| Show I STERILIZES Erie Road Has Scheme to Kill Off Germs and Banish Odors New York Dec Doo Limited over oyet the Erie railroad now Jerie City every overy lay a corn com completely and thoroughly sterilized train laIu trainA A devICe baa b ll perfected 1 at of the mechanical depart department mont ment by which aU all the cars on thIS tl train In Are thoroughly Jy sterl at Jersey City after e eh ch round roundtrip roundtrip trip between Jersey Tr City Chicago a run of bout about 2000 miles mile i routine of began on ot of this week The Pullman company has gated the method and has given n its con consent ent that all clothing and hangings in their ears used on eile trains shall be submitted to the ster process The devised by AIr rl Landon consi consists t of the mixing ot of t two o chemi chemicals cals so that a sort of Formaldehyde gas bath Is given Iven to each car which Is 18 tightly lightly clo closed ed for the purpose at the end ot of each round trip After the tha has hs been permitted to dp its work the ears cars are thoroughly aired he swept washed and later on dusted so 80 that eteh ear l loaves ves the station guaranteed to be absolutely free tre from germs ot of la 18 grippe tuberculosis fevers favors or other contagious that Any gel ger may have left him bini himA biniA A deodorizing apparatus has also aiR been devised that for the p past t two Weeks has been In use In fifteen Erie Erlo club climb parlor and commuters cars This apparatus Is placed under the seats in the cars out of sight of pea engelH and gives give off of an odorless gas which combines with wilh the stale to tobacco tObacco bacco smoke moke or 01 other offensive odors which ma may accumulate in the ears amI servos to completely nullify them This treatment ent had b be n so effective that it will be exten extended ed to aU all the passenger curs cars in toe the Erie o It ItIs Is ii an entirely new process and one that has never nevel before been attempted in railway service |
