The sun., 1901-06-08
DEFEND OUR LOCOMOTIVES.
EXPERTs HERE sAY THEY ARE NOT
INFERIOR TO ENGLISH MACHINEs.


SCHENECTADY. N v June Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager A. J. Pitkin OF
the Schenectady Locomotive Works, ono Of
the first authorities on locomotive building
in the United States, when questioned to-day
as TO the statements OF Sir Ernest Paget
and Mr. johnson OF the Midland Railway
against American engines, said:
The statements made by these eentle-
men are undoubtedly true. but they are
misleading as to tho comparative merits
Of the American engine and the British loco
motive for the conditions OF railway opera
ton IN En- gland are entirely different from
those obtaining In the United States. In
England train loads arc light and locomotives
are not az rule, worked anywhere near
TO their ma ximum capacity.
As a real test Of the value OF Anssrioen
locomotives, as compared with che British.
II 10 a wslkknown fact that based on the
tons of frei sht moved per mile. the American
locomotive In American train service viii
show much less cost than the Briush boo
motive In service on the Midland Railway
in the three items mentioned By Mr.. johnson.
viz. repairs oil and fuel On the contrary,
were British locomotives placed on the lead
ing roads In America they would prove to-
tally inadequate for tho service required.
and too costly IN service TO compete with
American locomotives.
IN building locomotives for the Midland
Railway tho American builders were con-
nheo 70 cer'a'h iii'n''''o'l' - " u,' , 'o"'
w "'o's vi. '7t'i ,,,. =
sepuen'H 'i,' hi"e, =. .,s, N''
Miol"nu Ha""a, '"pn ~
rs S'an'hros Va HA"''.a"
AZ eh eNiienu. VI W. Y
can locon'oVr'e "U' '"o :" 70" -, .i'".
the ooheuec'',"s ', Nooo"oo az
WORK on the sisln conse'''i'o oiuoi VI S"eNe
locomotives eaoh' mating 's'eneyr'Wo IN
AN Tor one ROAD III J"pSn' "nere uh'h snhih
the pas' ,'uoe OF iou' - i'.'A'n aild ~
tinental built locomotives nave been useo
annost eAuuSiVeiy'
during the past 'nree years IN iec" ne"V
70 per cent OF all the oeotnoHves gong 70
Japan have been oUlH oy ue soheheosaoy
Locomotive WORKS which u conclusive
evidence OF the sup@lor1'y OF tne AH'ei'oan
design and ouhd' we are RECEIVING Very
favorable reports OF me opHatioh OF our
engines In japan iney arc useo on az the
prominent roads IN japan holuons the
Imperial Government road.
-When tho Emperor took a srtp over tho
,h -, .n, - ., ,b. .s,,an ,no,rn ,,,,,..
selected Ave were of Schenectady Locono-
tive Works build, which IA pretty good evi-
a.ro, th., ,bov h.vs oonndencs in American
oehoe VnS' 'hoS na'o ''"''N'"'7 !" ""'ei's"h
built locomotives.
Angus Sinclair the editor Of RdSvdv o~d
49,. -,,,';... 81. a. c., =.
au'noiiy on Wv
porter yesterday that In ADDITION 10 the faoe
that the American builders wers put at q
I-,,..,,,..o b., r.s,-s,,ors "a 30 d.si.n
usaH' n''''so W ''y' s'
It had been almost impossible for an Ansri-
oal.oH.'' 's"' ~ o,p'' % paa''1'o
ehs''IS Il. .,t' ui''',' u V'e''ooF eoa-
nected with 'he Ehslsh rah"ays from Tue
,,,an1arts
The Midland Railway got the American
On zines at a time when an engineering strike
-. ,~aotlrg tho ro,d and as Tho oo,npapy
"'s ""7o'''S w 'Oa'' A"- =, '.ie NoH-pa"Y
had to get locomotives Nv sent 70 this country
for thern Thirty wers built BY the Baldwin
a,,,ra,,. and ten nv Tho SCHENECTADY worka
oo'hp'n'' ""H W." ~ w.. -, "0'A7'
Thoy wero delivered within very iew months
VT go, ,.,' I,-'s ',Uan, ~ ' soUo.ng ill., GOO
th' nr''9" V'''p"''y '''o
less than their own engines IL IL asserted
on the authority of c. Rors-Msroen. a British
tSgpG2''T Son ON whose report sir Ernest Psset nov
c,"5snns the American engines said a
b,-I I'm. ago.
'Ssr 1o v-bole or the forty engines purohased
,rotr An,erica namely thirty from The Bald-
tein Ioco,uotlye Works at PHILADELPHIA and
80 trofn tLc SchaueCtady works are now
r-orLirs on the line and 40 far they are doing
,bctp work in "A snti-factOrv manner and
.attr, no Same loads as tho cryineI built
T., NE c,r,ptrv Thee are. Lowey-r. heavier
T., Ne copsrfontion Of coal and oil than our
n,rr -, 90 sngines doing the same work"
o""'T "rt" p s4trgsrIcrr I0"oInOtive sad Mr.. Sin
oi,ir mora durable than the English ma
CtaI, d ,S i'yI yn| ytNu tLo, ihS Fnylisb can sny
ui'',ie, ,,, ~ - ,na tSat an, vrnnp wosiorn
WI hr,r,,u.b, mn in scotland and ran on
~ IitnIdr,n,j,ca there enough 10 know All about
.G.,."'' tIl on I came oter to lila country I
80" I.ot", -, N ,,srr suai rnilrnnd out West where
~. ~. oi" ~" nod one enpine The rnnov.r of Tho
Iopp,' Iop' 'cn,Ii run n vItbout FS,dlnp il 10 Tho
80 at sGc,s
''R"i,ii r,,1 II n wear said
srI" ",B q" "a rIs 70 90 ahead We'll ran tho
-, az ~, years After That the road
eu.'nt '.rtno,I b, a In rgar road erd tEat an
M We 80 80 ~ Tho main liTe and ran FOR
Hi'th 49,, W ,n1GTtbs more In ali that time IL
81 ~ rarair ab0ts oriv Nrce and tben il
Mont ~ 1 a." H." 1,r"s ired"nnd Of course
,,' o. XII"
=" = nv, bere rrciudlCcd gaIrst tho Arleri-
,a,,rIt,o ,cai,,r NJ bvt M, ,nr' coHvircod hat
,.ai ",otut o;,nr ,pan Tho i iiisb The Eng,ish
~ ~ ~ - ,,rfv ,v0pit 10 inst with an Ameri-
eaA @ n'' n,ot r,, '''''''' "'' w
'.,rb'e 49,, diNerenccs in tho construction
~, pr,,i,I ard t,re-4Iar or rires arc we'll
i,,,n H. -, IN. iurro,r, engine is the yer
ssitr,,,Tl"et nm CIr lie dc, sd So as to mako
to'Tr,',,'o,, ~ H." A'l.ricar engine is called,
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