The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-02-10
SECTIONAL VIEW OF ENGINE.

SECTIONAL VIEW OF ENGINE.
floor of the car by suitable braces. The
lower edge of the wheels project through
the false bottom, which in other respects
is entirely unbroken from end to end Of
q train of connected cars.
The false bottom is connected with the
sides Of the car by curtains, preferably
Of sheet metal, mounted on spring roll
ers, which take up every side oscillation
of the car, and which the inventor claims
will have the effect of materially lessen
ing the swaying of the train. These cur
tains 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 ma
chinery located beneath the floors. Slid
ing or folding doors cover the steps "6
the platforms.
The vestibules are so constructed as
to rapidly allow the turning of any
curves and to adjust themselves to the
various positions assumed by two con-
Meeting cars on any kind of roadbed at
high speed. The windows of the car are
placed flush with the outside surface
and are permanent fixtures, Theoretically
sealed and incapable of being opened or
closed. Mr.. Adams says that there is
never any necessity of opening a window
on a well ventilated train, and that it
would be unsafe to do so in trains run
ming at speeds exceeding go miles an
hour. This plan may not meet with the
approval of the woman who always in
sists on having a window open, but will
be hailed with delight by her victim, the
man who occupies the next seat in the
rear.
With the vestibules in position, the
platform door closed, the curtains con-
Meeting the false bottom with the sides
of the car raised, train will present
the appearance of one immensely long
flexible car, with a perfect continuity
| of lines from the front end of the ten
der to the rear end of the last car.
The PROV shaped locomotive will sus-
tain almost the entire atmospheric pres
sure, and the train will cleave the air
like boat or an arrow.
With a train thus constructed Mr.. Ad-
ans proposes to introduce a system OF
| ventilation and heating which, if sue
cessful, will be gladly welcomed by the
travelling public.
| The inventor asserts that the front end
| of the tender is a point perfectly free
| from atmospheric contamination of any
| kind, being above the dust line and be-
low the smoke line. When the train is
| under motion, the air will rush in at this
point with pressure sufficient to force
it through the train. When the train is
at rest, fans located III the rear of the
| tender can be set in motion and an
| artificial circulation secured.
He also proposes to throw shell
around the highly heated portion of the
engine boiler and firebox and convey
I the heat, which now escapes and is
wasted, into the central ventilating duct
Of the train and utilize it for heating
| purposes: Mr.. Adams contends that
{{tnnder his system the train of the future
will have, an atmosphere as fresh and
healthfnl as the parlor of a country villa
son q bright spring morning.
Work viii be begun on an expert
mental train at once. Under the super,
vision of the inventor or 10 cars will
be remodeled SO as to conform to the
plans as set forth in the patents
| ~ r JOHN F. WMILoUGHBY.