The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-02-09

high velocities. The change suggested iH
ttelieyed BY competent experts to. be feasi-
IbIe and comparatively easy Of adoption.
The locomotive will have tapered wedge
shaped front, designed TO cleave the air,
! and all fat surfaces rare avoided The
rear end of the tender is constructed with
IA platform, and in every way conforms to
the contour Of the cars which, make ZIP the
train. fhe tender is connected with the
FIRST car by vestibule, which extend en-
tirely around the space between them and
which, when thown into position, 50 con-,
meets theitwo that the lines are uuhrokcn
from the roof to tho false bottom, which
clears the rails by few inches.
HON THE CARS ARE CONSTRUCTED.
This false bottom extends beneath each
car for its entire length, and is supported
from the floor of fine car by suitable
braces, The lower edge of the wheels
project through the false bottom, which
in other respects is entirely unhroken
from end to end of a train of connected
cars. The false bottom is connected with
the sides of the car by curtains, prefera-
bic of sheet metal, mounted on spring rol-
lers, which take up every side oscillation
of the car, and whith the inventor claims
will have the effect Of material iessening
the swaying of the train. These curtains
are in sections Of four feet, and one or
all Of them can be let down so as to allow
access to the trucks and other machinery
located beneath the floors. The vestibuies
are so constructed as to readily allow the
turning Of any curves and to adjust them
selves to the various positions assumed
by two connected cars on any kind of
roadbcd at high speed.
yESTILApISG rHE TRAlS.
1t is proposed to admit all the air for
the ventilation of the train atthe front
end Of the tender, from which point it is
conveyed back through connected ycntil
ating duets located under the roofs of the
cars. From these central overhead duets
branches lead down and fresh air, in any
quantity required, is admitted through
registers located at convenient points.
The trains is vcstbled from end to end;
all windows are Theoretically slcaled, and
no air is admitted except at the point des-
ignatcd. The inventor claims That the
front end of The tender is point partcu-
larly free from the atmospheric contami-
nation Of any kind, being above the dust
line and below the smoke line.
When the train is under motion the mir
will rush in at that point with pressure
suficint to force it through the train.
When The train is at rest, fans locaced in
the rear Of the tender can be set in motion
by the engineer or other train cmploye,
and an artilicil circulation Of air secured.
1t is also proposed TO throw she'll around
the highly heated portion of the engine
boiler and fire. box, and convey the heat,
which now escapes and is wasted, into the
central vcntilating duct OF the train, and
utilize it for heating purposes. If it shall
he found that there is not enough OF such
beat to secure Inc required temperature
in the cars, coils Of stcampipe, leading
from the boiler, will be located in the
ventilating ducts, and the air brought to
the required temperature before it is ad-
mittcd into the body of the car.
TO BUILD AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAIN.
Work will be begun on an experimental
train at once Under the supervision OF
the inventor eight or ten cars will be re-
modelled so as to conform to the plans as
set fourth in tic patents. With such
train experiments will he made, and from
the tests obtained it will be possible to
forecast with accuracy the speeds which
NAV be attained by the trains designed to
avoid air pressure, and the saving which
NAV be made in fuel.
jefferson Davis Remains to be Removed