Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-21
WILL MANUFACTURE
SWIVEL CAR AXLE
IN THIS CITY
Device Which Is Expected to.
RevoIutionize Railroad Busi-
ness Will Need 100000
Plant

The Haigh Swivel Car Axle COM
pany. recently Incorporated in New
Mexico and which will have h~eadquar-
tiers here. has big plans for the manu-
f|acture and sale of this ingenious pat
cnted device, which VIII include
among other things a manufacturing
plant here which VIII have to have
machinery to start with, costing SSb,
600. and which il is expected viii de-
velop into a 100000 plant as soon as
it gets Well under way. George Haigh.
p|atentee of the device, has arrived
here from Rockford. Wash. to make
his headquarters here ana get the pro-
iect wen started in conjunction with
J. n. White. secretary and treasurer of
the company, and T.. r. King, ana
ger. The following extracts ron a
prospectus issued by the promoters of
the project will be OF interest.
Figuring the number OF ears now
owned and operated by the Great
Northern railroad, Chicago. Milwau-
Iltce q ST. Paul railroad, Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad. Atchison,
Topeka a Santa Fe railroad Oand not
ANY tributary lines of amy OF the above
roads, they operate 2i1.l35 freight
cars. 12.923 coaches, $3.50 engines. or
la total of 259.920. and only figuring
four aXles each. ii would mean that
at $1.00 per axle, the llaigh Swivel
Car Axle company would reap from
this source alone S1.0S9,6S0 should
they succeed in getting them to adopt
the Haigh Swivel axle. As there are
now Incorporated and operated IN the
United States 1885 railroad companies
we should be able to sell an the aNles
we, can manufacture.
stfNbA. ahinHf nt the nHOTnnTNttnn is
to place the axle on the market either
az a whole or on Il ROYALTY basis or
to equip a factory and manufacture
than and sell them to the railroad
companies and ear manufactures.
Said proposition to be decided upon
by n board Of directors, the same to be
chosen by a majority vote OF the
stockholders present at a special cleo
lion to be called at some convenient
at which all stockholders will
have an opportunity to be present
viii be- urged to be present. We be-
lieve that the profits to be derived
from placing the Haigh Swivel car
axle on the market will be enormous
ana we expect to equip a car for the
purpose of demonstrating the value OF
the Haigh Swivel axle n its merits.
We will then select a factory site and
the necessary machinery to put
out the aNieS in lafEe quantities II lne
stockholders at such special meeting
think that will be the best and safest
course to pursue"
1t is claimed for the new device
that it VIII prevent the wearing thtn
of Ranges on car wheels. prevent them
from climbing the track and causing
wrecks. save wear and tear on the
rails. prevent the wearing out and
continual replacing of rails on curves
ana thus avert the heavy damage toll
and loss Of life caused by trains be-
ing derailed at curves where the rails
nave been SO worn that they viii not
the strain.
A member of the company said yes
terday:
I'VE believe hat we ear show the
most careful investor that a car
equipped with the Haigh Swivel axle
can be pulled around a curve at the
rate Of sixty miles an hour with as
much safety as with q stiff axle at the
of forty miles an hour and as is
well known by any railroad man, all
engines are loaded to a certain ton
mage ana this is figured from the
amount that the various classes of en-
sincs can pun mp the different grades
which is in%Variable on curves. We
are fully equipped to show that one
fourth more tonnage can be hauled
with any engine when loaded on cars
equipped with the Haigh Swivel axle
than "a be hauled on cars with stiff
aXlcs.'