Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-17
Al INVENTIVE YoUNosTEa.


NJ seventeen He Has Built . Locomotive
That 10 More Thsa Toy.
1t would he no ve.y extravagans
prophecy to say that in the near future
there will be established somewhere
locomotive works with the name OF
George Kilberg over the door AZ 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. per-
feet working locomotive This Is the
| more remarkable because he has never
worked In . locomotive shop; he and
his brother Richard are employed In
the iron works Of yierling 4 Mcdowell
but it Is almost entirely building iron
that this firm tirns out. and young Kill
berg could have obtained no idea OF
steam engine building from his EN-
| ployment there.
Ever since young George knew Wing
paper and pencil meant and were used
for he has been DRAWN :. and his bent
seemed to be ever in the direction OF
mechanics His mother says Of him
that she never saw the time her George
would not rather draw picture than
eat a pie Georges home Is at 225
Twenty-siath street and IL in neigh
borhOod where he sees mum ,erles- en-
gines passing anil requesting Wit.
his fancy for mechanics il Is no grea
wonder that his young mind turned TO
them at the height OF mechanical skill
A locomotive never stopped where he
could examine it bnt 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 rom them made dranghts drawn
TO perfect scale. He has no more
schooling in draughting than that re
ceived in the public schools, and yet his
work on paper shows his genius.
From drawing the youthful mechanic
imbibe the desire TO construct and the
locomotive he has at his home testifie-
TO his perseverance and to his ability.
1t is complete in every detail. aud be-
his brother Richard. and the castings
from the foundry, the patterns 70
which he himself cut out OF wood, no
one has put hand to the construct on.
The locomotive. which was built at the
works OF vierling. Mcdowell Il Co. Is
OF the mogul consolidation and OF the
, latest desi IN for road freight engines.
, II is fully equipped with all the neces-
sary requirements for an engine Of its
class. and every part works. perfectly
1t weighs when empty 800 pounds. 30
i pounds being on the drivers; is six feet
ak inches long, and the gauge OF the
track Is seven and three-qnarters The
; driving wheels are six inches in dame
, ter and have chilled rims; the cylinders
| are two and three-sixtesnth inch bore
, BIZ three-inch stroke. the boiler is
/ made of three-sixteenth wrought iron
and carries forty pounds working press
, ure to the square inch. The safety
valve is set to blow off at forty-iiye
, The pump, which is sader the engine,
. between the lin IS, is worked by an &c
. centric on the forward axle, aud is nine
I six. zenith bore by one inch-stro re.
) A steam pipe heats the water before
/; it reaches the pump. The engine is
, | fitted with steam brakes. which are
, placed between the middle aud bacs;
driving wheels There is also IA cyiin-
t der under the cab which draws tp the
/. BRAKES on both trucks of the tender.
q The brakes on the engine and tender
operate at the same time. Under the
working pressure tae brake can be put
IN with enough powe' to skid the
q wheels on the engine and tender. Tbs
bell rings by steam and is neatly fin
I ished. The frame of the inc re Is
IN solid steel springs, connected with
e aqualizing bars from the front trucks &c
the BACK drivers. thus allowing the
model TO run on very rough rails with
e out danger OF springing the frame. The
: driving whees. when raised from the
d TRACK. have made | $50 revolutions pc,
: minute under pressure of forty pound
t on the boiler. The locomotive burn,
= oil as fuel
Il The boy has worked steadily fo-
Y -eve months and the result prove
t ROW closely he has watched the model.
: from which he has worried. George
d ays now that his great desire is TO ge
1 in,o some locomotive shop. where h.
r can put TO use the Knowledge he pos
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