Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-01
VISIONS OF MILLIONS
Becoming Realities to I Main. Nan Of
IsTsatiTs Genius.


Maj. A. II. g. Davis. Washington cor
respan isns Of tie Minaespslia Tribune. and
several ether papers, has been granted let
tsfs pstert for VITA; sFpesrs TO he one Of
the most ussfal and beneficial Inventions
OF t2e age. l. IL eafe3 "The
Davis Automatic Car Coupling
Attachment" Be.seen s0a9 and 5000 az
tomato car cagpiers have beea Inverted.
but nes1lg al Of saem have been too ex
pensiye % bs ad.p,ed, consequently have
Amounted - nsthlng, either :, thu Inventors
OF the public. This eeyice is com parat.yely
inr1peasivs, at zirg the alnos. universally
1'sl INK and pin drswhsad by connecting
j. iHto the mott perfect automatic coupler
in existence. 81 an estim4ted expense Of rot
. exceed tea dollars ear. Railroad men
asd otasrs who have ssea it, prsiiet that
within few years. it siil be in general use
a, E ffeigtis car coupler. throaghoa. tie
woFI!. Public tests 0. it have been made |
on cars a. The Baltimore ai.d Ohio Railroad /
; aii9a in Washington, aaG everybody who /
TitHessed them were enthusiastic In liz I
praise and predict the most exraysy gan,
results.
The laveGtoa consists OF txo automatic |
substitutes for the human haad, in the haz- |
ardoas work Of coupling cars. Oae Of
these Ingenious devices hold, up the link |
until it en.e's The mouth Of the approach |
IN 4 Oh a
out Of the way. Another device which |
Major Davis calls the w3nder part Of bis I
lnyen;ion, holds the pin up until the link |
enters the draw head when it uafailingly |
!rops 1t at the right moment, and the
coupling il effected with no trainmaa near
il, thus entirely doing away with the nee
e.sity Of men going between the car. to do |
the coup iog.
The chsapnes, u the device and the /
demonstrated fact tina: it will DO the work .
Of automatically coupling any cars tha, use |
the INK AID PIN, and that, too, w.thont /
destroying or impsifing the drAsheads al |
ready IN use. attracted the attention of /
riilFoai men generally. even before It was
plie nted, and as pubic ssniimsn: cary |
where is dsmaudi1g that something be done |
to prevent the fearful loss of life IN coup |
ling cara, railroad officials have been inves-
tigaung mo It's utility and prsot cability.
with i view 0 adopting it,
Major Davis s now IN this city, called
here BY the death Of his wifes fathr the
late Deacon Gilbert Pnllen lie is native |
of Farming.on this State, shsrc he learned |
the trade of printer, AMI he Afterwards, in
1863. became owner, publisher and editor
of the Pennington Chronicle. which he
successfully managed until 1915, when on .
account Of i'll health, be sod i:snd moved to
Washington where iis has since resided,
h"iug az enc time AID for several wears,
fJronan OF the Government; Printing Office,
and now and for ssycral years has been,
as stated, correspondent for several promi
neut papers. lie hls always been hard /
worker, ard, besides attending to the duties
of hjs large sponieuca, has lAbored in
s,asDn AMI cut Of season TO produce some /
1.v,o. that v,nIl he rbr mean. If saving .
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