The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

cd and used first In those counties OF
England. His ell CINE was paced ID
sort OF a fat boat, which was mounted
upon wheels and propelled by the en-,
zine to clean. up rubbish around the
docks il. Philadelphia. When a load
was secured the wheels were taken OF.
The boat was then run into the
and the engine attached to paddle
wheels, which propelled the boat up
and down the river to a convenient
spot for dumping. This was twelve
years before Fulton completed ms
steamboat. .
The greatest curiosity in the history
of the development of the locomotive
is the invention of Brunston in 1873,
who designed what is known as the
horse leg engine, a reproduction OF
which is upon exhibition. Instead OF
hauling a load, the locomotive, acted as
q pusher, and was steadied n assist
ed in up grades by a pair OF peculiarly
constructed horse legs which STEPPED
along behind in such a way as to pre-
vent the loss Of ground.
It took a long time in, the history OF
%railroading to discover that there was
adhesion enough between smooth
wheels and smooth rails to insure the
hauling of a load by a locomotive.
William Hedley of England was the
first man to solve the problem by means
Of a truck, through which he was
enabled to discover a ratio between
the weight Of an engine and the load
it could haul on a smooth tack. He'd
1o~ o1c@ contaminated IN nnpinn known
as Putting Billy, still preserved in an
English museum, on smooth Wheels TO
carry out the principles he had discov-
cred by the assistance of his model.
| In this he used the return fue for the
first time, thereby greatly increasing
the steam-producing power OF his en-
| CINE. Marc Seguin, in 1928 and 1S29,
devised a fan to increase the fire
draught of his engine, greatly improv-
locomotive.
William Howard, in 1929, an Ame.i-
can civil engineer on the Baltimore
| & Ohio, devised the flexible equaialng
beam. This was a great step in adj
| vance, enabling the engine to adjust it.
| self on curves and rough track. Then
in 1929 George Stevenson followed with
| the famous Rocket" the locomotive
! which won the prize offered by the
| Liverpool & Manchester railroad for
| the best practical locomotive engine to
be selected after careful triali and
, tests. This is most famous vf re his
torical locomotives, an exact reproduc-
ton Of which is displayed. Repro
| auctions Of all Of the other engines
| which competed for the Manchester
award are upon exhibition here. The
first English locomotive brought to
| America was the Stourtridge Lion,
which was unshipped in this country in
1929. Horatio Allen, of the Carbonate
road, was the importer, who thus gets
the honor of turning the first locomotive
wheel in America. The first engine
| constructed in America was the Tom
| Thumb, built by Peter Cooper in 1929
to haul a car in this country. AS early
at the West Point foundry which made
thirty-fve miles an hour. George w.
| Johnson built in the same year the
first engine with a double fire box.
Indeed, this year and the next two
mark great progress in engine building
in America on account of the offer Of
the Baltimore & Ohio road Of prizes
in 1881 for the best practical locomo-
tive as did the Manchester railway two
years before. This prize was won by
the york." built by Phineas Davis,
who became subsequently one Of the
most noted names in the development
of railroad rolling stock. The famous
Atlantic" Of 1882, becoming the pat
tern for the construction of American
engines, was built by Davis.
Perhaps the greatest improvement in
the locomotive for American service
was the invention by George w. Jer-
Wis Of the forward or "bogie'' trucks
for engines, which enable them to fol-
low all sorts Of rough track curves, and
made it possible to build railroads in
America under trying circumstances
through and over very rough country,
thus contributing more than anything
else to the marvellous railroad develop
ment Of the United States. In 1892.
w. 7. James, an American, constructed
the first locomotive With the link mo-
dcn, another epoch making improve
,lent In engine cont tructicn. His in.
vention antedates the Howe or Steven.
ecn Ink thirteen years. The Campbell
type OF engine was constructed in
America in 1887. This was the frst
engine to have four drive wheels be-
sides the boyle or fol " ard truck. The
Lafayette" was the first six-wheel en-.
! CINE constructed. 1t was built by VIII.
lam Norris. The final touches of the
modern engine were given by William,
Mason in 1853, who ~endeavored to give
the great machines Of power lines of
symmetry and grace until they seemed
Instinct with life. TEen follows a steady
advance in the direction until 1876.
the time of the Centennial exposition.
One Of the engines which was displayed
at that exposition is also here. 1t
shows that the steady tendency has
been toward heavier rolling stock in
this country. Since that time has been
developed the compound locomotive.
with high and low pressure cylinders.
to utilize all the power in steam. The
latest tendency is to improve upon this
class of engines and it is among the
! probabilities that In a few years no
other class of engine will be built for
use upon American railroads. The rea,
son Of this tendency on the part Of rail
ways is economy in power and cost o1
running.
In looking over the display in lant
transportation lines Of all nation,
brought together here, the railroad mai
cannot but feel that the American rail
road shows far the greatest enterprise
in developing in the matter of con.
struction and of adopting means tc
ends and that American inventions
should get the credit for the chief epoch
making invention in the progress Of
the railway locomotive.
Ralph Mckenzie.
Parafflne Floors.
NJ. Burd Of Lyons has stopped abso.
lutely the sweeping of floors in hosnital