The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-29

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tute the latest triumph Of inventive
genius, says Chicago exchange.
This clever idea has made II possible
for person to travel In the warmest
day Of summer without suffering In the
least from those twin evils Of railroad
journeys, dust and heat. The practic.
ability Of the idea has been clearly
shown by thorough trial, and within the
past week several cars equipped with
the invention have been daily running
on the Texas Midland railroad. II has
been believed that such a thing as con
struc;lng a practically dust.proof car
was out Of the question. The new idea
shows again that nothing is impossible,
and that modern Inventive genius can
accomplish almost anything.
The contrlvance il simple and it,
meehanicism free from complication.
Between the windows In the car Is a
ventilator. - arranged a. TO be directly
or almost directly beside the passenger.
This ventllator Is covered with a screen
Of exceeding fneness, both inside and
out, and there IA an arrangement 10 con.
s,ructed that at the will Of the passenger
a fine spary Of water plays between the
two screens. This water has a. It's
source a supply contained In a tark 10.
Gated beneath the car and between the
trucks. It IA forced upward BY means
Of compressed air.
II may he readily seen that the screen
will prevent the entrance Of cinders and
like particles which have been both a
mcnanec ard adiseomfor, 'othr traveller
on the railway. At the same time the
water PLAYING between the screen
catches cacn particle Of dust and washes
II away. thus keeping the air as II enters
the car as fresh and clean "a that In the
pine woods at break OF day. The car
will be 30 FAR a. air Is concerned, In az
good a condition when travelling the al.
kali desert as when passing though a
country which blossoms like the rose.
Each OF the ventllators Is three feet
long, and remains open constantly. II
Is the spraying Of the water the passen.
ger sable to regulate. with this new
Idea In operation It Is wholly unneees.
sary TO open the windows OF the car at
all, a. the ventllators cause a constant
change of air. As matter Of fact the
air In the car l. rendered much purer by
means of Mr.. Green's invention than II
would be u found entrance through the
windows.
As severe test a. II IL possible to
make was applied to a car equipped
with the new invention few days ago
and the result Is surprising. Fully 10
men took passage In this car on the trip.
The windows were locked and the ven.
tila,ors put In perfect condition. The
spray OF water was turned on, and the
current moved steadily betW cen the
screens OF each veniilator Every pas.
senger was a smoker, and each one III
a cigar The route over which the car
ran was one Of the dustlest sections Of
road. The volume of smoke was enor.
nous. And yet by means OF the ven.
tllatlng apparatus and the sprays OF
water the air In the car remained agree.
able from first TO last.
At the bottom of the panels In the In.
terior Of the car, between each window,
Is a small glass knoo. The knob, how.
ever Is sunk In the woodwork, 80 that
II IA not noticeable unless one looks for
II. II enables the traveller to have
breezes at his pleasure. BY slightly
turning the knob the little doors or de.
Electors on the outside of the car are
oponed and In the direction In which
the car Is going, just the reverse OF the
method observed In the elevated railway
trains, which prevents the clnders sift.
ing into the car and at the same time
permits ventilation.
Air In plentiful quantity is admitted
from the outside. On it, admission II
encounters the first screen. Then II
must siit through the spray OF water.
On It's admission Il encounters the first
screen. After that comes another
screen, and thus II Is made plain that
the air Of necessity must be pure at the
time It reaches the breathing apparatus
OF the thoroughly comfortable passen.
ger II might be thought that Il would
be matter OF difficulty to secure a sui.
hoient supply Of water, but as the only
way In which that supply Is reduced Is
by evaporation, the same water being
used over and over again, It may readily
be seen that the question OF sufficient
supply Is not difficult one to answer.
lnasmuch rs the success OF the inven
ton has been instantaneous, It is assert
cd with confidence that II Is only a
question of time when the apparatus
will be adopted by all railroads, as It
solves a problem with which railroad
men have been struggling for many
years.
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The triton, spotted, llzard'llke iep'
tile found In almost every state In the
union, has a most wonderful power OF