New-York tribune., 1890-01-12
taken The law contains a provision which says

taken The law contains provision which says
simply that the act shall not apply TO railroads
less than fifty miles in length. The New-York,
Ncw-IIaven and Hartford operates sos miles of
road, and has j2j passenger cars for steam-heat-
ing equipment. Only two trains the line
conform to the law, and they are
the property of the Boston and Albany
road and are known as the New-YorlI and Boston
expresses, leaving here daily at p. N. The
Boston and Albany uses the Martin system on It's
entire passenger equipment, numbering over 800
cars.
The Long Island Railroad has complied with
the law all its passenger equipment $40 cars,
being supplied with the Martin apparatus.
PRESIDENT OLYPHANT DIsGUsTED.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, with
its 532 miles of road in this State aud passenger
equipment Of l07 cars, has adopted cheap and
simple system Of stcam-heating. the bare mention
Of which fills President Il. NJ Olyphant with
loathing and disgust The road formerly used
the Baker heater, apparatus for warming cars
with hot water by a circulating process, and when
a change was made in accordance with the law,
the water, heated in a corner stove. gave way TO
steam, generated in the locomotive. !
Are you satisfied with the change?" Mr.. Oily
phant was asked.
Satisfied? p he repeated, his eyebrows lifted
halfway up his forehead. " No, we are not
satisfied but what can we do? We have COM
piled with law made by men who know nothing
Of railroadns How can we be satisfied when
passengers drop in here every day complaining
Of being roas'. in our cars, Or frozen? | don't
object TO the change personally. because here in
my Office am very comfortable but when think
Of the discomiorts Of our passengers 1t IS dlf-
fercut matter"
Not being pleased with the present system, l
suppose You will adopt some other"
"What other is there 10 adopt? / know OF
none that works any better
Have Won tried the system in use on the New
York Central Nr. Depew is pleased with it
" Nr. Dcpcw may be pleased with II. nut whao
about his passengers? Are they not complaining
What is the principal trouble with your
system
"Tlcrc is no way Of REGULATING tie heat
Are you experimenting with any devices for
What is there to experiment with? Besides,
there IS another objection. We have no way or
warming a car except by attaching it TO an
cngiuc. and that cannot always be conveniently
done"
"Coulln't you heat it by means Of hose
connected with stationary boiler?"
THAT would make II necessary 70 place boiler
At every point where we wanted 70 take on an
extra car Think of the expense go
It is plain that Mr.. Olyphant does not like
the law.
SYSTEMS OF OTHER ROADS.
Tie Ncw-York. Lake Erie and Western road
la> adopted system Of its own on such trains
as run over tlat portion Of its line in this State
and on few through trains When the system
is perfected il will probably he applied 70 The
entire passenger equipment. consisting Of 80
cars ON the main Inc aud branches and eighty on
tie New York. Tcnnsyiyouia and Ohio division.
Tie NcV-Nork CITY and Northern road. operat-
ins siNty-onc miles. uses the same system as the
elevated roads in THIS city. II has about hity
samuel Sloan's road, the Delaware, Iacka-
wanna and Western. has adopted the Gould sys-
'em the same Us is used on the Brooklyn elevated
roads. hut it has lrcn applied only to through
trains and limited number of passenger cars
used ON the part Of the road that IS operated
I'D tlfs state. The management Is satisfied with
tlr change from thc OLD corner stove. and may
apply ti' system to IFS entire equipment OIL az
passenger cars II Las been found effective and
economical When n through train is made mp
in thc yard az IIobokcn 1t is connected by hose
with stationary boiler and thoroughly heated
before tlc engine is attached.
The Pennsylvania comtony operates only seventy
miles az road in this Statc-Elmira and Canan-
l.i-uo hrluchcs-lud that I'm connection with the
Erie ro,d. whose system of stcom-hc1ting il has
adopted. ON the PopnSvlvanias main lines and
St,,. ~ ~ Vow. ~, Stoves are still used In a
short timc however. the company expects 70
extend now system of steam heating y all rs
passenger service. consisting of over l,400 cars.
FLAWS IN THE law.
II & HAYWARD. superintendent Of motive power,
finds several flaws in the Ncw-iork law. which II
construed literally Will not carry ont the intent
of IFS trainers. In the first place there is tho
diuin1-room car in which the law permits range
70 hc carried for the purpose of cookidg food, hut
which may cook the passengers instead IN the
event Of wreck Then there Is a weak pro-
vision which allows stove and boiler for supply
ing heat 10 the train 10 be carried in special
ear H. is reasonable supposlton that such
ear would be placed next the engine, So that when
"a collision occurred all the cars behind IL might
pile on top of II and take irr.
Tie Central Railroad of Ncw-Jersey IS eY-
perimcntug with a system of its own, WHOM, II
/ found satisfactory, will be applied 70 al! It's
| pa>,cugrr ears The mild weather Of tins winter
/ has not been favorable for determining It's
capabilities but there Is little doubt of It's heat
| in4 capacity A passenger who tried II a lew
/ days ago took of his oycrcoat. then his coat,
/ then his woistcoat and finally his suSpcndcrs
/ before ne found the temperature agreeable.
/ other railroads using steam heat instead OF
/ stoves are the Providence and Worcester. the
I Buffalo. Rochester and PittSbuIg. the Ncw-l ork,
Providence and Boston. the Beech Creek, clear
/ field and Southwestern, the lntcrcolonial, Of
/ Canada: the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
| and indianapolis the Chicago. Milwaukee and st.
/ Paul the Lake shore and Michigan Southern, and
! the Dunkirll, Allegheny Valley and PittsburS.