The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-01
A WONDERFUL sNow.pLow.
Description oe tho Machine Which I:a..s
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A WONDERFUL sNow.Ptow.
Description OF tho Machine Which Eatss,,
tbs Oregon Niockadc.
That particular machine which has
worked q revolution in the theory Of snow.
low building, and which broke up tho
great SHOW blockade ON the Unio;. Pacific
tracks H., Oregon IL the Jull centrifugal,
STOW cx:avator AN invention cnly ~
year old. The FIRST machine cf thi, kind
ever builtwa tried for tho first tine ON
.!.rsh 6, 1850. On tho Kon,c, Watcrtown
io O.'lorsburg railroad at Oswrgo. At
that point the tracks OF the road were
covered for s. distance of .j0 feet with
hard, frozen SNOW, which had lain there
al winter, to tho depth Of f,om two to
seven fs~t. Tho .Jull machine made its
ii:l;sl bow to this mass, and went
,..rer.s.i it like shot.
Tho Union Pacific railroad bought the
machine after two other successful
iss;'s-i It's power lad been made and
s",it i. To C,na!i;. on it's KanHas division.
'i'h' re- j, lal.l unused until the Blockade
g., tao short limo last January bai.,d
.i,n attempts of tho comyany's other
low. :.:ii t.lci, it was sent there to $40
whs. IL c"ull do. it arrived at Ea..er
'it'--s>na end nf tho blocl,;.dn-on .;a..-
:.'y i i and ut cncc bcgan wsr', on ,,r
20; '.i".s. ct STOW that llo, l;s,l the
":s'k frey. that p!.::nc " Ii, Gi#,:..c.
o;a.r pl"w; had been ut work on the
;:!i:.s. ...:t mad f.:.lct. to do amy good.
Az. i'll ;l c..iur started liz ...,,! w,i..
'c' Wy e:, .aiAc through Tie sao%
H'i:!. two powerful cngiac; t,.l.in.l ii at
':r ra,, ef almu. eight miles AN hour.
~: .].::,Hary ~, the machine cat lis w::r
';as at an cnsl.
hir Orange Jrll, who invented tho
~. :";a?; or Lc.l:o snow-p,ow, is the
nv me-. of t:,is machine. l.. is al,ou.
Ivy t.ct long without tho tn,,r.,
w:'is il il 81 l.ttle smaller shan .!,osc
::ea on ordinary locomotives. \
br;lc- r,n:..i.iEy :ccca sSo-inch fnus,
al having ca.aci.:' at aH)-lrr.c
power. furnished ,'t.arM for the cn..incs
Mi!.i, a work tho c:.c:,vator. On lii. f..:t
'f IT, iiac.iin, is tho t-.ravator wili; Ii
performs ts,s. work. 1t PRESENTS 'u.tia:,
ct.:r,; cf heavy s:ccl plato Oh tl,,. s:..cs
a::l bottom, While in thc center j., TIL.
c2I.:.:u:.:.si spncrold, rcscu.:..:ias, ncar.
rr ,:.:., an.. t..in.- else. |, huge anger
f. 8 wilo st t:,c base, and .arrrin:,
Down toa point with tha apex On one
.lc, ~f!lc tAc tesc extends fror sila
.o si'l". This "cc:m," Us it 4; called, is
.it,tsl with wings or curved lladrs Of
steel. feet wide at the base aud taper
,ii::, !, t!, apex. II.c wii;a of the ina
..ii'" CT the space it clears over all il
l'::'t IL feet. Its weight is 65 tons. and
every thing about it is Of rho most sub
>i.sa;::.l ha;il. The machinery is very
a 'nd. when running at in!l speed,
tne engines rcvclve so times minute.
while tho conc makes SEQ revolutions.
1t i; fitted with Westinghouse air
!,.; ..cs.
IL NV i.ae::i;:c wor!ks upon an en-.
ti.a different :srinci?lo from the Old
rotary pioM;, except in this, that the
,;.l II bot, Flows i; TO generate high
crnt:ii;i.::.- ..cscc il, the !;..ow by the On.
crtic:i ?.s'rat power. and throw it out
~ a so!il :.,rran, TO considerable dis
tsi,ee f.oi:, tho track. The original
rotary separates thi, process into two
.N.:ts !.'.:,ver--kHivcs TO cut the snow
an! throw it backward On the fans. and
u ftn-whccl used purely tu generate
ccn;r.fu:.. force. Tho new cen,
,:i:asal .,low combines these two
Processes ~. ono; the front Of tho plow
Is entirely open. and in square box
wo:hs-cnt:rc'y exposed to view anl to
co:l:ac: with tho snow-t!.c immense
c!,liqun Ci,alct.WintrL augar, revolving
't l':.-a velocity. which, by tho same on,
Grafton. catches the snow in si,u after
'.Ae lower la;c has cut undcrSt. ,'u,.,c.:
it rapidly backward. and so cuts it
apart ard at tho same time gradually
generates tho required centrifugal
force. Tho screw .lways turns in Tho.
':::,r direction, and tho Objection of t!..
vt s'f tn" =. harge 4; regulated merely
H. tic openings in the top case.
a.',c como itself is very heavy affair.
, wei-..i:, a:on. some six tons. 1t is
built c::ii.c!; at flvc,cighth.inch steel,
ci'.l!t fwt i, diameter ct the base, and
consists entirely Of warped surfascs for
wl.is :. formers had to I've .nadc. Tic In
:c.isrcf NJ" llatcs arc Of somewhat less
than :;c::,i-c..cular SECTION, and they are.
rci II ..rcr'. o., the outside l,y quadrant
brace =. al.o Of iivc.cish.b-inch
! steel, s::f :. nc section Ct the blade an
i;v.'ri.-' ! fsrr,. except that the lines
.r" curved. and not straight. Tho blades
a:c two feet deep at tho base. tapcring
ttown I, almost nothing at the point
y. j. Times.
! Sire. .ara., Helen Whitman, the
!as: lovo 9. Edgar A, l'cc, was woman
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