The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

IN. reihventrd Need'g multi
snnuiar boiler. and Englishmsn atm,
for him. au'aiice,
Rietad Trcyethics. the r,y,Ish,,,r
Is called the father OF tho li' laeon,r,,..a'
A reproduction Of his famous go.
Is mere i, was the 1rst locomo,,ve IN
nave Horizontal boiler. Ii yros nrn,
Peiieu by cog wheels titted into a coryrd
rnn we may date the origin OF The
iIeisns handling railway upon which
steam was used As the propeiling power
pAck 10 the successful operation OF th,s
engine In 1Soi, when II was ernnIovei
TO haul limestone from Morlais Cast,e
10 tne plymouth Iron company's fnr.
mace over the Mertbys Tydoll tramwav
In South Wales.
After him comes another Ametco,
who, by other clever inventions, made
an epoch In the history of locomotive
building.
lie devised the first locomotive which
proved that steam propulsion upon an
otu.t hry road was possible. He in
uutueed 'he now ectdensing high pres
sur steam engine and invented what
Is known as the Cornwall and Iancns.
ssf boilers claimed TO have been invent
81 md used FIRST In these counties of
Enslrnd- Ills q glne was p'aced In a
, sort OF fat boat. which was mounted
upon wheels and propelled by the en-.
Eino TO clean up rubbish around the
dorEs II Philadelphia. When n load
was secured the wheels We're takon on.
The boat was then run into the river
and the engine attached to paddle
wheels, which propelled the boat up
and down the river 10 a cnnvcaleut
spot for dumping This WAS twelve
years before Fulton completed his
steamboat
The greatest curiosity In the history
Of the development Of the locomotive
Is the inveution Of Brl1rston in 1913,
who designed what is known ns tho
horse leg engine. a Reproduction OF
which Is upon exhibition. Instead OF
hauling load. the locomotive acted as
ptisier, end WAS steadied and Assist
cd In up grades BY pair OF peculiarly
consirurted horse legs which STEPPED
along be1ind in such way as to pre-
ycnt the loss of ground
IL to1S long time In the history Of
railroadinS 10 discover that there was
adhesion enough between smooth
wheels and smooth rails to Insure the
hauiinc OF q load by locomotive.
William Hctilcy OF England was the
first man to solve the problem By means
os truck. through which he was
enabled TO discover n ratio. between
the weight OF an engine and the load
II could haul on 4 smooth tack He'd
ley also constructed an engine, known
as Puihng Billy. stlll preserved In an
English museum. on smooth wheels TO
carry out thr principles he had dIscov-
eTei By the assistance of his model.
In this he used the Foturn fine for the
fnst time, thereby greatly increasing
the stc1n-prodrrlng power OF his en-
Einc- Mari Sesuin, In 1S2s and lse0,
devised fan 10 increase the IRE
draught OK his engine, greatly improy-
lpcumotive
William Howard. In 1870. an Ameri-
can civil engineer on the Baltimore
& Ohio. devised the flexible elualizlns
beam This was a great step in ai-
vance. enabling the engine TO adjust IT.
self on curves and rough trRck. Then
In 1870 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 trials and
tests. This Is mast famous uf the his
toricai locomotives. IN exact reproduc-
ton of which Is displayed Repro
ductlons 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 unshippcd in this country In
1s2o. Horatio Allen. OF the Carbondale
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 1879
and 1880 IL was the first locomotive
TO haul a car IN this country. As carly
Us 1880 T. l.. Miller built locomotive
ut the Wcs, Point foundry which made
thirty-nve miles an hour. George w.
johnson built in the same year the
nrst engine with double fire box.
Indeed, this year and the next two
marx great progress In engine building
in America on account of the offer OF
the Baltimore & Ohio road OF prizes
in 1851 foE the best practical looomo-
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-