The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-28
HAS SOLVED The
GREAT PROBLEM.
Supplies Cas- Be Takes IstO KIsadlhs
bv Snow Locomotives.
WILL CLIMB THE PASSES
Ready 70 Start February i5--hsisdssr VII
Start from New York Hiddis ., FEB
nsry-psslsfs Ia Dogs.


Chicago January z.-George T. Glover.
an inventor. has solved the problem Of
getting supplies into the Klondike re-
gion uhls winter By means Of bis snow
traction locomotive Seven OF these To-
comotiyese are now building In Cnicaso
and New York. and thirty-bwo freight
and passenger cars viii be made at Port
land. oregon. for thls work These Will
bo at Dyea by February /. and win start
by February 18th for Dawson City BY the
Dalton trail.
The locomotives that ara now being
constructed for this Klondike trip" said
Mr. Glover. twill weigh about eight tons
each. half the weight OF the logging To-
eomotlves. Their capacity win be about
100 tons burden respectively. I md that
an eight-ton machine will do the work
and run easier. These locomotives are
practically ready now for shipment 10
Portland. where they will be assembled
and rhen shipped. together with 81 cans.
to Dyea- Here they will bc Lut up and
placed In readiness for the expedition
which leaves that point February IS for
Dawson City. in charge Of Captain Brain
erd. Of the United States army.
"Chilkat pass VIII be ths greatest OBJ
structIon encountered on the first trip
There Is no part OF the pass. however.
mat presents a grade greater than % per
cent. These locomotives can cloim such
grade readily. Each machine viii have
steam windlass attached aud by means
Of this the train san easily pull itself up
az a remarkable speed. | calculate on
getting over this pas IN less than forty
eight hours with the first irain- Tue way
once open. subsequent travel will ba
easier.
Captain Brainerd thinks that the trip
to DsNson City viii require about 50
days: think % days viii "a more accur-
ate. Some bridging win doub.iess have
10 he done and parts OF he trail opened
up by blasting. However. tasse things
are readily obylIted.
The cost 81 bliiding ana equippisg
these trains will BE- sss taal sS5.OO0 Each
Locomotive will e9s; about SFAG The pss-
senger and freight cars and their trans
portation to Dyel will nut exceed $500
"on reaching DIwson City. four Of the
locomotives viii be used In transporting
supplies and passengers TO ana from the
various points and villages located m the
Rlondike gold Helds. The others viii re-
turn and make sno;her trip before the
winter in Alaska Is oyer
The Snow and ice TYansp9r alton Com
pany. which owns the right OF the G.Syer
locomotive. will receive ~ cents pound
for Transporting the food supply for the
United States government lo Hswson
City There viii be lj9 tons In this ship
ment Mr.. Glover vas the frs; 10 solve
the problem Of getting traction on sncw.
He experimental for vea-s and spent
snug fortune in developing and accom-
plishing this mechanical result The To-
cOmotive is we're simple III construction
and principle. consisting OF oiler, twin
engines, driving wheel end other rcces-
sarc appurtenances. supported IN steel
frame. The frame res L. :. runners.
fore and aft and the locomotive proper
is hitched to the trafe BY s;sel beams.
The great feature Of the machine is
huge traction wleei betwe N the run lners.
There is drd.u In the wIeL and the
wheel is run by II engine whose horse
power ranges from % to 50. geared from
to up to 20 to l. The heat from the
oiier furnace and the exhaust steam Is
veyed through the trunnions BY this
means the wheel is kept hot oil the time.
About the wheel V-shaped teeth. 3 by II
inches. are set regularly. The action OF
the heating cylinder prevents the snow
from clogging 1t and at the same time
congresses the snow into a solid mass.
thereby giving sufficient resistance TO en-
able the teeth to pull train hurdened
with u 9O-ton weight.