The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-22
A New System of Steam Heating
Adopted on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.

ndIlIOdd.
After two years Of trials and ex-
periments the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has adopted a SYSTEM for
heating the passenger cars by steam,
which experts declare to be tue best.
safest, and surest mode of heating
yet devised.
The Philadelphia Times of March
14th thus describes it,
1.-The system is what is known as
the condensation system. Two
straight iron pipes, two inches in
diameter, are placed under the floor
of the car and are connected by cross
pipes in the center. A small pump
is fastened to one corner of the ten
der and connected with the boiler by
a pipe. The steam passes through
the pump,enters one pipe and passes
through it to the center of the car.
Here it goes up through a valve and
branches off into two iron pipes
These pipes extend across the width
of the car and are joined to two long
wrought-iron tubes running length
wise of the car. From these project
short spur pipe under each seat.
The steam goes through these pipes,
passes up through the radiators in
each end OF the car and is then
drawn down through cast iron pipe
back to the center Of the car, where
it passes through valve and enters
the return pipe.
mo steam escapes in any place
and the pipes from the rear of the
center of the last car have no steam
in them, while the car itself is well
warmed by the pipes on the inside.
BY this means no dripping occurs
and the vacuum is so strong that the
steam pipes arc entirely free from
water and in the event of wreck
and the pipes we're broken the
vacuum is SO powerful that 1t would
suck the air in instead Of allowing
the steam 10 escape. In making up
o train of cars the big pipes under
the car floor are connected by means
of a clip grip and about foot
OF strong rubber hose. Under
meath each seat is o hole two inches
wide bored through the floor of the
car in such manner that when the
cold air rushes in il strikes the hot
iron pipes on the inside and becomes
heated
The iron pipes are covered with
thin wooden sheathing, and the pas
senger who is troubled with cold feet
can warm his toes as well as if he
bad them wrapped up in hot.water
bottles. The new system works to
perfection, and not hitch or break
has occurred to mar the perfect sue
cess of the system"
By this method of heating every
desirable point is gained. A suffi-
cient amount of heat can always be
secured, and it can be regulated to
any desirable temperature. There is
no hot water in the pipes to scald or
burn in case of accident, and an
ample supply Of pure fresh air is sup
piled through the apertures for VEN
tilation.
On the introduction of this perfect
system of heating, the car stove
with all its terrible possibilities will
be forever discarded. The oil lamp
has alreads given way to the electric
light, and with the abandonment of
the stove, the last Objectionable fea
ture in railway travel will be happily
gotten rid of. No event in the his
tory of railroading will serve to stim-
ulate travel so greatly.
IL is expected that all of the pas
senger cars OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad will be fitted with this ap-
pliance before another winter.