New-York tribune., 1884-11-13
CAPTAIN EADS'S SHIP RAILWAY.
A REMARKABLE WORKING MODEL on EXHIBITION
HERE.

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HERE.
In n basement room IN the Mutual Life Building,
nj Liberty and Nassau sts there IS on eXhiDltlOh
wOrkng model OF the necessary apparatus lor the
Eads ship RaU3y IN hpha0n pecs m
of work. and with the accompanying explanatIon OF
4. l.. Corlhell, is OF uncommon interest interest
IL comprises shp-model about six feet in length;
the pontoOn and apparatus for lifting the snip ana
the carriage upon which it rests out OF the water
TO a level with the permanent way; about twenty
feet of the pernanent wav, and floating turntable
which is to take the place ol an oIdiuary curve
Owing 10 the length and rlgldlty oil tne cafriage'
no curve of q radius under twenty miieSls possDc.
'There will have to be in consequence i've OF THESE
floating turntables where changes of direction
greater than are TO at,arhed
TO trucks there helng four W heels to the truck:
Each truck F'cSe' w pe1es s expeead pe9dO twenty
tons. through the medium Oh iou1 iou51
springs which are each warranted to stand load
Of twenty tons with depression OF s'x ,ncfs
terprse at $45.O0O0O0. few OF the diiilcuitleS l
which the designers had to overcome were the 1o
its cargo, has the greater part OF It's weight amid
ships. 1t would be impossible to construct any car
rage of sufficient rgdy TO- ramS nn vybcb ls Il Is to
rest. Thus the wheels at either end, under
bow and stcrn would bear but little OF the burden
white those in the middle would be crushed. 10
conneract this the weight of the ship while on me
pontoon is supported by o system OF hydiauilc
Jacks. Under each end OF inc snip 'neIo % , ~ Ymo
tx. ~
increases until there arc hve. Inc totai area vi
the rams in each cross row OF JACKS Is tho sane;
aud as they are all connected together ana supp1cd
by one force pump the pressure sequal upon eacn
lncal foot oi the carriage; according 10 me Iaw Vi
hydroslatics that pressure on liquld Is tfansnl,
fed equally in all directions. second dllcuty IL
that Il IN mpossbe {, locate exactly the centre Oh
gravity OF ship 10y calculation. and even hief an m
lccuratc location oi that point ~ wonla s ID. oo
dncult TO bring II directly over the centre OF gray
ity of The pontoon. Hut If thcso two centres are
not in the same vertical line the pontoon VIII UP
when ioatcd, the guides will bind and everything
viii come To standstill. 10 proven, thie there 1t
mn ingenious arrangement OF hydraulic cylinders nv
the four corners OF the p9n,oon, ,ne oucs nh vi in
dng inaly opposite corncis being eonncctSd, whien
will eaunizc The weight and absolutely compel the
pon,oon 10 preserve an erect post ON; Alter stny-
iug two weeks IN thus city tho model VIII be ie-
moved % the Aow-Oieans Exhibition.
UNWILLING OF MONMOUTH MONUMENT
The erection of the Monmouth Battle Monument,
which Will be unveiled to-day, was liint suggested
Nv Joel Parker IA an address delivered az Freehold
n j., on tho nIncty-niuth anniversary OF the bat
tie June - ls?7 ls suggestion "o, lea 70 inc lop
ciation, Of which he was elected president ana
Major James Yard secretary. In 1881 the state
Legislature appropriated $loooo Toward ano cree
of the enterprise III the hands of the Monument
C0inmissiOn which the association has been iep.
resented by Theodore W. Moirls, son-iil-iaw OF
Mir. Schanck, while the president of the Men
Jersey Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly
have represented the State In March, dso3,
the designs executed by EmcID 1. Iittell ana
Douglass Smythe and exhibited by Maurice j.
Power were accepted and Edward f. Raht was en-
gagged as supervising architect. Actual work upon
tue monument commenced In July, 1888. The fo-
lowing is he programme of the ceremony OF unyei-
ing to-day Invocation by Bishop Scarborough, OF
New-Jersey; presentation of the monument TO the
State by Theodore W. Morris. president OF the Mon
umeut Co omission; acceptance OF the monument
by Governor Leon Albeit; addresses by John +.
stockton Joel Parker and bcnedic.IOn by the Kew.
George Z. Maddock.
Various committees have been appointed and ex-
tensiye preparations made for the reception OF VS.
itors The lst Sd, Attn ami 9TH regiments oi the
New-Jersey militia will be present, win governor
AObett AS sComlnandeT-In-Chief and Oenefai bresh-
am Mott as COnmandaEt of DIVISION. lbe INVITA-
lion cards have been designed and executed WIN
the highest TASTE They engraved by the
Franklin Bank Note Company and present copies
of the five bas-reiiefs which ornament the base OF
the monument
UNWILLING TO BECOME A MORMON
Layinia Bonn, a oomey young English girl, was
one of The l04 Mormon proselyles VINO sailed from
Liverpool on November 1, on the GulOn steamship
Arizona in charge of Chief Elder Smith and his
nine assistants. When she arrived here lues-
day her falrh had become weakened. and she had
awakened to the fact that the life OF q Mormon
was not suited to her tastes. LavInla was adopted
when child by Mrs. coop, who recently went 10
Utah and sent for LavIna to JON her. On the
VOYAGE the anti-MOrmon passengers learned
Lavinia's history and then disc9mr- 9r,-
n