OCR Text |
Show The epizootic has already been cred-sted cred-sted with insuring tho success of the New York elevated railway, and it has undoubtedly alio accelerated the experiments ex-periments lookiog to the adoption of steam as a motive power upon canals. We noticed, some time ago, tho fact that a premium had been offered to induce in-duce inventors to study into this object. ob-ject. It is now reported from Cleveland, Cleve-land, Ohio, that Mr. Lwi3 Stagg has solved the problem. Uis invention consists of channel-ways placed in the bottom of the boat, on each tide, about five feet from the Hero, making a figure fig-ure resembling a letter 1 with a propeller pro-peller wheol on each eidc, with diameter diame-ter of forty eight inches. Both wheels turn overthrowing tho wator in opposing oppos-ing directions, and discharging it in straight lines at the stern. The engine us:d is known as tho gothic inclined, has two clindcrs, and works up to sixty horse power. The bont is capablo of makiog five ratios an hour with sixty pounds of steam, consuming one and a ha f tons of coal iD twenty four hours. Let tho epizootic now oontinuo its (rood work in the persuasive lino, and luduce the iDrcntiOQ of BU(500wflll steam wagons, and the publio will forget for-get in part its ovil effects upon oquines. |