Show The TIle Sentinel Less Le Loss LOll jo to Shippers Shippen 9 An Electrified Railroad 0 A Cheerful Dishwasher By 9 By IRVING HUDSON For several I years e rs the market has lias been stocked with refrigeration tion systems Most date up-to-date apartments in this day are Arc supposed to possess these theose modern cold stor- stor ago plants plant The The- latest ides Idea in the adaptation of ot refrigeration Uon seems to be be- bean an ss par gar for Cor transporting transporting trans trans- porting food tood across the tho continent I It does not r require a a. ver very great stretch of ot th the tho Imagination to see the unendIng unending ing good wh which such an adaptation of ot this modern invention In would Con Confer on- on fer for upon tI the public For years food carried on railroads has been preserved preserved pre pre- served by use Ue of ot Ice supplied at the various arlous stations along alon- the route Many Um times tho the train was delayed and tho the i la supply diminished dimin dimin- to the tha extent of oC ruining the shipment More th than n one fruit shipper shipper ship ship- per ha has suffered because of oC tho the hazards hazards hazards haz haz- ards of oC the icing system stem C I S With the refrigerator carthe car the machinery for tor extracting the heat from Crom the atmosphere re of ot the car carcan can be operated by the movement mO of the car Itself Irrespective of oC Ute the out do temperature w hotter that of ot tho the mountains or the desert the inside 0 of the car should be kept at atan atan atan an even en and safe sate temperature by the system It sounds Just as reasonable as the smallest system In tho the least apartment Tho The development development devel devel- of ot the use of ot refrigeration er oration by the railroads f should hould pro e prove of ot inestimable benefit to the producers and shippers of ot perishable ble food products S S S Many of oC the renders readers of oC this column column column col col- col- col have ha traveled over tha Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania sy railroad at some time or other The latest announcement of oC the authorities of of- that road is to the tho effect that a plan will be Inaugurated inaugurated inaugurated tit cit Jt once looking toward the electrification Uon of ot th the entire line As JAs AsIt AsIt It is now electromotive pow power is used from Manhattan transfer eta eta- tio into N New Nw w York City and anti out outto outto to Long Island Islani City Long Island IslaM The next step p will be toe to electrify the theline theline line Une from the Manhattan transfer station to Philadelphia This will ill be bedone bedone bedone done by easy stages stagE's and be financed we are told by the regular earnings of tho thu road Later It is the plan to electrify the entire line of oC miles Knowing thc abundant sources of coal and waterpower in close proximity to the Pennsylvania railroad the power l problem should not give give- the authorities any great concern S S S This announcement on the part oCOno of oC one Ono of oC the greatest railroad systems In tn the world be of oC intense Interest to millions of oC people It means that one great concern is gong going goIng go go- ing ng to attempt to eliminate as much muchas uch as Pt possible of ot the huge waste ensuIng ensuing ing ine- from the use of coal burning motive power When Then the coal can be utilized for tor power producing purposes purposes pur purposes poses at tire the mouth of ot the mine it appears to be the height of ot folly to tran rt It hundreds of ot miles be before before before be- be fore Its power can be bo transmuted ted S S S Clarence Clarendo Terhune the the thebo bo boy who made the trip to many Get iLS as I a a. stowaway on board the Graf- Graf Zeppelin was put at the task of or washing dishes en route At Atthe the conclusion of oC the tIle trip young oung Terhune Terhune Ter- Ter hune lune fi figuring ring the tho passage at atthe the rate the regular passengers paid announced that he lIe had earned not less leS ess than 1000 a a. day washing dishes That sounds sound like a fabulous sum and it dt is Furthermore the lad laI was right ht in his calculation for fot the tIle trip was worth just a as much to him as asit asit ast it t was to the other passengers who paid aid a a high price for tor the privilege But we are wondering if it the lad did not earn more than tho the amount he be figured Most of oC the pay passengers passengers gers were older than the stow stow- away Their lives are practically determined because their habits are fixed For them tho the trip was just one more experience a sort of nov nor city elty S SC For young Terhune the trip was an experience coming at a period in his life lie He saw experienced ex ex- things and sensations which may determine the Whole hole of ot his ils future life lite Tue trip may be worth woith th many times 1000 a a. day to the he stowaway |