Show V L STR STRANGE TO PORT OVER OVE UMON UNION PACIFIC I Ii Iw w J yr a o S V I I i c V i iV it j I II II Ij IS I I t I AV AVS S j U 5 rna V V c V L IP S T i f tt V t r I eo eon n SHOWING THE GASOLINE MOTOR CAR NOW IN USE ON THE UNION PACIFIC The Union Pari Pacific Gasoline Motor MotorCar Car that has haa caused such wide ide I h in recent weeks will m reach Salt I Lake over oer the Oregon Oreon Short line from 1 O Omaha a this evening The i lug hug cut given ve A fair idea of the appear appearance aRee ance of this peculiar engine in that threatens to revolutionize suburban lo 10 It was built in the Union shops In Oma Omaha under the direct of W V R McK n Jr jl su t of Motive Moth Power and Machinery at that The motor made its initial long dis is run April last and in every evry test it lies ma made good It has wonderful power and speed And experts who ho have bave made a dose close study of it are ana unAn In Ii the opinion that it has come to stay The tar ear is lighted with acetylene gas it is and can an hl be operated on suburban lines without the tbt GOt of electrical plants and tr trolley ne linta Here Hert it is thought it will be given given en a thorough tryout between Salt Lake and Ogden It was also alEo intimated ted that it b be perfectly at hone home on such runs as 28 the Cache Valley Vaney branch and the St Anthony branch I is now on its way to Portland but will III remain long enough In Salt Lake to aIo aU afi interested sted railroad men to h t iL it Two Can Run the Car CarIt CarIt V It was as demon demonstrated that the ear ran very smoothly and noiselessly and that no smell of gasoline or oil wa was to be noticed in the passenger end nd of the car carsin 1 sin Also that the car easily eastly be handled b by a crew of two men a motor motorman I man md and a conductor The de design ign of tile tIe ear car is unique and entirely lie new the Hie aim beIng from the first to improve upon old established practices and conventional designs to Introduce feat features urea more in keeping with engin engineering methods The front end Is tApered ott to a point 1 I the rear of the ear car is rounded d anti and the I roof JM perfectly plain oval oal shaped and I taper tapered d down from th the top toward I the front the car being built somewhat I 1 after the lines or of the racing yacht Yach Re Hance The whole exterior design af affords fords the least wind resIStance permitting of groat spend The truck carrying the ear is of original nal design with man many new embodying oC the street car Pull Pullman I mon man and locomotive tracks The feature of the car truck is the I meat ment of the springs which are ao O eon oon I and applied as to avoid entire entirely ly y the teetering action ordinarily ex experienced ear car with the usual J trolle trolley 1 Can Make ke F Fast st Time The motive IH or engine enin in iii the ear car is a gasoline engIne The engine ensine is a ver po powerful pi c 0 of ma machinery chinery for ot H Its size and weight The engine is capable of being run up to revolutions per mInute and the speed of the tr is limited only b the choice gearing from the t nine engine to the driving wheels The car as built Is at prest present nt geared dO down n to a maximum speed of about 40 mi miLes ts ler er hour but by slight changes change It could very ery easIly be ared up to 60 or 70 miles pt per r hour One of the problems in passenger cars of today is the question of ventilation This is at present entirely in the hands hami or of car attendants In this motor car carthe carthe the stuffy atmosphere experienced in steam cars and trolley cars ht has been n entirely overcome Fresh air is any ally being drawn into the car In large and the foul air taken off of through suction by the special ventilators ventilators tors DurIng old cold weather this cold air beforE being diffused through th the ear earis ar aris is passed over hot pipes and heated thus giving winter or summer a eon on supply of fresh air at any de desired desired sired temperature The h hygienic cleanIng Je of passenger ears cars i is attracting a great grat deal of atten attention tie tion in the United States and has al a ways Itys ben a problem in the Railroad world In this car the design is such suh that corners and pockets have han been oil eli eliminated and the floor 11 is coiled water watertight tight so 50 that the car can be flushed out with hose and hot water from roof to floor without any injurious effects thus le leaving the ear car entirely clean and fresh |