Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-16
WILL INVESTIGATE IT.
ooi. kobenson's Car jour nal Lubri.
eating Device.
'he Improvement Association uaars
ENpiaioed and Appoints
Committee To Look Into
it Properly.

mere was large attendance present |
AT special meeting of the Citizens I'm.
provement association which occprred
IN Its rooms in the Mitchell & Lvnde
oulid rg last evening. Tie object of |
the meeting was to hear proposition |
from Col George F. Robertson, of To. |
peks ,has in relation to the forming of a
company here to handle the valuable pat |
ent which he controls, The chair va,
occupied by a. NJ Bakesley in the alb
sence of President Jackson.
Col. Robenson's patent consists of
device for lubricating the journals of
railway cars, and to all appearances is
one that will revolulionize The whole sys,
OF olling railway geariugs, by doing away
entirely with the waste and packing now
placed IN the boxes. and will save at least
% per cent in the quantity
OF luoriUatiDg oil consumed. With
this invention the nuisance of
hot boxes will be done away with. Col.
Robinson had with him at the meeting
box ard journal arrsng, ent modelled
after those in universal use on the rail
ways today 10 which he had his patent
attached to show it in working order so
that the members could see the practical
working of the device. 1t is plain and
simple, and consists of frame which fits
nicely into box and supports a small
wheel mounted on a spring so that it
presses against the lower side of the
journal. In the bottom of the box oil is
placed to the depth of an inch, and the
lower wheel running in the oil carries it
up to the journal; the bearing above acts
as al distributor and keeps the journal
covered with oil over it's entire surface
1t is its simplicity that COM
mends the device, and Ike many
other valuable inventions the won
der is that it was not designed be-
fore. 1t was patented May 81. 1889. by
Daniels & Costley, and has changed
hands several times since. 1t is now
owned by Mr.. Robenson and two ssso-
cistes, and be has an option upon each of
their interests, so he can make an offer
for full title in his negotiations. He
equipped Santa Fe prssenPer train over
year ago with the invention, and it has
worked so satisfactorily that he now has
ascontract to equip all the passenger
coaches with his lubricator. He also
thinks that he could 60 right on and get
the contracts to equip every road In the
country as fast as the lubricstors could
them on the cars on go days trial.
and an account kept of the saw
ing of oil to the company in
that period, this saying to represent the
payments to be made by the contracting
C, mpsny till the price of the lubricator,
Sl2 for an S-wheel and SIS for 10.
wheel car, has been met, when the com>
psny will own them, their use, however,
to be limited to the car on which they are
originally placed, so that all
new cars made hereafter shall
| nave De" IuUTlCalOTss l1c "OuIu
manufacture enough either by contract or
special shop, to equip from 100 to $50
cars daily, and had assurances that under
his plan he could make contracts right
along to use this output, while the price
made would meet all expenditures aud
afford handsome profit to the manufac-
turers.
| Col. Robertson also submitted writ-
ten proposition as the basis Of orgsDiza-
ton and requirement of the patent. in
which he details the manner in which the
business could be carried on successfully.
Citizens of Gales5urg have been at work
trying to get the amount of stock sub
scribed and have succeeded in raising
$3.50, 600 but Mr.. Robenson would soon
er have the stock subscribed here, for the
reason that if it is, it will be taken in lar
ger blocks, and will be more satisfactory
to the promoter.
A full investigation of the matter was
ordered by the association, and Z Ii.
Guyer, T. B. Davis and Frede rick Hass
were appointed q special committee TO
cooperate with the committee on manu-
| factures in the matter.