Arizona republican., 1900-10-28
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Any Inventor With Servicable Nov
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 competition he is a fortunate individ-
 ual who can dig up a feasible novelty
 in operating methods for the att ntion
 of railroad general managers. The safety of passengers. che clipping of
 time schedules by a few minutes or seconds. the economizing of power. fuel
 or space-these and a hundred other considerations ar always ready for the application of a new invention OF sug- gestion. And although nincty-nine out i of d hundred novelties may prove to 1 lack feasibility, the hundreth one may | be tn turning point of d " era in some important phase of railroad oper- alton. A Colorado inventor comes to the front with prominent Improvement in car ventilation. whereby the hood ts filled wi,h d sh of felt. which a stream of water keeps damp. The dust entering into the air impfnges upon the felt and is thus caught out from the air. which. after this puriffcauion, is then deflect5d into the car.
 Expert railroad operators are now predicting that within a year some of the leading trunk lines will have re- frigeratOr cooler plants through trains. Experiments on a limited seal have already been made The lowering of car temperature in hot. weather with ice plants is said to be just as f asi- bl- as the heating of the same ears in winter with steam.
 The main objection is the space re- quired by the cooling plants. But in tn keen comp -Jition for advantage in caring for hrst-class passenger travai it is one of the moral certainties thaI this innovation will soon be made.
 Ifhe problem in the refrigara ton of freight cars has long since bsen satis- IdctOrily solved, SD tha. parishable freight is now handled with safety dur ing the hottest months of the year. Passenger men say tha time is rip to modify the refrigerator idea for pas s -nser cars in ths interesi. of comfort and health in through summer travel.
 Improved ear sanitation is now very live problem among the up-to- date railroad managers. At the recent convention of railroad surgeons the abandonment of plush as a at cover- ing in passenger cCachls was raconl- mended, and rubber tiling for carpet ing, roller blinds instead of stat blinds. and general simplicity of design for the facilitation of clsaning.
 Thes suggestions are alra bein. adopted to some extent on the Chesa- peake and Ohio and Big Four railroad systems. Modern railroad managers say that the era If plush GOV ring for She seats of pass nger coaches has run its course. IL is not cnly uncJmfor- table in warm weather. but il is the di- rect enemy of cleanliness. It accumu- lat-s dust like a sieve. and. according % modern sanitary sCi-nce. is d natu- I ral germ incubator
 \ striking commentary on the grow ing antipathy to plush seats is noted o1i l through trains Wn5Ia tourist sleeping ears are carried. Instances are not un- wher5 paS-eng- IS holding through Pullman tickets will voluntari- !y abandon the Pullman coacnes for the I Pullman cars. with their lighter and more airy furnishings.
 Sanitation in passenger coach has recently become th subject If g.s- | jation. The city council Of Denver i Y, eOnsid ring a bill to compel thorough 1 fumigation and disinfectton Of all sl-ep- | ing cars passing through D nver. The ! object of the measure is to provide fer i the destruction Of all germs of conta- l gious diseases that may be harbor in coaches. The health com 1 mission r is t0 have free license in the ! matte., and presumably none but sus- 1 picious coaches are to be subjected to ] Immigration.
 No5 only the health and comfort Of 7; the passengers who ride on through i trains are th5 suLJ-ct Of careful l thought and invention, but the safety i, of their valuablss as well. Officials Of | the Pullman company have lately con 1 sidered many suggested plans for tht 1 pr vention of future robberies of pas | sengers who ride in Pullman cars. One plan under consideration is the build i ing of permanent safes in all Pullman l cars to be constructed in the future l and providing thos= coaches now in use | with temporary r5csptacIss for valua- l bles.-Philadelphi Press.