Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-07
.ESCHzINER HAS
TURNED INVENTOR
Real Estate Man Believes He
Mil Reduce Railroad Acct
dents TO Minimum.

Letters patent have just been taken
otf bv Seigfried Leschziner, with Of
does at 77s Broad street. ON three I'M
brovements on rail connections for
steam and electric railroads, which ne
believes will reduce railroad accidents
to a minimum.
The device will eliminate the possi-
blifty of spreading rails, prevent the
possibility of danger signals going
analss by broken Geographic contacts
ana do away with the Earring when
trains are travelling at high speed--an
ANNOYANCE which railroad engineers
FOR years have been trying TO curb.
FOR ten years Mr.. Leschziner, who
Ahss GAINED fame through his big real
estate operations in this section mas
been working on his inventions. lie
began with the idea of eliminating
the six feet OF wire at every ran
ioint. which railroads now depend
mon to carry their Geographic block
ana signal connections. His work LED
hin, 10 see that the railroads expert
enee a great many troubles from ell
matte changes. He set about to on
set this.
The upper picture shows a rail Joint
that absolutely will prevent one ran
from overlapping the other, despite
denressions of the soil underneath or
The action of the elements in expand
ing or contracting the metal. A plung-
ar bolt in one rail end and a socket
II the other eliminate this. The bolt
also serves as the connection for the
electric current, making contact ab-
solutely sure and doing away with
the present wire connection.
It will be noticed that instead oil
dsbplate on each side of the rail- Mr..
Iesehziner uses only one. This is un-
derneath and holds the rail aosolute-
10 rigid because 1t is Hanged on eacn
side. Instead of three bolts through
3he narrow middle of the rail, as are
nsed now, and which in Mr. Lesch-
,fnsr's estimation weaken the connec-
tiou there are two under each side OF
+he rail. but the heads are square, MT
ting against the flange, thereby max
40 II impossible for them to twist
loose.
The second illustration shows a
model of another style Of connec-
fion. In this there rs a tongue-ana-
.eroove connection between. the rams
i pparently the most substantial ar
ran9ernent that could be devised, IL
serves the same purpose as the nrst.
Mr.. disclaimers patent bolt Is SHOWN
N This Illustration. It is an arrange
nent that locks securely with a dove
TAIL slot and key. impossible to work
loose. IL fits through a hole large
enough to allow for the play OF the
raiIs. but it is so secure that MT
Tseschziner believes roads using IL
win not need trackwalkers, except to
match out for loosened spikes. lie
saws they will not have to bother
with the bolts.
The small device shown at the DOT
ram Of the picture is one that can be
attached to the common rail. now IN
use. The tongue-and groove arrange
Tnenf. similar to the one in the IL
Illustration above. will prevent over
Topping and eliminate the jar, ana IL
will at the same time establish an
absolute Geographic connection, pre-
venting against spreading rails. IL
win fit in much the same way as the
ordinary fishpIate is now attached.
Mr.. Leschziner has taken out pat
ents in the United States and in all
the principal countries of Europe. lie
will not manufacture, but plans to
derive his income from a royalty on
each joint