The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-16
TWO GOOD ENGINES
One Guaranteed to Run Eighty Miles
IN Reconsideration OF Importance
to Chicago Roads.

week received from the Baldwin locomotive
works ar engine which cost s12c10, which
Is to be used In hauling fast mail trains in
the competition for carrying the overland
mail The Chicago & Northwestern has re-
Gently received from the Schenectady loco
motive works an engine that is guaranteed
to make eighty miles an hour. The test
VIII soon be made, and two questions are
involved-the supremacy between the W
roads and the relative merits of the engines
made by the Schenectady and the Baldwin
locomotive works. Among expert mechan-
teal engineers the general opinion is that
with a train OF five cars the Schenectady
engine VIII make the best record. but with
two cars added the Baldwin locomotive
would prove the most satisfactory. Both
are good engines, and the outcome of the
race will attract the attention not only of
railroad men in this country. but in for
eign countries The novelty about the Bur-
hngton's engine is that it is the first one
OF its pattern ever purchased by a Western
road, and IL IT proves all that is expected
OF II a revolution In the speed or trains on
western roads may be expected TO result
from It's introduction 1t is what is known
eIshfy-four inch driving wheels and
s5shains w,t 5ou socb n,s and sr,vs SneI q NAV feet ss
1911 US ~ may DC
able TO equal the record of 102 miles an
hour, made on the Pennsylvania. 1t is
guaranteed 10 travel long distances at the
rate OF eighty miles an hour, and can make
sixty miles an hour with a heavy train
as easily as an ordinary engine can make
thirty miles an hour. The new machine
embodies every Improvement known to the
Baldwin works, and repeated tests OF its
speed were made over Eastern roads by its
makers before turning IL over to the motive
power department of the Burlington sys-
TEN.
Considerable secrecy has been maintained
to when the locomotive would reach Chi
cago for the reason that there is so much
rivalry for the mail contract that both
roads interested would have Ii appear that
the awarding within the next few months
was a matter OF Indifference to them. Or
dinasily a new engine is placed in freight
and II Is not put into regular service until
the master mechanic is certain il win not
run hot. But this new engine, intended for
for a train that must 90 to its destinat d q
on time to a dot. or forfeit a large sum of
money to the government in case OF any
delay. Is to be put into almost immediate
service. This is owing to the tests made i'm
the East. out OF. the way OF observing COM
petitors. and so. the number OF the new
locomotive. was intended as a dark horse.
so to speak. ready to make the race when
the time came.
Steamers Big Cargo.
J. ". Stanberry. general agent of the
Traders Dispatch at this point. yesterday
received the abstract Of the cargo of the
White Star line steamship Georgia, which
sailed from New York last week for Liver
pool, and on which considerable freight
forwarded by the Traders Dispatch from
the West was shipped for export. This YES
sci is 5000 tons measurement, and 1t is
claimed. carried the largest general cargo
ever slowed in one bottom. The abstract of
the cargo was as follows: Two refriger-
htors fresh meat, $50 head cattle. 1910 head
sheep, "a head horses. AS. 29 bushels corn,
8.45 bushels wheat, 21,117 bushels oats.
l0.llo bales cotton, 467 bales Sea Island cot
ton, 90 bags cotton. loo bags wooden noils.
100 empty iron drums. $50 bags acetate lime.
S'lz5 bags oil cake, 23 bags starch. 900 cases
banned meats, s25 cases oats. $50 barrels
wax, 100 tierces lard, Loo pals lard.
~ barrels soap. 5 barrels grease, /
barrel C., l. oil. $50 tierces tallow.
SIS boxes bacon, 1880 bundles shocks, SIS
pieces lumber, 1890 pieces slaves, "a barrels
"a: polish, 1 crate fiber goods, IL barrels
mica, 3 cases essential oil, 5 cases wooden
ware. 30 barrels oxide zinc, 1 bale cotton
samples. 1 sulky tcrated.) 1t will on inves-
t1gation show that there were 200 carloads
OF corn on that vessel. 80 carloads OF wheat,
~ carloads OF sheep. AZ carloads OF cattle,
10 carloads OF cotton, q cars OF oil, and
when all Is summed UP 1t makes nearly 600
carloads OF freight.