The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

lines of the railroads throughout tie
country for passenger traffic and on a
good many lines for tnterurban pur-
poses.
Mr.. Strang. the president Of the com
pany which will manufacture these
cars. and Lars G. Nilsson. the inventor,
will bring the car from Kansas City to
Topeka tomorrow and the present indi-
cations are that they will receive a
royal welcome. The car can reach a
speed Of fifty miles an hour and run
at a cost for fuel, the fuel being gaso-
line, of from five to nine cents per mile.
It Is hfty-tvvo feet and nine inches in
length. The length of the passenger
compartment is twenty-seven feet five
inches, the smoking compartment ten
feet eight inches and fourteen feet
eight inches are taken up by the engine
room. The engine room is provided
with wide sliding door on each side
The engine which of course is the Won
derful feature of the car, was built by
the Strang company from special de
signs by Mr.. Nilsson. It is of the four
cycle type and has six sx10 cylinders
mounted in two groups at an angle or
80 degrees with each other. The frame
is of. heavy cast steel boited to a heavy
bed plate of the same material The
engine is directly coupled to a direct
current generator mounted on the same
frame.
The fuel is normally gasoline; but
either kerosene, alcohol or crude OIL
may be burned If required, as the va
porizer which is used can be ADJUSTED
to that extent. The ignition IS by
ssfurap spark and the coils for that
Al for each
cylinder and all operating from the
same interrupter. The gasoline tank
Is placed beneath the car and just be
hind the pilot. The engine is lubri-
Gated by force feed. The cooling is
accomplished by a circulation of water
ter Of the car, through the cylinder
jackets and to radiatiug pipes on the
roof The car is heated in cold
weather by the circulating water.
The generator is a direct current,
$50 volt four pole machine of so XIV.
CAPACITY and the normal speed is 400
revolutions per minute. The circuit
from the generator IS direct through
the controller to the motors through
the usual resistances. and with the
storage battery floating across the line.
The control is by the usual series
parallel method and a standard K-13
controller is used. The motors are a
standard type of so horsepower ca
pacity.
The storage battery is composed of
112 cells of 200 amDere hours ca
pacity giving it a normal voltage ap-
proMmately the same as the generator.
The action Of the battery, being con
nected as it is, Is extremely flexible. In
starting the car. the battery answers
the demand Of the motors by delivering
from its stored energy. When full
speed is attained the voltage just bal
ances the battery rendering It inactive
and when the power is thrown par
TALLY or entirely off the battery imme-
diately commences to absorb the entire
excess of energy from the engine. The
difficulty Of regulating gasoline en-
CINE. which Is its greatest drawback is
thereby greatly modified; as the load
on the engine is nearly constant at all
moments during operation. Some
economies IN weight are also attained
in this manner for the engine needs to
be only large enough to take the aver
age instead of the maximum load
The Ogerita- viii arrive here at noon