The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-20
An INVENTIVE YOUNGSTERS
II Seventeen He Has Boilf = Lo~omo
That IL More Than . ras.

At Seventeen He Has Built = Lo~omatsx.
That IL More Than q rss
1t would he no very extrava~an-
prophecy TO say that in the near future
there will be established somewhere a
locomotive works with the name of
George kilberg over the door as pro-
prietor- AT the present time the
George kilberg in question is a lad ONLY
seventeen years of age. but for all that
he has built. practically with his own
hands and with little assistance. a per-
feet working locomotive This is the
more remarkable because he has never
WORKED in q locomotive shop: he and
nj. brother Richard are employed in
the iron works of Fierling & Mcdowell.
but it is almost entirely building iron
that this firm turns out. and young Kill
berg could have obtained no idea of
steam engine building from his en-
ployment there.
Ever since young George knew what
paper and pencil meant and wers used
for he has been draEin-, and his bent
mechanics His mother says of him
that she never saw the time her George
would not rather draw a picture than
eat a pie Georges home is at e25
Twenty-sinth street and is in a neigh
borhood whers ne SECS numoerless en-
gines passing and repassing With
his fancy for mechanics it is no grea.
wonder that his young mind turned to
them al the height of mechanical. skill.
A locomotive never stopped whe-s be
could examine it but he did so, and the
time came when with an old blank book
he spent his leisure hours about the
round-house or at any point where he
could copy the various parts of the ma
chinery. These sketches he took home
and from them made draughss drawn
to a perfect scale He has no more
schooling in draaghting than that re-
ceiYed il the public schools, and yet his
work on paper shows his genius
From drawing the youthful mechanic
imbibe the desire 10 construct and the
locomotive he has at his home sastifes
10 his perseverance, and to his ability.
1t is complete in every detail. and be-
sides some lathe work done for him BIZ
his brother Richard, and the castings
from the foundry, the patterns for
which he himself cut out of wood. no
one has put hand 10 the construct On.
The locomotive. which was built at the
works Of Fierling. Mcdowell & Co. Is
Of the rnoyul consolidation and of the
latest design fer road freight engines.
L. is fully equipped with all the neces-
sarr requirements for an engine OF its
class. and every part works perfectly
II weighs when empty $50 pounds, 80
pounds being On the drivers; is six feet
six inches long. and the gauge of the
track is seven and three-quariers. The
driving wheels are six inches In diane
ter and have chilled rims: the cylinders
ara two and three-sixteenth inch bore
by three-iRci stroke. The boiler is
made OF three-sixteenth wrought iron.
and carries forty pounds working press
ure 10 the square inch. The safety
valve Is set TO blow OF at forty-fye.
The pump. which is <nder the engine.
between the LINKS, Is worked by al &C.
centric on the forward axle, and Is nine
sixteenth bore By ORe iuch-stroze.
A steam pipe heats the wafer before
II reaches the pump. The engine is
fitted with steam brakes, which are
placed between the middle and back
driving wheels. There is also a cylin-
der under the cab which draws I'D the
brakes on both trucks OF the tender
The brakes on the engine and lender
operate at the same time Under the
working pressure the brake can De put
On with enough power TO skid the
wheels On the engine and tender The
bell rings by steam and is neatly in
ished. The frame Of the engine rests
On solid steel springs. connected with
equalizing bars from the front trucks to
the hack drivers. thus allowing the
model TO run on very rough rails with
Out danger Of springing the frame. Tie
driving wheels. when raised from the
track, have made ] .(s60 revolutions Der
minute under pressure Of forty pounds
on the boiler. The locomotive burns
oil as fuel
The boy has worked steadily for
serea months, and the result proves
how closely he has watched the models
from which he has worsed. George
SAWS now that his o;-as1 dpsi--s :. IN raf
into some locomotive shop. where be
caa pat TO use the knowledge he pos
seeses. Chicago Letter