New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-04-05
Palace Cattle Cars,
Plans Of the New York Live Stock Exchange
COMPANY,

Plans Of the New York Live Stock Exchange
Company.
The cattle palace cars, as they are
called, have been hobby for some time,
and Henry Bergh, of this city, and
Bishop Clarkson have been noted advo-
Gates of their adoption by the trunk
lines. The New York Live Stock Ex-
press Company has constructed ten
cars upon the new principle, and in two
weeks will begin running live stock
express train over the New York Cen
trail road. Recently it made an exper-
mental trip over the Central Railroad
of New Jersey with its live stock train,
the cars used being furnished with reg
ular passenger car running gear. the
Middleton continuous drawbar elliptic
springs, and the Tallman automatic
brake. With this equipment it is claim
ed that trains can be run from Chicago
to New York in forty-ei CHIT hours, and
even less, a trip which cattle trains now
require from four to six days to make.
The company expects to make its money
by the saving in the shrinkage in the
cattle. This now averages about 100
pounds per head. If this shrinkage is
reduced one-half-and the projectors of
the enterprise claim it can be reduced
even more than that-they think they
will make from So to S. per head. But
the consumer will be interested only in
the claim that the beef will be delivered
here free from the bruises and disease
which so often mar and injure the cattle
brought to the abattoirs and markets
here. The cars to be used by this COM
pany in its experiment look outwardly
much like the common cattle cars. The
interior is divided by movable and fexi-
bile arrangements into sixteen stalls, in
each Of which there is ample room for
the largest steer to stand or lie down.
There is no opportunity for the steers to
become herded together, and seemingly
no possibility of their being injured
Troughs for feed and water run along
the bottom of the cars, and over them
are movable boards which can be raised
to allow of feeding. Water is supplied
from tanks in the top of the cars, and
fed through pipes to the troughs The
experiment trip was made with empty
cars, and was rather a trial of the i'm
pact brake than of the cattle cars, show
ing that with this brake express time
can be made and the train be under the
control of the engineer. Besides tho
cattle car there were three passenger
cars without the brake. While the train
was running on a grade of twenty-three
feet to the mile at the rate of thirtv-five
miles an hour, the brakes We're applied
and the train came to a full stop 1850
feet from the point where the brakes
were applied. This stoppage was so
sudden as to jar the passengers consid-
erably. the brakes working so well on
the cattle cars as to bring the passenger
cars together with sharp snap and
jar. At Plainficld, N. j., where the ex-
detrimental trip ended, another expert
ment was made, the passenger coaches
being detached, and at the same rate of
speed, the train was stopped in front of
the station within 800 feet of the point
where the power was applied. The ex-
pertinent evidently satisfied the railroad
men. for, after dinner at the Park
House, a number of them who had been
invited to witness the test expressed
themselves to. that effect:-New York.
Times