The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-19
RAILROAD NOTES
Short Paragraphs That Will be of Interest
to the Railroad Boys.

RAILROAD NOTES
short Paragraphs That Will be of Interest
to the Railroad Boys.
The Reading Railroad management
has decided to increase its locomotive
very largely next year in
order to prevent blockades such as has
been just lifted At least forty loco
will be ordered for the old
system aud probably as many
more for the Lehigh Valley, although
the latter company is not so badly off
in this respect. Besides additional
locomotives the Reading will order a
large number of freight cars, but the
size of the order has not yet been de-
termined upon.
I Our young friend win Wertman
had his hand badly mashed between
the bumpers of two coal cars at Pack
erton the other day. Wertman is en-
ployed on train drawn by engine 500
on the Valley Railroad.
I The Lehigh Valley flyer to and
from New York is to be restored. This
is something the public all through
the Valley will greatly appreciate. II
was a mistake to take this train off. II
simply compelled the public to travel
on the Lehigh Valley way trains, and
this was not at all acceptable. Now
that the flyer is to be restored and the
Valleys Buffalo extension is getting
into better condition, the time is near
at hand when this section of the state
will have even better trains to and
from the cities than ever. 1t is a sub.
ject of much remark that there is no
midnight train out from New York.
Quite little excitement was Gre
ated Friday morning at Black Greek
Junction when the railroaders received
their pay. The engineers, firemen and
conductors we're paid but there was nc
money for brakemen. The brakemen
gathered around Mr.. Harleman's office
fearing that they would receive their
pay. Their apprehensions were quieted
when it was found that not only the
brakemen in town but many others
40 in all, had not received their checks
The paymaster stated that the checks
had been mislaid and will be along all
right.-Hazleton Sentinel.
/ These promotions have been made
on the Lehigh Valley Road, the changes
going into effect Monday: II. L. Pain
ter, of Allentown, promoted to division
freight agent of the New England
States; Councilman j. f. Maynes, OF
West Bethlehem, promoted to Mr.
Painters former position, that of CHIEF
freight clerk.
I The statement of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Relief Associa.
tion for the month of October, 1892
shows payments aggregating s,922G0
on account of deaths, $3.50; ON ac,
count of accident disablements, Sc, ,263
and on account of sick disablements
s4,90960. The total number of new
disablement cases reported during the
month was S64. There we're % death
claims paid, from accident and II
from natural causes.
/ Engine 9O3, the largest and fastest
passenger engine in America, built by
the Schenectady Locomotive Works
for the New York Central aud Hudson
River Railroad, was on exhibition in
the yard of the Grand Central Depot
Monday afternoon, where it attracted
much attention. The great popularity
Of this splendid motor is its tremend
Gus driving wheels. There are four OF
them, and each is 7 feet inches in
diameter. They are the largest used
by any enigne in the United States and
they are the largest set of coupled
wheels used on any engine in the world
These wheels have steel tires 80 inches
thick and are operated by two cylind.
ers 10 inches diameter and "a inches in
stroke. The wheel base of the drivers
is feet inches. The extreme length
of the boiler is 30 feet and it is so high
above the rails that six-foot man can
stand upright on the track underneath
il. II has 26s tubes, each llIS feet long
and 21s inches in diameter. The fire
box is 10 feet long and As inches wide.
The boiler is "underhung," that is,
$1,000 pounds of its weight is support,
ed by springs, which are placed under
meath the axles of the drivers. The
boiler makes steam so easily that the
furnace doors left unlatched half the
time. The oil cups of the connecting
rods and driving bars are forged to
them, which is novelty in locomotive
construction. The engineers cab Is
very commodious and so high that it
permits the engineer to stand erect
while driving the engine. The extreme
length of the engine and tender over
all is GO feet. The tender is "a monster
II will carry 6 tons OF coal and holds
5000 gallons of water. II has also a
scoop for taking up water while under
way. The entire weight Of engine and
tender is about 50 tons. Tha height
of the steam dome is 10 feet from the
top of the rails. In accordance with
the prevailing fashion the smoke stack
Is straight and only two feet high above
the top Of the locomotive. The engine
is provided with every modern attach
ment Of value in the shape of injectors
aud attachments. Drawing a baggage
car and four drawing room coaches No.
903 is thought TO be capable Of making
the l43-mile run between Philadelphia
and Albany in two hours. She has very
little bright work, but is beauty from
a mechanical point of view and is the
first Of the twenty which the Central
expects 10 put on the road to employ
in its passenger service next season.
-ese
Years before tine Revolution, Red
Mems societies existed in various parts
of the Colonies, and it is pointed 10
with pride that the "Boston Tea Party
was an outcropping Of the tendency 10
initiate in "a measure the aboriginies
During the War Of 1872 a number OF
volunteer soldiers stationed at Bort
Millin, near Philadelphia, united IN a
society of Red Men, the real forerun.
ner Of the present order, for since that
time it has had a continuous existence