The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04
WONDER IN LOCOMOTIVES.
NO SMOKE, NOISE, CINDERs, CAB
OR TENDER.

1fngs-How the New Motor Works.
Charged with Super-Heated Water
Every 100 Miies-LoOIks Like an Or
binary street Cnr-HRs Been Prac-
ideally Used i'm Chicago, in Detroit
and on Long IsIand-COst of Oper-
nting-POssible Use on the Elevat-
ed Railroads and in the Tunnels
OF New York.
A locomotive that makes no smoke, that
produces no cinders, that blows off no
steam, that makes no noise, that has no
bell. nor whistle, nor smokestack, nor en-
CINE cab nor tender-this marvel in me-
chanics is the invention of Arthur Pills
bury Dodge. He calls it the kinetic mo-
Tor. He has just opened a large plant at
wilmington, Del, to manufacture motors
OF this variety in large numbers. Re-
Gently Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., Robert
C. Ingersoll and other capitalists, visited
Mr. Dodges works and rode in one OF the
new motors at forty miles an hour After
the test was over Mr.. Vanderbilt said:
Il should think the kinetic system would
be well adapted for work on elevated rail-
roads It fulhlls the claims made for it,"
Col. Ingersoll said: THE kinetic is a
splendid motor. Mr.. Dodge is not an easy
chair theorlst, but a constructor of prac-
teal theories, and he knows how to carry
them out in good shape. All I know Is
that the motor works all right, and as it
Is an Improvement over the locomotive, 1
suppose it will have some sort of a revolu-
tionzing influence upon the future of
transportation"
Nor is Mr.. Dodge's invention mere toy.
II has actually been used with great sue
cess on suburban railroad at BABYLON. L.
J., on one of the lines in Detroit, Mich,
and in Chicago. The inventor is now ne
gotiatng with one of the elevated rail-
roads in New York looking to its adop-
ton as the motive power to the exclusion
of all others, and he has received many
Aauering offers from capitalists for rights
IN The new invention.
Ii was nine years ago that the inventor
began his Investigations. He explained
his theory to number of railroad men,
but they laughed at him. They were all
OF the opinion that the perfection of the
locomotive had been reached and that il
would be idle to speculate further upon
the subject All of the prominent inves-
tisators were buried in the work
OF solving the problem of pro-
pu.sion by electricity, chemicals, com
pressed air and cables. Mr.. Dodge came
TO the conclusion that inasmuch as cleo
trieians and others are using the steam
engine indirectly for motive power, the di-
rect use of steam in perfected locomo-
tive system would make it not only cheap
er to operate, but also give each motor
car the independent property of moving,
stopping and reversing at will.
And after nine years of work Mr.. Dodge
has, according to many experts produced
a noiseiess hdgh-power locomotive that
could take train of cars to Chicago on
regular schedule time, without as much
as losing a single puff of smoke or steam
on the way, and without a cinder to betray
its course. The Dodge motor is adaptable
10 all forms of automobile contrivances; to
carriages as well as to launches. 1t lis
even feasible, so says the inventor, to
construct motors of sufficient capacity to
move an cean-going steamship at the
same rate of speed as now attained. while
attended by a larger factor of safety and
economy of operation than that present in
tne ordinary steamship engine.
The Inventors beginnings.
Arthur PiIlsbury Dodge was 40 years
Old before he made it his business to
make money" to use his own expression.
1hfee years previous, at the age of 81, he
founded the New England Magazine, hav-
ing Edward Everett Hale as chief editor
"eH-known persons representing a party
oI capitalists and noted men of letters
including Secretary of the Treasury Ly-
man j. Gage, William Dean Howells aud
the late Prof. David Swing and others,
urged MIN to go to Chicago to publish a
magazine there according to an admira-
Die plan devolved by Mr.. Dodge; and it
was While making preparations for this
project that the late George M, Pullman
ca-ed Mr.. Dodge's attention 10 some ex-
peflments made there with certain stor-
ed steam motor. This very imperfect at
tempt to solve the problem of locomotion
oy steam without loss in the shape of ex-
haust steam, and back pressure on the
cyunders, appealed to Mr. Dodge in prin-
e'pe' and the following nine years he de-
voted to making the theory of the stored
steam motor feasible in practice, causing
su evolution of the original principles gov
erning the latter
How the New Motor Works.
Behevins that the steam locomotive me-
cHalism is unqualif1edly the best. the sim
pest and the most durable method in all
aspects for applying power to turn a car
wheel Mr.. Dodge retained the link mo-
uon feature of the ordinary locomotive
oiu ADAPTED IL to carry the equally sim
PIE ana direct condenser system of mis- in
reHuon' Instead of charging with cold
water as in the locomotive, he charged
tie boiler or storage reservoir placed
Uansversely under the car body with su-
Ierheated water at a temperature of 4OO'
al otAer words, he started with the motor
oolIer reservoir stored with the same quail
ny ana power of available energy that
ne locomotive can get only through forced
Gralt and rapid, imperfect combustion of
e. hecessitating the carrying of a ten
yer and tremendous fire under the boil
ar Dodge found by experiments that
UH4F very small fire was necessary to
Neep superheated water at a continuous
enperature Of 400 degrees, and to this end
,ie paced a small firebox within the boiler
uNuer the car body. This frebox is so
small that il would hardly be noticed ex-
Cepl Tor the drop lid with which it is clos
su ana as it is charged with ready pre-
P"ea burning anthracite coal it does not
S'i' any appreciable gases, and is, there
loIe' an inoffensive continuance for as
a'oUNs the boiler in maintaining the tenn
n ha xrafa III.