Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-10
ROCK ISLAND.
Huge order for Rolling stock for the
Big system.

1t has just been announced that to
provide for the increased volume Of
traffic on Rock Island lines, a large
amount of new equipment will be de-
liyered, during the month OF March, on
orders placed several months ago. It
IL indicative of the industrial and COM
mercial prosperity of Rock Island states
that, even before the receipt OF the
new equipment, il 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 80 many
fort-dstributlng devices that they
make a distinct advance In day pas
senger equipment This new departure
Will come as a surprise to the western
travelling public Ten OF the cars Will
be seventy-foot chair cars, furnished
with slxty-four twin reclining chairs,
seating as many people. rhe interior
finish Is Mexican mahogany; decora-
ton is olive green with plain green
lines and the chairs are upholstered In
green. The cars are equipped for light
ing both by Pintsch gas and electricity
and are fitted with electric fans, for
ventilation and cooling.
The other ten cars are seventy-fOot
vestlbuled coaches, with seating capa-
city for eighty The seats are uphol-
stored In maroon plush otherwise the
decorations 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 viii be intro
duced In these cars is an improved draft
gear with $4,000 pounds spring capa-
city, This Is about six times the spring
capacity OF the ordinary passenger
coach. on heavy trains pulled by giant
locomotives, this increased capacity of
the draft gear prevents disagreoable
Jars IN starting and stopping Of trains.
An order Ia also I'm for over A. 900
freight cars Of various kinds, incud-
ing.
1900 refrigerator ears
1900 box cars.
800 furniture cars.
AIS coal cars.
$50 special design dump cars.
$50 convertible coal and ballast cars.
70 drop bottom stock cars.
The Rcck Island VIII also receive,
during March, 65 new locomotives Of
various kinds, including twenty Pacific
type passenger, ten Atlantic type pas
senger, fifteen freight and twenty
switch ENGINES An additional order
for fifty locomotives win be placed IN
the near future, for delivery in the
summer.
OF the new motive power to be de-
livered this month, six Of the passen-
ger engines are TO be equipped with a
new experimenting device, being the
latest development in locomotive con-
structlon, to secure economy IN the
generation and efficiency IN the use OF
steam. Briefly, the device consists OF
return steam ilues inside the upper fire
tubes leading from the fire box The
steam from the dome In passing
through this system IL exposed TO heat
which raises It's temperature, evaporat-
ing entrained water and the steam
passes perfectly dry TO the cylinder.
This new equipment, which Is TO be
added to from time to time, places the
Rock Island In the front rank among
western railroads in the matter OF
transportation facilities The foresight
manifested In thus meeting, and ade.
quately providing for the exigencies Of
Increased traffic, is characteristic OF the
progressive policy Of the Rock Island
management