The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-08
NEW INVENTION FOR
 RAILROAD TRAINS
Chattanooga Man Has Per
 fected an Air Coupler
APPLIANCE IS TESTED
Want and May He Put in Use at Once--veterans VIII Aid in
 Dedicating Monument

Chattanooga, Tenn. November 7.-(Spe cial)-When train No. of the Chatta nooga Southern railway backed into tn Union depot at o'clock Saturday aft
 ernoon from Gadsden, Ala, the absolut
 success of an invention which will com
 rletely revolutionize the coupling equip
 ment and apparatus of railroads wa
 undoubtedly assured.
 The invention in question is an auto l matic air coupler and its inventor fl
 Howard K. Brown of Chattanooga. ;
 relative of Gov. Joe Brown of Georgia 1 Besides automatically coupling the all
 conductors of the cars to which it Is at
 tached it also connects in the same man ner the steam and signal conductors
 In other words, it absolutely preclude: l the necessity of a brakeman going under | or between the cars. as connection is acquired merely through the impetus of
 the contact of the cars while the discon-
 nection is accomplished by means of a
 lever upon the platform of the car
 The contrivance has been in actual use
 upon the Chattanooga Southern railway for 10 days and during this period has | been subjected to every conceivable test which the minds of railroad men could contrive
 Beginning next week the attachment will be tried upon a division of the Cin- cinnati Southern and the inventor Is positive that these tests will be as suc- cessful as the others.
 The fact that all railroads will adopt 4l,1 L. federal government has passed law re- quiring that coupling be accomplished au- tcmatically, and the supreme court re- gently ruled that the term coupling also comprised air, steam and signal connec- tions.
 MT. Brown has already received his patents from both the United States and the Canadian government and while he has received an offer from the Ameri- can Car and Foundry company, states that he will manufacture the couplers in this city.
 The contrivance is extremely simple, being composed of two integral parts, one attached to each car. The first part contains three points which are the ter mini of the air, steam and signal conduc- tors of one car. while the second part contains three infundibular attachments, the three corresponding terminl of the other car, which receives the points, making three absolute and practically integral connections. Vertical and lat eral motion, which Is occa asioned by un- level rail connections or by curves, is accommodated by having the end of the contrivance attached to the drawheads l placed upon a sort of steel pivot. An other feature of the Invention is that a car having the contrivance can be used with a car not having it, the old-style coupler not interfering with the working of the new.
 Dedication of Monument Practically all arrangements have been definitely settled for the transportation to this city, from their homes in the state of New York. of all the surviving vet erans of the New York regiments which participated in the famous Battle Above the Clouds" The purpose of the federal veterans assembly in this city is to at terd the dedicatory exercises of the New York state monument, which has been erected upon the crest of Lookout noun tain upon the spot where the regiments of the Empire state stood during the famous engagement known as the Bat tie Above the Clouds"
 To defray the expenses of these griz- zled old veterans, many of whom are ir modest circumstances. the state of New York has appropriated an adequate sum from the treasury of the state, providing for the occasion a special train which will run direct to this city from New York city upon November F, arriving fin Chattanooga November 13.
 As special incentive to others to at- tend the exercises both the Southern railway and the Queen and Crescent railway have announced special round trip rates good for 10 days. The rate over the Southern via Washington has been fixed at s2S 40, while the rate over the Queen and Crescent via Cincinnati will be $26 40 In addition to the veterans, 530 in num- Der, either the governor of the state or | a special representative officially appoint ed by him will be present, together with the governors stan.
 Educators VIII Meet l Prof. H. F. Bierly, a member of the faculty of the University of Chattanooga. and secretary of the Southern Educa- tional society, states that the latter or ganization would convene in this city 1T annual session during the Christmas holi- days. The organization contains as mem bers educators from the states of Ala
 bama, Arkansas. Florida, Kentucky
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi. Mis-
 souri, North Carolina, South Carolina
 Tennessee. Texas, West Virginia and thu District of Columbia.
 In connection with the convention th' following kindred associations will meet
 The American School Peace league. thu Religious Educational association. the As
 sociation for the Improvement of Rura School Houses and Grounds, the Southern Educational Press association and thu Tennessee Library association.
 One of the most interesting features o the convention will be a school fair, Il which will be exhibited products iron
 the manual training and art department of all southern schools.
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