Evening star., 1893-07-29

have been SO We'll combined by the tri-
umphs of modern mechanics.
There is no achievement of which Ameri-
cans may feel more justly proud than the
remarkable progress made of late years in
Improvement of railway equipment and
especially in the matter of better and safer
locomotives Today American engines are
sought by progressive railway men through
out the VOID. Hundreds are annually ex-
ported. going to every portion OF the globe.
from Norway to Palestine. from Brazil to
New Zealand. wherever the beneiicent iron
bonds penetrate. and the demand for them
Is always increasing.
The American tourist, who entertains his
. home friends with accounts Of the Ereat
speed OF the trains abroad. is ignorant of
the Iact that the best of -he foreign en-
gtnes are furnished from his owl country
While TO most Americans locomotive
IS SIMPLY locomotive. equipped with a
boiler, headlight. tender. &c, yet 1t is
worthy OF statement that in one icaiiDg <
american establishment more than one
thousand types CT them are constructed,
varying from the light logging machine to
the enormous "DecapOd." designed for haul
ing long trains of iron md coal up aruuous
mountain grades At the baldwin works
more than one thousand completed .oCoIao-
. tveS are Slipped annually, the product ex-
eeso!ns three daily II taheS about three
lncntLS TO complete the Or,iinaTy engine
from the time the order is placed with The
factory There could be no oeIler iEustra-
ton OF the financial cOnGiIiOn and grow tn
of the United States than this great and
Increasing output of lOconJttves. for the
reason that railway companies DO not. as
q rule. pay in cash for their rolling stock.
but purchase il With construction bonds,
Intending TO maze II pay for Itself. Thus,
the product measures the expectation Of the
Ioad 10 nave prOItabIe tran SDo-tI%ipn cen
tracts " hen an order tor a locomotive is
received at the shops drauShtsE1sn submit
designs to the intending purchaser, and IL
approved. the plans are the basis OF the
contract executed. and then the Work is
begun In many Of the largest establish
nm r~.Vr- flars. ,era-S
each engaged in the making Of d particular
part. working independently Of the other
departments and knowing nothing of their
operations The various Farss are finally
assembled in the erecting shop. and there
the machine assumes its proper form. By
the use OF electric cranes The boilers aid
other unwieldy materials swung about
In the air. and the heaviest completed loco
motive is picked up BY them bodily and
shifted about at the will of the workmen.
throughout the country are many foun-
dries engaged in making locomotive april
ances. such as brakes. headlights. tires.
safety valves, injector5. &c. which are
bought by the shops and lifted in the erect
ing department The locomotive works of
America have sent ample exhibits 70 the
worli's fair. and there will be seen patterns
OF the best freight and passenger engines
built for the leading roads OF the world
These exhibits will be carefully noted by
visiting railway men, tOr this couatry. hy
reason OF its wide area and diversified
geographical conditions. has called forth
the production OF locomotives adapted to
every possible variety Of Service-tIle light
graceful dyer. whose prodiSi1Is drivers fit
1t for the competing express line runs. and
the polcerOus and powerful freight hauler
up the mountain sides.
y duplicate OF what is doubtless the fast
est practical locomotive ever built will be
seen at the fair 1t is No. $50. built for the
Central railroad OF New Jersey.
Its mate. No. 30. Cn the same road. on
the 18th Of November last, under unfav-
Orable conditions. made records for one
two and five miles which seem incredible
though they have been amply verified
Engine $50 was the first of type of "Vau-
claim compound" with drivers six and a
half feet In diameter, a tank capacity of
$3.50 gallons. and weighing 12i Oo0 pounds
On the 18th Of November 3s5 had run a mile
In - Il seconds. and IL was for the pur-
pose Of seeing the performance repeated