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VALUABLE MACHINES SCATTERED ALONG TRACK.
When an axle broke on the rear ear of a freight train near Cincinnati
recently, and the car was overturned, the resulting wreck strewed along the
track a number of the new automobiles with which the train was loaded.
The photograph shows the odd sight presented when the single track was
cleared of the wreckage, valuable autos and freight-car trucks being scat
tered on both sides of the right-of-way. Some of the autos sustained little
damage; others were wrecked beyond repair.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.
ENGINE IS UNIQUE
Drivers Under Tender as Well as
Under Cab and Boiler.
HAS SIXTEEN DRIVING WHEELS
First Machines of This Type, Used on
Steep Grades in North Carolina,
Made by Using Discarded
Locomotives.
The latest thing In locomotives has
drivers under the tender as well as
under the cub and boiler. This dispo
sition makes it possible to equip a
single engine with no less than 16
driving wheels. The set of eight, un
der the tender, has its own pair of
cylinders. In fact, the first machines
of this type, used on the steep grades
of the Southern railroad In North Car
olina, were made by mounting tender
tanks on the machinery of discarded
locomotives. Says a writer in Kuil
way and Locomotive Engineering:
Relieved Congestion.
“Between Asheville, N. C., and
Hnyne, S. C., there lies a stretch of
track 01) miles long on the Southern
railroad, of which Mr. J. Ilalnen Is
general superintendent of motive pow
er and equipment. . . . This sin
gle-track line had been much congested
until Mr. Hainan worked out a design
of engine which has a much greater
tractive power than the type of engine
formerly employed. The plan is brief
ly the mounting of tender-tanks upon
the machinery of discarded locomo
tives. There is a 4 per cent grade
three miles long on this division, and
the new engines built by the Southern
have to encounter this grade as part
of the day’s work.
Used Scrapped Engines.
“The first of the new type of duplex
engines was put upon the road about
a year ago, and it proved to be so sat
isfactory that seven such locomotives
have been turned out of the company’s
shops at Spencer, N. C. The number
of trains has been reduced, though the
total tonnage is considerably greater,
and the speed of the train’s run has
been Increased. To effect this satis
factory result it was not necessary to
buy new cylinders, wheels or running
gear. The parts used were taken from
scrapped Mogul and Consolidation en
gines, so that the expense involved
was reduced to its lowest terms.
“The scrapped engines tarnished
the frames, cylinders, wheels, axles,
side-rods and valve-motion complete.
By the use of specially designed car
riers, the tanks of Mikado tenders
were mounted where the boiler of the
engines had formerly been. With ?,-
fil'd gallons of water and 12 tons of
coal the auxiliary engine carries a
weight of ITC.QCX) pounds as a maxi
mum. the minimum being about 100,-
000 pounds.”
This duplex engine has a drawing
power of 04,000 pounds, as against 46,-
000 for the single engine formerly
used. Steam Is enrried to the cylin
ders under the tender by flexible
piping. Tlie main or forward engine
runs on superheated steam and the
rear on either saturated or super
heated steam.
TO EXHIBIT OLD LOCOMOTIVE
Mississippi, One of First Engines Used
in United States, Was in Serv
ice 54 Years.
The locomotive Mississippi, built In
England" in 1534 and operated on the
Illinois Central railroad 54 years, hns
arrived In Chicago. The little engine,
which is hardly 12 feet long, was one
of the first used in the United States.
It was bought for service on the old
Natchez and Hamburg road In 1393.
Later it was turned over to the Bal
timore and Ohio and became part of
that company’s exhibit in the St. Louis
fair in 1004.
President Markham of the Illinois
Central heard of the historic engine and
It was found in the Baltimore and Ohio
yards at Martinsburg, W. Va. Space
in the Twelfth street station probably
will be fenced off and the locomotive
will be placed there as a permanent
exhibit.
Douglas, Ga.
PEARSON TRIBUTE, NOVEMBER 20,1917
AUTOMOBILES STREWN ALONG RAILWAY
TO KEEP TRESPASSERS OFF
Now That Bomb-Plotters Are Seen
Behind Every Culvert, Railroads
Keep People Off Tracks.
Now that guards are everywhere
about and bomb-plotters are seen be
hind every culvert, some railroads
show signs of making an effort to keep
the public off their right-of-way. Signs
are fcefng posted in places where the
railroad’s land has served us a high
way for years, perhaps for genera
tions.
Not improbably the railroads may
soon start a big attempt to exclude
the foot passenger from their tracks.
He has been their bane for ages. lie
travels on the line without paying;
indeed. Instead of paying, he or bis
survivors frequently seek to collect
damages from the railroads for hurts
sustained by fulling afoul of the run
ning stock. Nothing would suit the
roads better than to be delivered of
trespassers. Now Is obviously a favor
able time to move in the direction of
such n desire.
Privation of the free-born Ameri
can’s supposed inalienable right to
walk a railroad track would not do
much serious damage to anyone. In
many places It might be necessary to
provide short lengths of genuine high
way, so that workers should not find
themselves deprived of an easy route
between home and factory. In addi
tion to temporary measures, a perma
nent system for policing roads and
punishing trespassers is required.
Above all there must be a popular
realization of the enormous cost in
life and limb that the reckless habit of
walking along the railroad track en
tails upon the country.
NEW CROSSING OVER TRACKS
Lightweight Steel Device Cleans Itself
and Eliminates Jolts— lt Is
Easy to Adjust.
Wherever a road crosses railroad
tracks, this lightweight steel crossing
belongs.
It will fit any standard-gauge track,
It can be put down or tuken up by
one workman In 30 minutes, or In case
of repair work it cun be adjusted to a
Crossing Over Tracks.
skeleton track in ten minutes with suf
ficient security to allow teams, auto
mobiles and other heavy traffic to pass
safely. Its surface is such that mud,
snow, gravel, sleet or Ice cannot get
a purchase, yet its knobs prevent
horses from slipping. It eliminates
jolting.—Popular Science Monthly.
RAILROAD MEN ARE PRAISED
Pick of Industrial Workers of Country
Have Developed Natural
Resourcefulness.
You seldom see a sullen face among
railroad men. You seldom meet with
one who thinks confusedly, and never
with one who goes about his work
sleepily. The railroads have had the
pick of industrial workers of the coun
try and they have developed natural
resourcefulness into second nature, in
dependence Into that fine flower which
understands the worth and necessity
of obedience, says Washington Star.
In sending 12.000 railroad men to
France as the first contingent for serv
ice overseas, Washington will not
merely meet pressing requirement in
France, but also have a representation
warranted to make the Impression we
desire to form. In imagination, we can
see those strong, capable, clean-skin
ned, clear-eyed men landing, see them
take to their tasks with a vim, mak
ing French and English railroad work
ers hump to keep up with them. It
was a wise selection of manhood ma
terial. .
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE
"THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE SOUTH"
For Fares, Schedules,
Pullman Reservations
etc., call on or wit
A. R. HOUSE, Ticket Ager.t
GEORGIA & FLORIDA RY.
Schedule Effective August 26th, lt>l7
Trains leave Willacoochee for Douglas,
Hazlehurst. Vldalia, stillmore, Bar
field, Milieu. Swatnaboro. Midvtlle,
Keysville, Augusta and Intermediate
points.
Trains leave AVTllacoochee for Nash
ville, Adel. Sparks. Moultrie. Val
dosta, Madison, Fla., and Interme
diate points.
T. E. HARRIS, L. J. PARKS,
General Passenger Agent Traveling Passenger Agent,
Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga.
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Fall Goods, at which 1 bought be
fore the prices advanced. I am
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around and let us show you our
stock before you buy.
PEARSON BARGAIN HOUSE
I. PASSON, Prop.
PEARSON, - - - GEORGIA
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