The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-27

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The earnings of the Central of Georgia
Railroad during the second week in June
were $7S,S24, against $4,000 for the same
week last year. The total earnings from
Jan. to the end of the second week in
June were $2,26S,Ss4. against s., 20S, 923 dur
ing the same period in 1897.
The earnings of the Georgia and Ala
bama Railroad during the second week in
June were $17, 465, against SIT, 6S1 during the
same week last year. The total earnings
from Jan. TO the end of the second week
in June were $5S2,S69, against ass, 429 during
the same period in 1897.
Gross earnings of all roads in the United
States reporting for the first half of June
are S12,62S. 4S3. IL per cent. over last year
and only 8 per cent. over 1892. Earnings
are considerably below the earnings of
earlier months this year On all classes
of roads the gain over 1892 is much less
than for any month this year. Southwest
ern and Pacific roads reporting for the
first half of June show smaller earnings
than during the same period of 1892 Gran
ger roads report gain of only 4 per cent
over 1892; an May the gain was nearly one
quarter Other Western roads report a
gain for June TO date of only IL per cent.
over 1892, while in May the gain is l42 per
cent. Southern roads report a gain of Ss
per cent for June, compared with 1892, and
Trunk lines gain of Ga per cent. In
comparison with last year the gain on all
classes of roads is very much less than
IN earlier months this year. United
States roads reporting for the second
week of June show a smaller per CEN
tage of gain compared with last year than
for the first week.
The Boyden air brake patent has been
sold to the Westinghouse Company for
100000 The action of the stockholders. of
the Boyden Company in selling out to the
Westinghouse Company closes one of the
most notable patent cases in the history
of the country. The fight between the
Boyden and Westinghouse companies was
hotly contested. The Westinghouse, which
had enjoyed a monopoly of the air-brake
business before the Boyden invention,
claimed that the latter was an infringement
on their patent on quick-acting brakes
Large sums of money were spent by each
side In carrying the case through the va
rious courts For nearly nine years the
legal contest was carried on. The case
was contested through the United States
Circuit Court to the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, and from that body it
was taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States. Even before this tribunal
1t wes reargued a second time before the
decision was rendered UNFOLDING the claims
of the Boyden Company and announcing
that the Boyden invention was not an in
fringernent on the Westinghouse patent
The testimony filled l 400 printed pages
and the case called for expensive mechan-
ical exhibits. The Boyden COMPANY then
became recognized competitor of the
Westinghouse Company. Through the offer
- oh h,e I=gl1 IL
Company absOrbs its rival and excepting
the New York Brake Company whose
claims are now in litigation, the Westing-
house company will again monopoIize the
air-Drake business of the country This
business is of large proportions as by an
act of Congress the railroads are required
to put automatic brakes on all cars In or
der to protect the trainmen. The absorption
Of the Boyden Company by the Westing-
house Company makes Of interest the fea-
lures of the patents of the two comDanies
The leading feature of the Westinghouse
patent is that a new device termed an
auxiliary valve Is used in connection
with the well-known triple valve. and the
feature of the Boyden patent is that the
old triple valve is so modified as to In
crease It's capacity and enable IL to pro-
duce the desired result without an auxil-
larry valve. 1t seems that the invention
OF Westinghouse as clearly excludes the
excludes the idea of Westinghouse. These
two sets of patents cover two independent
ways or means of producing the same
quick action result, and the result of
course, cannot be patented by either
Neither set Of patents conflict with the
other, and together they cover the whole
field of "quick-action" air brakes. A re-
markable thing about the Boyden air-braka
valve is the fact that. notwithsfandlnp
they are patentably different from The
Westinghouse form of valve a long train
may be made UP of cars some OF which
are equipped with Boyden brakes ana otb-
ers with Westinghouse brakes. ana Vet
the two kind of brakes IN one train. CON
nected By the same air pipe, win opera Ia
in perfect unison. In other words while
the Boyden and Westinghouse devices arc
patentably different, yet they operate alil,e
and produce the same result in nractioa1
action on cars. One of the most irnportant
uses to which these 'quick-action'' valves
are put is for freight cars, which are COM
monty run In long trains, and in the level
country Of the Central Western States 81
ten 50 cars are used in a train train ~
this number of cars approaches q balr
mile in length. This great length Of train
presents difficulties for the operation Of air
brakes that renders 1t impossible 10 nse
the old automatic air-brakes. II is baro
that the new quick-action brake has Ire
best field.