New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-08
4 NODERN LOCOMOTIVE.
NEITHER sMnKE NOR clNnrRs.


mrs or IA Murs WITHOUT sror-A TRAIN
oN WINCH All riiE can poons CAN DE trFt
orrN WIN CONFRONT
HAhAtoGA sept 7-lur rRnrNr train on tho
Ncw-lork Central Railroad made ila lpai trip for
the scason from Now.lo,k 10 Utica to.day. II
brought tho regular u. m, edition Of rrr SrNpAY
! IhmrNr 10 Saratoga about nm hour ahead of Tho
hcoicn HuoM and ono aud half hours ahead Of
iho oihor New ior, pppcm rnrHrNr, were sent
from this train INTO the Cut.kl- 10 Gichhcld
| SIring- and u large numhcro of elite, and towns,
whore they were sold four hours ahead of all other
Ncw-lor, papers
Tho season at all these northern resorts has been
very successful one for TnE 1RInUNr, the best It
ever had. At nearly all of them it has been the
leading paper in the sales daily and on sundays
No doubt many new and permanent friends have
been made by its enterprise.
Tho train to-day was drawn by engine No. 23S
! lGeorge Remington engineer, a splendid machine
huge massive, of great power perfect in all its APP
polntmcnts. and capable of rattlinV along with the
heaviest passenger train considerably faster than
mile minute. This engine deserves more than
passing mention. because its performances and
those of No. 50, which drew THE TRIBUNE train
earlier in the season, mark the beginning of new
era in the history Of the Ncw-York Central road
The modern passenger engines Of this road are all
so large ms to excite wonder each one, in fact look
| ing larger than the others IL is not in point Of
size, however, that No 2:IS is remarkable Its ex-
cellence lies in another direction OF late years the
achievements in mechanical engineering that have
! attracted the most attention publicly have been
those of the constructors of ocean steamships. The
shipbuilders have certainly attained snowy results
on the sea, but it must be remembered that so far
as America Is concerned the benefit of the increased
! speed and comfort that have been gained in ocean
travel enjoyed only by n limited few. 1t
Is estimated that not over 10000 Americans 90
! abroad Annually by the large and fast steamers Of
| the Atlantic Ocean. On the other hand any I'M
provemcnt that can be effected in railway travel
Will reach much larger number of people. On the
New York Central it will reach moro than
| 100000 people annually. And an improvement
has been effected on the Central which cannot fail
TO increase materially the comfort of all who travel
the road and which will no doubt in consequence
| affect prosperousy the business of the road itself,
The Improvement consists in the perfection of the
device for consuming absolutely all the smoke and
clndcrs OF the passenger locomotives Of the road.
For two years Mr.. Buchanan, the superintendent Of
Motive Power. has been experimenting with this
| apparatus. There have been many failures. but
now the Superintendent has reached perfect
success. Jets of steam play through the flames
ascending in the fire box from the burning
coal producing perfect combustion. In the freight
engines is seen the old style of things, burst of
thick black smoke pouring from the smolc-stacl
every few moments. But No. OBS flies over the
road, working mp to It's capacity, carrying 100
pounds of steamer more, the fireman shovelling in
coal and theoretically pokIng the fire. and nothing
streaming from the funnel except long thin trail
of escaping steam No smoke no cinders: and linen
busters and double windows to be abolished. nj
least so far rs dust is concerned. All the doors of
the cars of the regular train No. 23S runs on are
left OPEN practical result that all summer travel
crs viii appreciate and the engine itself burns les,
coal than before the apparatus was put in ). NJ
Touccy general superintendent, and, indeed, all the
officers If the road have taken great interest in the
new device, and are well pleased with the results
| that have been attained. Nothing remains now eX'
| cent 10 put the smoke and cmder consumer into
general use; and all the passenger engines of the
road being changed in fact, fast rs IL can be
done. Perfect consumption of smoke and clndcr Is
scvcu-day steamer, but there IL no doubt
| of its promoting tho comfort of far
| greater number of people. or of its making the
Central one of the Ceanest roads TO travel on III
! the country.
II might be mentioned also that No. 23S is sup
! piled with the means for taking mp water from
trough5 laid between the rails. II ran from New
York 10 Albany to-day, n distance Of 147 miles,
/ without stop result the Central Is trying 10
reach with all it's fast trims
Tue IRGBUN NJ sold IN Saratoga to-day mucn bet-
| ter than any other paper. II is extremely warm
! here to-day but number Of hotels Will close the
] coming week.