Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-18
PENNsVLvANiA DECISION
TO The STEEL CARS

Philadelphia. Pa. Aug. ii.-'All fu-
ture passenger equipment Of the
Pennsylvania railroad viii be made Of
steel The necessity Of providing
nOn.collapslhle. absolutely ere proof
cars Tor the New York tunnel base
simply FASTENED tho day when this
TRANSFORMATION must take place. The
cars 81 the future must be as safe
aa engineering science can make IT,"
Such was the declaration aHtnOr-
ixed today by General Manager W. W.
Atierbury. % the Pennsylvania rail-
road. Il followed examination Of re-
ports which have been made on the
cost aud performance Of the new
Pennsylvania coach. No. 1854. the
hrst all-ateel passenger car 60 be built
In the world. This car has been
placed temporarily on one OF the COM
pany's regular local runs, and most
minute reports are being made Of its
work
The future passenger equipment g
20 be OF steel therefore, not only
steel frame and box. but steel and
non combusiible material In every
particular This will involve a very
large expenditure NJ money but the
management feel that no expense
should be spared "a remove the dan
ger from hro and collision IN future
railroading.
The decision now definitely roaen-
cd Will cal for about 900 unhurn-
able railroad company cars 20 De
ready whom the New York tunnel q
completed Il will also call for some
500 Pullman cars which must also be
OF completely -cOmbustlblo con-
Istmction. A. the request Of the
pennsylvania railroad, the Pullman
company Is now building the frst ALL
steel sleppor ever constructed. u
viii be inspected By the Pennsylvania
onicias at a very early date.
Railroad officials and travellers gen
erally nave been keenly Interested In
tho result Of the Ponnsylvanias ex~
lprelment with a new car. Other So
called steel coaches have been built
notably for the New York subway
but they have been only partly 0i
steel The frst car to be- built any
where wherein The main object has
been 10 secure the elimination Of
every particle OF non-comhustble ma.
terlal is No. 1861, the reports on
which arc iuaf now IN shape 10 make
/ Il possible 20 base definite future ae-
tiOn upon them.
The new car weighs l0S.550 pounds,
IaEalnat Sa 300 for the standard wood
on coach. but Il Is found thar the
added weight very greatly reduces the
vibration and adds 10 the comfort OF
the passenger No incunaiderahlo
part Of the additional weight Is due
20 the great burden involved IN carry
ing storage batteries and battery box
e.. An the new ears are 90 be lighted
10y electricity, and the Pennsylvania
will carry no gns illuminated cars 81
any Kind into ita New York tunnel
The electric wirea Ia the new cars
are an thoroughly insulated In heavy
metal conduith, thus adding 10 the
safety
Motive power officials believe that
the weight OF the present car can BE-
atill further reduced. although Il VIII
aiwaya h1 heavier than the wooden
coach Coach No. 1861 hiss q small
lduantitv of o0mbustibio material, ana
IN the efort 10 remove this absolutely
Il may be necessary 90 add weight 10
slight particulars.
The new car Is absolutely non-ooi'
llapalhle ii could stand any load or
any collision rs hidden frame - Ike
q cnntllovor bridge, suspended on the
ltfucks as piers. This safety against
ltelescoplng ~ secured BY the use Of
lsn0rmous steel glrderG, the principal
feature 10 the body Of The car hplng
a central box glrder "a inches Wide by
ll8 inches deep, extending throughout
the length Of the coach.
Ia the past railroads have found thai
when tralas collldod and the body Of
one car rose above the body Of the
lnext there was a tendency for the
underiramo - sho frst car % sweep
1.-THE suparalru6N,fo 81 the second car
on rs undorirame. in the new equip
ment this b prevented BY the extra
lofdinary strength Ia the door and vea'
Thule end posts, which are, % course
lOi very heavy rolled steel.
To show something of the enof'
made 10 make this car absolutely nfe'
proof q 81 only necessary % state
that the nourlng throughout the cn'
and platform consists % an Imitation
I. Of stone spread while Ia q plastl'