The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-20
Light on Pintsch Light.

Light on Pintsch Light,
Among the many departments and
| improvements in which American ge-
mus has been especially productive of
/ good results, is in the equipment of
railway cars for the safety, comfort
and convenience of passengers, and
upon the principal railroads Of this
country are found cars which combine
! all OF the best contriVances, both Of
American and foreign invention. The
manufacture Of devices and appliances
! Oh TINS Kind gives employment to the
energies and resources of many strong
ara successful corporations. Especially
prominent among these is the Safety
Gar Heating and Lighting company, a
| New York organization having its
! main offices at 100 Broadway, New
York, while the st. Louis Office is at
| lglo Union Trust building, and is in
charge of the company's secretary. The
Officers of the company are A. w. So
per, president; Robert Andrews, vice
/ president, and r. w. Thomas, treas
Grer, who reside in New York, while
Clarence H. Howard, secretary and
manager, has charge of the business in
st. Louis and throughout the south and
southwest. The company own andicon-
trol the Pintsch light. so popularity and
Wen known by all of the railroad fra
ternlty and street car lines, this fam
Gus light being a system of car illu-
mlnation by means Of gas, the gas used
being a fixed gas made from crude pc
troleum, which after being thoroughly
purlhed, is compressed in storage tanks
under the cars. The gas, before pass
ing from the tank into the car and to
the lamps, passes through an automat-
lc regulator, which keeps the pressure
IN the pipes and at the lamps at a
constant pressure of one-third of. an
ounce to the square inch, thus doing
away with all high pressures in the
car. The pressure at the burner re-
| mains the same under all conditions,
ana makes a perfectly steady light.
rms mode of illumination is the only
perfectly safe method now known, as
1 in case of accident the lights in the
car are Immediately eXtinguiShed, thus
making Pintsch light absolutely safe
under any and all conditions and cir
! cumStanceS, which, as one manager
says is one Of the strong points which
recommends its adoption. Besides it's
great advantage in safety, this system
OF lighting gives a soft, brilliant light,
enabling the passengers to read in any
part of the car with ease and comfort
1t is simple in its operation, and is the
standard on siXty-five principal rail-
roads of this country, including both
Of the sleeping car companies. The
United States railway mail service has
recommended it as being the most per-
feet illumination for mail cars known
today.
1t is also being used in the buoy bus
mess and with great success. The
street car companies have taken it UP,
and a, great many cars have been il
Illuminated with satisfactory results, in
Guiding cable. electric and horse cars.
The Columbus Central Electric railway
Of Columbus. Ohio, finds the light
given much superior and more salts
factory than that furnished by the
trolley wire, as the car is beautifully
illuminated whether the trolley IS off
or on, whether the car is stopped or
going, whether any dirt ON the rail or
not, in other words, Pintsch light
does not depend ON anything else, as
does the electric trolley wire light. 1t
has become so universally used that
gas supply station has been establish
ed in all the leading railroad centers
of the United States. The St Louis
plant is among the most important
The Wabash, Clover Leaf and NJ. K
& T. are adopting Pintsch gas to do
cooking in cafe, buffet, dining and
private cars, and in the buffet car it
has become especially popular and
profitable. Instead of the buffet lunch
menu known by heart by all the
travelling public, they are able to give
you broiled and fried steaks, chicken.
etc, which makes buffet lunches equal
20 any dining car meal.
In addition to the above, the Safety
Car Heating and Lighting company
own, control and manufacture the best
hot water circulating steam heating in
connection with the Baker heater, and
all kinds of straight steam engine
equipment, and the celebrated Gibbs
Johnson couplers. Mr.. A. W. Soper,
the president, who resides in New
York, is an old ST Louisan, having
formerly been general manager of the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain &, Southern
railroad. while Colonel Robert An
drews, vice-president, is also an old
resident of st. Louis, and was former
~ genera superintendent of the Wa
bash system. Clarence H. Howard.
the secretary who is a native of Il
hnois, has lived in St Louis for fifteen
years, being a graduate of the Wash
ington university, and was formerly
assistant master mechanic of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, assistant general
manager of the St Charles Car COM
pany, and is a member of the Mercan-
tile club.
Under its able management and ex-
tensive resources. the company has
taken a prominent position among the
leading and representative enterprises
connected with the equipment of rail-
way cars tn this country The new
overland service is thoroughly equipped
with the Pintsch light and steam heat.
and the run is made from Chicago to
Ogden without recharging for light.
The Start is Made.
Precisely at o'clock to the second
the train moves-will it reach Ogden
as. scheduled?
The Herald representative esconces
himself in the cab-we are off.
Out into the night, switchlights and
signals CLEAN ahead for miles while
within Chicago's extensive yard linn
its. everything is safely set for US, and
when clear of them the big mill is |
turned for fine work. 1t is engine No. !
90S, with fireboy Frank Warren at the |
scoop, and Engineer T. j. Rogers at !
the throttle. He cuts her back for a |
full throttle, and as she responds the !
rich farm lands of Illinois are left be-
hind us, the while the Mississippi river
is rapidly nearing.
The train was in charge of Conductor |
Ed Tracy, while W. J. Gillette and S. |
NJ. Yarger were the gallant brakemen.
Jed" Williams was with us as con-
ductor of the Wagner and Pullman |
cars. The run to Clinton, Iowa, was !
made with time to sell.
Press Agents From Omaha.
At Clinton Engineer John Teller and |
Fireboy Eugene Lamb, with the $50,
took the train to Boone, Iowa, and |
made the time easily. At Clinton AS |
sistant Superintendent Rizer and /
IN I'm SiraaY T. Dan