| Show J MAY CAUSE A fmml PRniCHT CADS WI SOON DC ALL 0 8Tttf I i I 1lur taghlr 1 I ttuehl IhB lh loimr OOU areThe lrnril elt empty I II ne lUklnc I iiorliuuli t I T X Im Mr I NTS 1 havq tijently been ae mad y the Car nrgl I f eel Com pan l Kvllh steel tree care which I It iMMlgned hall 11 taktoe I place oft 1 of-t h I luniberiomp woo > n freight core tJ leaf itt I use on nil ralliad Tho railroad men oltJc world ore notching tho trill wit l Interest as It mean lo them 11 dee 1iul coat nnd weight of cars and ullj Increased carrying rapacity Nok piece of wood in I ud In Ibo conMrudoii of the new ear and their llghtn tin durability will enable them to et d any amount of hard usage and bN loading The Hallway lIovle I in a detailed description of tho net an rays that Ibo moat radical drp irs from prcs cot methods of com lion Is I In Ibo floor and sills whirl irj practically one eerie of channel II 1 17 indict t with fightIn i gauge downward I down-ward the flanges for r the sllli of the car anti tho I backIng time web making mak-Ing tho floor of the I en ihe Tho channels are < rd together by tic rode patting the gh Iho flanges near the web Had I rod also patsei through trots of mall able castings fit feel between Ibo fang or each channel which support Iho robs of channel nt rhoclJntctrnlt fathat iho stiffness of the pinto II not almo depended upon to sustain the Poor The car In vlrtualy constructed In Iho form of A trussof which Iho floor Itself forms Ihn 101 or comprceslon member This kecpi the body square without braced or ruiuct plates thus making n much lighter construction possible than when an Independent floor Is I tired In n left made by Ibo Carnegie Steal company Ito car ettlly contained 02 pounds of load to ole of car and takIng tak-Ing the body alone which weighs 11 TSO pounds tho Ion was over ten to one In this test the ear loaded with 118000 pounds wan coupled to a locomotive loco-motive and rapidly shifted back and forth over a fourtrick croiilng which wan In n badly worn condition and this Ithout any perceptible vibration of the car body The weight of this car Is from two to four thousand pounds less than that of wooden ran usually con truclcd for anti rated at 0000 pounds capacity which rating li I Homellmes In races 01 their elullo limit It li claimed by the builder that tho cost of maintenance of thin car leaving out of aicouut tho wheels axles Journal bearing and coupler will be Icsx than 2 3 per cent of the alernflo cost of wood cars now In en Ice and that ten times the number can bo kept In repair with the same ground and shop capacity that Is I now required with proportionately less Investment vestment In material for repair |
