company has been formed with | $2OO 900 capital to manufacture and sell the same. Among the management of the com-
 pany are Messrs. Governor Bigelow, presi- dent; Colonel D. R Wright, vice president :; General s. E. Merwin, treasurer; A. H. Kellam, secretary and NJ. Frank Tyler
 and A. G. Hohenstein, who are
 among the directors. The exhibition | handling of the coupIers yesterday was ably
 managed by MT. A. S. Ostrander, late yard
 master for the road and who has taken the | superintendency for the Car Coupler compa- ny Mir Hohenstein, the inventor, is a young
 man in years, but has displayed much inven- 1 tive ability The exhibition, as has been l stated, severe test, trying the coupler 1 at all points. Cars were kicked" and
 ''yanked" with brakes on and off, and were l run together at rate of speed that would
 seemingly crush the coupler to pieces But
 it withstood all the tests that could be i brought to bear, doing its work in manner | that left no doubt as to it's desirability for
 any road in the country, and elicit | ing the unqualified appreciation of railroad men present, including Mir, Ferris, who Is a
 delegate to the Master Car Builders conven-
 tion which meets in Philadelphia June Is. 1 This coupler is automatic, requiring no one 1 between the cars at coupling, while 1t can be uncoupled from either side by means of pro- | jecting rods, or from the platform on the | top. As shown yesterday 1t couples on a ! curve, and couples with other couplers and
 is adapted to cover all variations of heights of
 cars It has many other important requi- sites ana IS h1gnIy endorsed, ana b1ds ra1r
 under energetic and able management to | work quite revolution in car coupling.