The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

ern Sugar Refinery He is a German by
birth and has lived in this country for
twelve years. For eight years ne labored
in the Atlas Iron Works, and for The last
three years has held his present position.
During the most of this time he has given
four hours every day TO the construction
OF this ba BY engine, which is marvel of
skill and is praised by the leading ma
chinists and engineers as being simply
perfect in its construc ion and one of the
most wonderful examples of what can be
accomplished by ingenuity and patience
on earth.
Kane's engine generates its own steam
and Supplies its boiler with water, using
coal or wood In so doing. Though hardly
half so large. Schier's engine operates in
the same way.
The larger Eastern engine has thirty
one fiues, 1714 inches long SIG OF an inch
inside diameter and q of an inch outside
diameter. The fire box is inches wide,
inches long and inches deep. The
diameter OF the cylinders Is inches, with
three-inch stroke. The drivine-wheels
are ~ inches in diameter, the truck
wheels 31I inches, and tie tender wheels
3H inches. The capacity of the water
tank is three gallons. The entire length
of the engine and tender from tip to tip is
6 feet inches, and it is built 10 scale of
an inch and half in every detail. The
boiler is tested at 125 pounds pressure,
and it took just three years TO build the
machine.
With these figures compare those of the
engine built by Schier, and its superiority
in point of dlminutiveness, yet keeping
perfection of detail, is easily seen. The
boiler is 81 inches in diameter and Il
inches in length, made of 1-16 zach copper
riveted. 1t has fifteen tubes 5-l6 OF an
inch in diameter on the inside and q of
an inch on the outside. 1t Is 81 incnes
long. The copper of the boiler has an
asbestos covering with an AIR covering of
Russia steel. the same as the regulation
engine possesses.
The frebox is 81 inches long, 2N inches
wide and 81 inches deep. The BOILER is
tested to $50 pounds pressure. This test
was made in the presence OF two loco
motive engineers. August Klein of The
Western Sugar Refinery and William
Bailey of the Union Iron Works. Two
pumps supply the boiler with water, one
being on each side. They can be made 10
work one at time or both together
Taere are three gauge-cocks, a gauge
glass and throttle-valve connected with
the dome.
The cylinders are of 1-inch bore and
have a 1%inch stroke. There are four
driving wheels g. Is inches in diameter.
four truckwheeis ~ inches in diameter
and eight tender-wneels of the same diam
eter as the truckwheels. Eacn tender
wheel has an automatic brake.
The connecting-ro valve connections
and framework are of the best Stubs steel.
Tho engine is reversible and runs in either
direction with equal ease. The length of
the engine and the tender from tip to tip
is 4O% inches. 1t is inches wide and II
inches in height to the tip of the whistle.
The scale on which 1t was built is three
fourths OF an inch to the foot.
The total weight of the engine is 46A
pounds when it contains no fuel and the
tank, which has capacity of half GAL
lon, contains no water. There are over
$500 pieces in the completed engine, not
counting the rivets of the boiler or the
tank.
Expert locomotive engineers declare
that this is the most remarkable piece OF