The Washington times., 1894-08-19

reception and safe transportation OF valuabies,
money, mail matter, or the like against the
depredations Of bandits or outlaws.
The principal objects Of the invention are:
To provide railroad car, with q simple,
comparatively inexpensive, durable. and safe
apartment. for sentinel to be stationed, and
with vault connected herewith for tho re-
ception Of valuables, whereby practically
improbable barrier Is presented to the
depredations Of a class Of outlaws or bandits
that have become known as express and
mail train robbers; and to provide railroad
mail and money transportation car with
compact burglar proof apartment, having
a vault and mounted in the car. SO as to per-
init Of ready access being had to the interior
thereof, and room afforded for passage along
and around the apartment for entering the
came, and having suitable ventilators and
loop and internal appliances to enable
O sentinel or guard on watch therein to be
prepared for any emergency that may arise.
and with firearms, or the like, SO disposed
and supported therein as to permit OF their
use when occasion arises through internally
closed loop-holes Of the apartment, the CON-
struction and arrangement being such as
to render destruction of the apartment i'm
possible or access to the interior exceedingly
difficult.
GUARDING AGAINST HoLD-UPs.
The car outwardly is similar to those in
ordinary use. The burglar proof apartment,
or chamber, is In the form somewhat Of q
cage. and constructed Of iron. steel, or other
impenetrable material, and having q con-
tracted top, with radial apertures extending
there through, and with q throat or stem
engaging with a crossbar from the interior OF
the car from the top, and for supporting the
cage firmly to the position. A shield, eng ag
ing with the exterior surface OF q shell about
the aperture surrounds it so as not to retard
the FREQ escape of air or gases from the in
terror Of the chamber. series Of loops or
sight holes extend through the wall OF the
chamber, and are closed by means OF plug
stops or flaps from the inside Of the chamber
in a secure manner.
An entrance door to the interior Of tho
chamber is provided with swinging bar en-
gaging with the inside surface Of the door,
and adapted to be operated 30 as to engage
with the wall OF. each side Of the door for
firmly holding the::same closed and SO as to
prevent the op ening thereof from the outside
of the shell.
Inside is seat fixed or suitably connected
with an internal platform, forming the top
of the vault of any suitable construction or
arrangement in the base portion OF the shell,
and to which platform is hinged door, pro-
vided with combination or other lock in
order that valuables deposited in the vault
can only with considerable difficulty be Sc
cured therefrom unless the required combi-
nation OF the lock is known to release tho
door in its locked condition.
The valuables or mail matter to be safely
transported, having been deposited ia the
vault of the apartment, guard is placed In
the interior Of the chamber, or apartment, and
in the event of any attempt to burglarize the
car the guard is In every way, by the construc-
tion and arrangement OF the internal apart
ment in the car fortified against the depreda-
tions of the outlaws or bandits, and in posi-
tIon by means Of the loop or sight holes In tho
wall Of the apartment TO attack and repel the
desperadoes.
MIR. YosT's ANrI-BUHGLAR SCHEME.
A patent has also been issued to M
George Thomas Yost, of Carseyville, ILL.,, for
an invention in the same line as hat Of Mr..
Patterson, but which in construction Is radi-
cally different. Mr.. Yost's invention is called
"a new and useful car for the transmission Of
specie"
Among the main objects in view are to
make the car absolutely burglar and flreproof
and to so construct the same rs TO be capable
of unlocking only at certain points, whereby
access to the contents OF the car is absolutely
impossible at other points and the honesty of
the express messenger or other person in
charge need not be relied upon for its safe
keeping.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide certain devices or features at those points
along the road where it is desired to inspect
or change the contents of the car. whereby
they coact with certain features of co2struc-
ton embodied in the car to permit the latter
to be unlocked, but this in such manner
that only the authorized receiver can obtain
access to the contents of the car and even he
will be located SO rs to prevent any possibil-
ity of dishonesty or receiving aid from accom-
plices outside.
The body of the car is, to all outward ap-
pearances similar to those commonly used,
and it is provided with suitable partitions. Sc
cured in a suitable manner to the sides of the
car and depending from its bottom. inter-
mediate to the trucks of the car, is an oblong
frame, which is provided with, about its cen
ter, a second frame. designed for pivotal
movement within>he depending frame. One
end of the frame is provided with weights,
and the opposite end of the same is provided
with a box or compartment, having n door
hinged thereto. Within the frame and i'm
movably secured to one side of it is a tube
extending from the weighted end Of the
frame to and nicely fitting around the edges
of bolt block. so that the bolt block may
rise and lower within the lower end of the
tube Mounted in the tube for pendulous
movement is bolt designed to hold the bolt
block down, except when in an exact vertical