The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-04

ion 81 tho Machine which I,aissd
Inc Oregon blockade.

n. If tho Machine which Isaised
~ oregon Blockade.
y. narticular machine which has
IA areyoIution in the theory 81 snow
hnlldlns. and which broke up the
..ow blockade on the Union Pacific
IN ,,rcgon IL tho JUL centrifugal
.x.a,afor AN invention only q
.d the first machine OF this kind
aoii,Mas tried for the first time on
X X lsss. on the Rome. Watcrtown
,dnnsburg railroad At o~wego. At
n,lnt thu tracks OF the road were
-..a iora distance % $50 feet with
frazen snow. which had lain there
,intcr. % the depth Of from two to
s.e,. The JUL machine made it,
X. hox 10 this mass, and went
IN ID like shot.
Union Pacific railroad bought tho
ne after two other successful
NJ M power had been made and
!, NJ Omaha on its Kansas division.
t. N lald unused until the blockade
" short line last January baillcd
.ttsmpis Of the company's other
and then IL was sent there To see
\, could DO. II arrived at iaacr
one end OF the blockade on Jan
\. and At once began work on the
mass 81 snow that blocked the
\ from that place u La Grandc.
blows had been ut work on tho
\ hut had failed 10 do any good.
Lam machine started in and went
|lly on. going through the snow
,ao powerful engines behind il at
Az ~ about eight miles an hour.
anaary 20 the machine cut It's way
~ Is la Grandc and the blockade
X an end.
Orange JUL. who invented tho
rotary pr Leslie snow-plow. is the
iror ~ this machine. IL is about
feet long without the tender.
L il little smaller than those
"a ordinary locomotives. A
containing 900 two-inch tiues.
having a capacity Of so0-horse
h furnished steam for the engines
work the excayator. On the front
machine Is tho cxcayator which
rms the work. II presents cutting
* heavy steel plate on the sides
otiom. while in the center Is the
ifQgal spheroid. resembling. near
an any thing else. huge auger
!, wide AZ the base. and tapcring
" q point. with the apex on one
while the base extends from side
IA. This 'conc,r as it is called. is
with wings or curved blades OF
feefwsde al tho base and taper
the apex. The width 81 the ma
az The space il CLEARS over all is
feet Its weight Is % tons. and
thing about IL j. OF the most sub
lal build. The machinery Is very
!, and. when running al full speed.
ngines rcyolyc $50 times a minute.
the cone" makes 800 revolutions.
fitted with Westinghouse air
new machine works upon an en-
iferent principle from the old
plow, except in this, that the
both plows is 70 generate high
ngal force in the snow BY the cx-
Of great power. and throw IL out
q stream TO considerable dis
fom the track. The original
parates this process into two
However knives TO cut the snow
brow Il backward on the fans. and
Wheel used purely to generate
fugal force. The new CEN
al plow combines these two
'ses IN one; the front OF the pillow
ircsy open. and in square box
entirely exposed to view and to
with the snow-the immense
y rimlet-pointed augur. revolving
velocity. which, BY the same OPP
p catches the snow in stu after
~er plate has cut under Ii, pushes
IDLY backward. and SO cuts il
ana az the same time gradually
rs The required centrifugal
me screw always turns in tho
Erection. and the direction OF the
'ne discharge Is regulated merely
openings in the top case.
cone itself Is very heavy AFFAIR.
M alone some six tons. II is
niirely q fve-cighth-inch steel,
Eert IN diameter at the base. and
entirely Of warped surfaces for
formers had to be made. The in
" ine blades are OF somewhat less
ni-circular section. and they are
cra on the outside BY quadrant
Plate. also Of fve-cighth-inch
living the section OF the blade an
form. except that the lines
sed, and not straight. The blades
ieet deep at the base. tapcring
= almost nothing ct the point
Times.