The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-30
RAIL AND CROsSTTR.

Joseph N. Brown is understood TO have
resigned the traffic management of the
western and Atlantic, and is succeeded by
" H. Knox, general freight agent of the
NASHVILLE, Chattanooga and st. Louis rail-
way, who viii be traffic manager OF both
roads. j. A. Sans succeeds General
ffeight Agent Dickey; Ed. A. Peoples sues
ceeds Mr. Sans r. F. Conner will be
made general freight agent Of the Nash
Vllle' Chattanooga and st. Louis.
A search light for railway purposes was
tested recently by the electrician of the Jer-
sey Central railroad. One Huntington light
OF o.5OO candle power was mounted on the
switch signal bridge, twenty feet above the
track. IL is said that when turned on a
station building one-third of mile away,
even the outline of the bricks could be dis
tinctly seen; when turned on the track the
Ties could be seen in front of the same sta
tion. Colors were plainly distinguished at
malt mile distance. At 500 feet it would
enable an engineer to tell the position of
switches. The reflector was parabolic like
those of locomotive headlights, and was
Silver-plated and highly FURNISHED.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railway accommodation train, known as
the "Jesup short )" will make its last trip
Sunday. 1t was announced a short while
ago that the train would not be taken off as
NJ,
been definitely decided to discontinued. A
Sunday accommodation train will be run
between Waycross aud Savannah here
AFTER, leaving Waycross at 4 O'Clock a. M
and reaching Savannah at 10 O'clock a. NJ,
and leaving Savannah at 80 o'clock D. IN.
reaching Waycross at 1870 p. IN. The local
service will be done by the freight trains
during the week, and passenger cars will be
attached to two of the regular freight trains
DetWann WaVcrOSS and
Vermont clai ms the distinction of the in
vention Of the first electric motor. A black
smith OF Brandon, named Thomas Daven-
port, had model OF an electric motor in
successful operation in 1885, by which he
ran small engine on a circular track He
secured a patent on his invention and ex-
hlblted his model in several cities. He sue
ceeded Ia forming a company, with head
quarters in New York, for the manufacture
OF engines under his patents, and work was
actually begun, but the company became
embarrassed through the dishonesty of an
agent. Davenport died before he could Sc
cure new capital 70 carry out his idea. His
model was purchased by the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute at Troy, n Y, where
1t was kept as curiosity until the destruc-
ton of the institute buildings by fire in 1862.
An interesting exhibition of a working
locomotive model, supplied with an in
Nenllou owned Dy the tiles ELECTRIC IraC-
ton and Brake Company, was given
recently in Philadelphia. The purpose OF
the invention is TO increase the adhesion be.
tween the wheels of steam locomotives and
the rails. The invention consists Of a small
dynamo and an auxiliary engine placed
upon the locomotive in such a
way as to be easily operated, fur
nishing a current of small force. but
large quantity, which is made to pass
from one pole Of the dynamo to one pair Of
driving wheels, thence along the rails to the
other pair of driving wheels, thence to the
pole OF the dynamo, thus forming travel
ing circuit, moving at all times with the
locomotive. By means Of this current an
lnc,pient weld is caused between the wheels
and rails at the point of contact, and the
company claims that the slipping Of wheels
will be entirely avoided. The working model
OF the device shows an increase of 400 per
cent. in the hauling power of the loco-
mOtivn