Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-25

d largo number of additional cars
were imperatively necessary, SO fifteen
we're built of which the first are al
ready on the road.
The Wakefield and the Waskaba
show at glance how carefully the
company has provided the luxuries as
we'll as the conveniences Of travel Ev-
erything an up to date car should be
these are. They run smoothly on two
six wheeled trucks and have the cas-
lest possible motion The Earring In
separable from fast running over the
smoothest roadbed Is thereby reduced
to minimum and perfect rest at night
Is ensured. The vestibules are/of the
extended platform" order that Is to
say the vestibules, boxed in with glass
have been considerably enlarged SO
that number of passengers may
safety and comfort.
The interior fittings could not be
surpassed for appropriateness Of de-
sign and beauty Of execution. The eff
fects in the smoking and drawing
rooms are particularly happy and the
general air of brightness and comfort
is most inviting. The walls have a
mahogany finish with panels polished
almost to the brightness Of mirror,
while around the doros, windows. etc.,
Is an inlaid pattern of tasteful design.
The carpets of thick Wilton, like all
the other upholstery are of green
shade. very restful to the eye.
Upholstery for Its own sake has,
however. been omitted from the car.
| Experience has shown the numerous
| draperies with which the drawing
room and sleeping cars used to be
loaded up were soon full of dust and
dirt. They are, therefore, now used
as little as possible and the beautiful.
~ polished panelling really gains by
having nothing to hide its grained sur.
face. The seats are covered with
heavy, green plush, and are most In
viting from the comfort of their de.
sign and the softness of their cushion.
ing.
Bolt Caused Wreck.
The placing Of a three-quarter inch
bolt On the rail by some person, is the
theory advanced by division official
1 OF the Burlington as the cause of the
! fast passenger train No. 13 being de-
rallied near Mendoza, ILL.,, last Thursday
according to the Galesburg Republican,
Register.
At the point where the wheels of the
locomotive truck left the track was
inches long. The nut at one end had
. Mr. 1I1l &1,~ ~, ~ ,i,,-
clearly that it had been on the track
The marks were fresh and were not
weathered as were the rest Of the bolt
This bolt had been laid on the rail and
when the wheel had been raised sc
high by the nut, it's fange was above
the level of the rail and rs conse
quepce the truck wheels were derail
ed.
New Engine for Burlington.
4 Engine No. 27oO, just out of the Baldwin
shops at Philadelphia, Is a new engine
built especially for the Burlington. The
engine is OF the class PA type and similar
In many respects to the 1900 series. II
ably in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, and
will finally be put ont'the passenger runs
!, Railroad safeguards.
Il
commissioners soon to be ready for
distribution shows that as the result
Of safety couplers, the power brakes
the lock system of operation and inter
, locking switches, the betterment OF
the road beds and Strengthening OF
, lines, the number Of accidents is being
steadily reduced. During the year
, ended June 80, last for which the re-
| port IS made there was built about 34C
miles of track, chiefly by the Milwarl
! kee, the Great Western and the lowe
!. Falls road. and in all cases the worl
done has been of the highest ordel
| both as to road bed and bridges, sc
that the new lines compare favorabl,
with those that have been built man.
years. The commission renews thu
> recommendation of former years al
). to the great value of under and ove1
, crossings, even for farm crossings, il
/. place of grade crossings, especially II
{. view OF the increasing number of train
and greater need Of safeguards. Th,
commissioners report that the blocl
system of operation is being adopte'
q generally, much to the Improvement O
a safety.
b couplers and Brakes.
Q Statistics are given as to automati
n couplers and train brakes. 1t Is foun
g that Of the 267,127 cars made use of b
S the companies in Iowa, they repor
8 that 2G4,5S9 were equipped with auto
h matte couplers, and 217,072 with powe
n or train brakes. This is an increase O
y about 10000 in the former and $500
l. in the latter for the year.
d Record of Accidents.
q The record of accidents on the raj
e roads Of the state for the year of tn