The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-03-10
MILLIONS FOR new EQUIPMENT
ROCK ISLAND ADDS 1000 CARS, IN
GIEEs AND COACHES.
This Road in Front Rank Among West
ern Railroads in Transportation FaeiH-
ties-Nsw Features in Engines and
Passenger Coaches.

It has just been announced that to
provide for the increased volume of
traffic on Rock Island lines, a large
amount Of new equipment viii be de-
livered during the month of March on
orders placed several months ago. Il IS
indicative of the industrial and CONNER
ciaI prosperity of Rock Island states
that, even before the receipt of the new
equipment, It has been found necessary
to place another large order for delivery
in the early summer.
The rolling stock which will be placed
IN service this month includes twenty
new pattern passenger cars from the
Pullman shops, which embOdy so many
comfort-contributing devices that they
make distinct advance IN day Passen-
ger equipment This new departure
viii come as a surprise TO the western
travelling public. Ten of the cars will
be seventy-foot chair cars, furnished
with sixty-four twin reclining chairs,
seating as many people. The interior
finish is Mexican mahogany; decoration
is olive green, with plain green lines and
the chairs are upholstered IN green. The
cars are equipped for lighting both by
Pintsch gas and electricity and are fitted
with electric fans, for ventilation and
cooling.
The other ten cars are seventy-fOOt
vestibuled coaches, with seating caPa-
city for eighty. The seats are upholster-
ed IN maroon plush; otherwise the dec
Orations are the same as IN the chair
cars. All the cars have very large double
plate glass windows and are equipped
with Pullman standard six-wheel trucks.
One new feature that will be intro
duced in these cars IS an improved draft
gear with I25, 900 pounds spring caPa-
city. This is about six times the spring
capacity of the ordinary passenger coach.
On heavy trains, pulled by giant loco
motives, this increased capacity of the
draft gear prevents disagreeable jars in
starting and stopping of trains.
An order is also in for over 1000 freight
cars Of various kinds, including:
800 refrigerator cars.
1900 box cars.
500 furniture cars.
AS coal flats.
$50 special design dump cars.
$50 convertible coal and ballast cars
IS drop bottom stock cars
The Rock Island viii also receive dur
ing March, 65 locomotives of various
kinds, including twenty Pacific type
passenger, ten Atlantic type passenger,
fifteen freight, and twenty switch en-
gines. An additional order for fifty 10
comotives will be placed in the near
future, for delivery in the summer.
OF the new motive power to be deliv-
cred this month, six Of the passenger
engines are to be equipped with a new
experimenting device, being the latest
Development locomotive construction,
to secure economy in the generation and
efficiency in the use of steam. Briefly
the device consists of return steam fues
inside the upper fire tubes leading from
the fire box. The steam from the dome
in passing through this system is ez-
posed to heat which raises its tempera-
ture, evaporating entrained water and
the steam passes perfectly dry to the
cylinder
This new equipment, which is to be
added to from tine to time, places the
Rock Island in the front rank among
western railroads IN the matter of trans
portatiOn facilities.