The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
The Pr0hfbiti6nfsts March Forth TWEEN
- Thotisaud strong.

BLooMINeToN, I'll, Aug. s.-The
Democrats confidently expect to carry
the state in the fall. One of the power
full factors to produce this result Is the
work of the Prohibitionists, who draw q.
power from the Republican ranks. Hon
John w. Hazard. state organizer of the
Prohibilionists, said to-day:
"Yes, haYe done some pretty hard
work during the last few days, and have
visited different congressional districts
throughout the state organizing the pro-
hlbition clubs and instilling new life and
vigoE into the old clubs preparatory to
making big fight next November. /
tell you, SIR, never In the history OF IlIi-
nois, we're temperance people better or
gani1ed than now, and atter the state
FcOnVention in this city, delegates and
other visitors went home fully determin-
ed to make var and bitter warfare
against the rum power. Contributions
EOr q campaign purse have indeed been
Aost liberal, and there are In the hands
Of the committee several thousand dol
lars, which will be used in a straight,
legitlmate way for the cause of the Illi-
ROis prohibitiOnisis.
Mr. Hazard, when asked what num-
Instantly answered that he had no hesita-
ton in saying that the vote would sur
prise even the most sanguine Of pr0hi-
Lition advocates.
Yes, l honestly believe that Illinois
will 60 10000 prohibition votes and this
viii be grand victory over the vote of
four years ago, which was a little OVER
one thousand. There is more discipline,
more earnestness, and while the ava
ianche may not be as effective as wished
for it will nevertheless cause both polit-
Cal parties to stop and contemplate the
healthy strength of the Illinois prohIbi-
tionists.
New and Improved High Speed Loco
motive.
tFfom the Commercial Gazette.
WnKEsBARRB, Penn, Aug. 5 There
has jtist been completed at the shops OF
the Lehlgh Valley railroad at this place
a new and improved locomotive by Mr..
George s. Strong, of Philadelphia,
which, 1t is said, will be able to pull q
train on the New York DIVISION of the
LehIgh road at the rate of eighty miles
an hour. The engine weighs nearly one
hundred thous md pounds, and the ten
der, when filled with ct'al and water,
seventy thousand pounds. 1t is also
stated that the engine will develop from
!, 400 TO l 900 horse power.
The great speed claimed for this en-
CINE is attained by constructing the
cylinders with the steam and exhaust en-
tIrely independent. This is done by
| using fe Wer plain side valves known as
gridIron valves on each cylinder. The
valves DIRE worked by u peculiar arrange
ment OF valve gear, in which the motion
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working entirely on true centers, there
being no sliding surfaces; the steam
valves being Independent of the exhaust.
and visa versa, any point of cut-Off or
expansion can be obtained without the
corresponding back pressure and over
coifiDression, as In the link motion. The
point of compression can also be chang
ed without altering the point
of cutoff or expansion, so that the same
| sized cylinder Will give much more
power at a given pressure than can be
Obtair ed by the link. To get the full
benefit of. this the engine carries 160
pound boiler pressure, the boiler being
| constructed of steel especially for the
purpose. 1t has out joints, double riYet-
ed, with "a inches for its smallest diam
eter. The fire box is II feet, with 236
Q inch Tubes, and the total heating sur
AdCC DcluS 4s46O Stu6IO lcCS 4uc REhbS
area is 81 squsre feet. The engine is
also fitted with an independent steam
pump, and heater for feeding the boil
| er, SO as to put water at nearly boiling
| point, the heater being under the boiler
The pump, being independent, can be
run when the engine is standing, and
| just fast enough TO ! ecp an evCn guage
Of water when running The Steam
brake on the engine is also of special
design, and also a spar arresier de-
signed by Mr.. A Mitchell, the Super:n-
tendent- This arrester is Sc arranged
that all the sparks are thrown down into
| a box forward of the smoke arch, and
| are there carried to the end of the run
and dumped the same as ashes. The
spark arrester has been in use fer some
time aud has proven satisfactory.
The engine was run up and down the
road short distance yesterday for the
first time, and attracted much attention
and seemed 10 give satisfaction, hut the
power to pull heavy trains and 60 al
great speed will not he tested tor some
dava