New-York tribune., 1900-06-24


tomobe and bicycle buildings at Vinoennes.
still another has been provided for railway cars
and locomotives
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES WELL SHOWN.
In view of the distance from Paris. and the
varied difficulties to be encountered In bringing
her exhibits over here, America appears to re-
mnrkable advantage IN this subdivision OF the
show She has no less than five locomotives
two from the Baldwin works and three from
Richmond One Of the former STANDS In the
French section, having been purchased for ser
vice on a railway that is under Government
management 1t was this splendid machine
that raised a rumpus in the Chamber or Depu-
ties the other day. A member of that body
wanted TO know why the Government gave
America such an advertisement, and why
homemade article would not have answered
as we'll.
Some of the foreign engines shown here closely
approach the American type notaple eA
ception is a beautiful passenger locomotive Oullt
by the Midland company, of England 1or It's
own use 1t Is known as a single because
It has but one driver on each side This "heel
is ninety inches in diameter. With a compara-
lively light train 1t is possible to make yer!
high speed with these machines. In a NUMBER
NJ particulars though, the English engine IS
nerceptiblv unlike the American. The cylinders
are usually out of sight, being hidden away IN
side the frame, and making necessary a rathel
complicated method OF connecting plstohs win
drivers Two other European locomotives mere
are amusing because of the orlglnahty uAS
PLAYED in attempting to retain the advantages
of the consolidated" type, and avoid us as
advantages For freighting 1t is soou IHine
to carry the whole weight of an engine on eight
drivers but when it comes to coupling -FOUR OF
the latter together. and insuring harmonious
rnIrbl
he imagined by a novice. The thing Is done
successfully in the United States But Ger
man inventor, who had evidently found the task
too hard solved the problem by using wv
cylinders on a side. operating two drivers win
one and two with the other. Another man ian
Austrian attempted ten wheel consohdatoh'
and ran each of the five wheels on SIDE with
one cylinder. The first two were coupled OIL
rectlv 70 the piston. The remaining three were
tied together and actuated by a complicated
mechanism that reminds one Of a walking oealh'
These two machines do not, however, fairly rep
rnsent the genius of the nations exhibiting
them.
Several European countries show passenger
cars The United States does not. The AInerl-
can car is so much larger than that IN service
on foreign roads that 1t would have been I'M
possible to transport it across the Atlantic WITH
out nearly cutting a ship in two to get II III
side il could not have been hauled over French
roads, but must have been carried to Paris IN
some other manner. It has beer estimated that
IT would have cost S1J0O00 to show a typical
five car American passenger train here. There
would have been money in the demonstra-
ton for the exhibitor. But it would nave been
a patriotic act. Besides. 1t would have taught
the foreigner much that ne does not know about
the inadequacy of the passenger service on his
own roads However, the water closet, wash
bowl vestbue. end door, vesubu!e' dining ana
drawing room car are coming into use SLOWLY
in Europe and some day may be as common
there as in America. There is on the Continent
an international company that runs saloon ana
sleeping cars on a few of :he more important
expresses These are American in coDceptlon'
thought not in execution, Ind attract a gooa
deal Of notice and scrutiny at Nincennes
AMERICAN sPECIALTIEs.
However, the pressed steel car which has
wrought great revolution in freightlhg Oh
American roads is shown here although it was
an embarrassing Job to get it to Paris from
Havre 1t would not go through the tunnels on
the Western road and had TO be brought around
by water A Chicago firm shows an automatc
dumping car for ballastng roads Eight or ten
of them can be discharged at once by one man
in the time now required to dump one car by
other methods Thus the work of track con
struction is greatly hastened. The Brill COM
pany exhibits a number of street car trucks
There is also a striking display Of American air
brakes, signalling apparatus, tie plates. express
wagons, buggies, carriage aXles rubber padded
horeshoes and harness from the United States
Austria sends beer carr employing the re-
frigerating system so commonly used in Amer
lea for the transportation of fresh meat and
fruit for long distances.
A few airship models that strikingly suggest
poor Lnenthal, real balloon baskets and
a number of drawings Of dirigible balloons, con-
sttute a meagce collection in the Transporta-
ton Building in the Champ de Mars. Neither
Langley nor Maxim is in evidence. And it is
Impossible to find in the objects actually shown
any hope Of future trumphs in this depart
ment Of human endeavor.
An independent edfce, called the Palace OF
Navigation, near the Trocadero. contains nu-
merous models Of marine craft, big and little
and all sorts Of equipments and instruments
commonly used Herewith. This is picturesque
and instructive feature Of the Exposition, and is
highly popular. Not the least interesting
hibits here are models of various Yankee cup
defenders in recent international yacht races.
MARRIAGE ANNULLED AFTER TWO TRIALS