The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-04
MOORE MAIL CATCHER.
1t Is to Be Tested in Utica Soon
What 1t VIII Do.

Senator Henry J. CoggeshalI was II,
this city yesterday, says the Utica Oh
server Of a recent date The senator's
mission was something other than pol
ltlcs and one in which he is very much
lnterested-the Moore mail catcher which
was invented by George r. Moore, Of
Erie Fa.,. former resident of Unadilla
FORKS. The invention has been taken
up by party of WatervilIe capitalists.
The Moore mail catcher has its good
points and it may be adopted by the
federal government.
There have been several tests of the
Moore catcher and all have come up to
the expectations of the inventor Sena-
tor Coggeshall and Mr.. Moore recently
exhibited the patent to the postoffice
authorities at Washington and a few
days ago the former secured permission
from Supt. Edgar Van Etten, CT the
Central-Hudson road, to have public
test on that line. Senator Coggeshall
and Mr.. Moore spent some time in the
Central-Hudson yards yesterday after
noon and it was decided to give the
catcher another test On the north track
in the Central-Hudson yard in this city
1t will occur within a week, the exact
cate having not yet been arranged The
directors of the company and a few in-
Fited guests will be present. Mr.. Moore,
the inventor, is the president of the COM
:dent: Harold NJ. King, of WaterviIle
the secretary, and S. w. Goodrich, pres
ident Of the Waterville National bank,
is the treasurer. Among the directors
are John 8. Pughe, the well-known car
toonist; Mareness W. Terry and @. G..
Moore. of Waterville. The officers of the
company are also members OF the di-
rectorate. The company is capitalized at
$1O0G0O
The Moore catcher IS a very simple
device. It works automatically and is
sure Of it's mission. The catching ar
rangement can be placed on the end Of
the car platform or can be set in the
car proper. The mail bags are as here
tofore hung on cranes when it is to be
caught by the ear. Through the centeE
of the car is a cord by which a mail
clerk in the center Of the car can operate
the catching of the mail By pulling the
cord, the catcher is set in line with the
mail bag on the crane It is an iron or
steel receptacle opened only in the direc-
ton of the mail bag. When the receptacle
catches the mail bag it slides through
another door onto the floor of the mail
car and the receptacle automatically
works back into its place. Mr.. Moore
says that the catching of the mail Is
sure as the bag is forced into the re-
ceptacle and then into the car.
The catcher has an excellent arrange
ment for the dischargtng of a bag of
mail matter The bag to be delivered is
locked on a crane which stands in front
of the side door on the car. AT the mail
station and on a line with the mail bag
is the mail box which is to receive the
! delivery. On each end there are steel
or iron doors indented in the shape of
the letter V. When the mail bag strikes
this door 1t opens and the bag drops into
: Dccket and the door locks itself auto
mat1calIy. The receiver and the depcs-
itory are so arranged that mail can be
received or discharged at either ends.
When the bags drop into the receptacle,
the car crane drops back into place.
Mr. Moore says there is nothing COM
plex about the catcher and that it Is
sure ir its work. He experimental the
machine successfully on the Ontario &.
Western railroad at Clinton few years
ago and mail was caught and dropped
when the train was going at the rate or
forty-five miles an hour. The catcher
has also been tested on Long Island
railroad.