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THE OREGON" SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY . MORNING. FEBRUARY 14, 1909. J!- I !"t i PORTLAND MEN 'ELECTRIC I ' V - :t - W 1 I ! . No. 1 Self-Driven Electric Locomotive, Photographed From Model. No. 2 Same With Housing of Machinery Removed. Two Portland men have an Invention which they claim will revolutionise rail transportation. They are. George H. Downs, master mechanic and Inventor. end w. m. Grace, tils associate, and the machine for which such startling claims ,ar advanced is a self driven me nuge steam monsters now in use on transcontinental railways. Four separate patents on original pans nave Deen granted by tne uasn ington, V. C. patent office and all of the numerous claims nut forward by the inventor and his associates have been allowed without auestion. Pat terns for the castings will soon, be mad" and the first locomotive, which will cost about 1 100,000, will be built from in inventors model, which is about seven reet in lengtn. A technical description of the In vention would be tedious to the lay reader, it is surncient to say. there for that the principle of the engine Is the generation of electricity on board the car by means of two 1000 horse power dynamos, each driven by a 1000 Horsepower three cycle aasollne . en glne. From the dynamos the power is transmitted to motors, wnicn are ar med to the truck bodies under the mo tor car and connected directly with the driving- wheels. AH machinery Is contained In one car, known properly as the motor car. At each end of the car is a' tank cap able of holding 8000 eallona ' of ra so il ne. Directly in the center of the car body are located the two huge dynamos each capable of generating on amount and volume of electricity equivalent to 1000 horsepower. Each dynamo has its Individual gasoline engine of 1000 horsepower constructed on a plan in vented by Mr Downs. They drive the dynamos by,, means of a silent chain, the old belt and direct driven plan hav ing been done away with by the inven tor as impracticable. - Mr. Downs argues that the two 1000 horsepower, gasoline engines should and will 1 nnfthlA ftf . a 1 1 a In c (Ka Avnamna to produce tke same or nearly the same amount or power, trie cars nave 12 driving wheels six - feet in diameter. set upon trucks which support the car body on swing bearings, thus allow ing the locomotive to take the curves of as great- an angle as the ordlnarv streetcar. Two pony trucks, of four wneeis --eacn, are piacea at tne extreme ends of the cars. Kaoh of the six axles bearing the driving wheels . is directly connected by means of a silent chain with a 150 Horsepower double motor. Thus it may be seen - that Mr. "Downs believes that he can transmit directly to the driving woeeis tne zuuu norsepower rirst gen erated by the gasoline engines. "The srjeed of this ltienmotlve la un limited,"- said Mr. Downs yesterday. "One hundred and twenty miles an hour ran be made with perfect safety on a f ood track. There are several reasons or, this. One Is that my motors are so constructed as Ho allow the drive to be taken from a sprocket wheel di rectly In the center and are connected by a corresponding sprockets wheel to the center of ' the driving axle, thus allowing each aet of two driver wheels to be driven separately from the other sets. "We have ho connecting rods or counter balances to in any way inter fere with the driving wheels, as on a team locomotive. Too, on the steam engines the piston travel has a limit but there is no limit of speed to any .parts of my engine. "The present steam locomotive of the large standard type is built on a 27 foot wheel base. The driving wheels are con nected by- what is known as side rods. Therefore, the distance from, the front of the first driver to the back rim of the rear v driver is perfectly rigid; and -when an engine strikes a curve it has a tendency to crowd the upper rail. When a speed of more than 45 miles an hour Is obtained on the-ordinary track there is danger of the locomotive leaving ths iracit uiihssb me ran is properly pitcneil. dui "iv ivuimuuve, oeing outlt 03 ring trucks-and having each drirln? wheel drlven.-senarB.tplv. enuM tin nna. Ibly leave the track on curves under ordinary circumstances. . Th. are rounded without any Jar er twist, "While Are intend making three types of locomotives, the plans we forwarded for patent were for a. 2000 horsepower engine with 11 drives, with a weight of whom ?f0 tons, and a OS font Wheel Columbia Trust Company, , - Couch Building. I bane, it win be the .most powerful lo comotive ever built. "With the new motor designed by me It will not be necessary for the rail road companies to have steam engines on mountain divisions as helpers- for heavy trains. "There is no more reason whv this locomotive should be takren from the train than there is to uncouple a Pull man car en route. The running gear is an automatically oilea rrom tne in side, the fuel is sufficient to run for 40 l.ou.rs. Thus it can be easily seen that one locomotive can be attached to the train at New York and run through direct to Chicago without stops for changing- engines. "Owing to 'the length of the engine and because ot Its construction it would .be Impossible for it to altogether leave the track and go off. the grade should one set f driving: wheels or one truck. Jumo the rails. "By the removal of the sprocket wheel the axle on the running ie axle on the running gear, the speed and Dower can be chanaed. thus making it possible for one motor to be placed on both fast passenger and heavy freight trains. "Tho locomotive is built on- what is known as the double header plan, hav ing a back and forward engine or mo tor, each being centrally pivoted on a swing bearing. The car will be 86 feet long and the weight of 250 tons will be equally distributed over all the trucks. It will be equipped with automatic searchlight, telephones. con necting the engineer with all parts of the train and other conveniences. "The new engine will have but 20 parts. Seventy-Five parts now used on thA Bt,nm 1 i-ii'nmn are dispensed witn.1 Mr. Downs has worked on the loco motive for nine years. He Is confi dent now that the patents have been Issued, that it will Immediately be taken up by large capitalists and the larger railroads immediately interested. It is a well known fact that for the last 25 years the railroads have been trying to secure an engine which has jusi iue advantages claimed tor Mr. ijowns- invention. Mr. Downs Is satis fied that he has out-Edisoned Edison, who has himself taken a whirl at a self, driven locomotive. , MANY SIDED VIEWS (Continued from. Page One.) elded upon to render a change, ot plans resident Roosevelt appointed the en gineering commission and they will possibly report to him before he retires jrom oinee. Regarding the canal as the chief prob- lem or his administration the presld president- eieci accompanied, tne . engineers to Panama to go over the work thoroughly before entering upon the- presidency on Bngtneera lnTMtlgte, On Sunday these engineers, fmir nt whom are said to have been prejudiced against a lock canal, paid a visit to the site -of Oatum dam and. as already re ported, .reached the unanimous conclu sion that not only was the dam and the entire lock system feasible and prac tical, but that, with particular reference to the Gatun dam Itself. It is' perfectly safe and that more precautions have been taken to make It safe than the conditions really demand. . Under the circumstances. - thn. th president-elect visited the . dam site to make a personal inflection. The mri. neers accompanied him. Th chief ob ject of attention, of course, was the point on the toe of the. dam where the slide occurred. .. . To the utlDractlced.. tnnxnf rUr, it undoubtedly looks serious. About the center on a rockv fmmHiiinn n feet high there is a depression of about 10 . feet, 20 feet across, ; semi-circular In form, which beyond a doubt looks, as though It had sunk of its own weight. The suarrestlon of thr, ents- of the dam. that the underlying soil Is not strong enough to support me aam. ana wilt give way under pres sure, is clear enough. But there Is another side to the matter. I asked Colonel Goethals-what he thought of U. Of So Xmportaaoa. . "! havs never regarded" It as -Important." he replied. , "The slide was out and - down.. As a matter oft fact, we have hud -five of the same kind. It was to be expected. Tho foundation was piled up' here-loosely, because the Intervening space that you see here,'' pointing to the gsp-of 1300 feet between the two walls of the dam. "is to be filled with silt, which Is impervious to water. Had there been any support for this rock foundation the slide would not have occurred. It would have been held. up. - the pressure beinir imptvortnd on all sides.' There will be absolutely no danger of any slide when the con- , : ' '' - i ' '-' ' ' ' . - i INVENT AN LOCOMOTIVE structioii of the dam Is completed. Looked at from this viewpoint, the problem assumes a different aspect. Consider this, also: Colonel Goethals is In charge of the work. . He has inves tigated fully the underlying soil; he has considered the matter from every scientific viewpoint. This dam Is the crux of the entire canal. If the dam is a success the canal will be a suc cess, and George W. Goethals will take rank among the world's great men. If it fails Mr. Taft examined the dam site from every viewpoint and was carried from point to point In the special train which was always In waiting for him at Cu lebra. He asked hundreds of questions and it was not until Tie nad exhausted the subject and was conducted into the site of the upper lock the one near est Colon that a smile of satisfaction broke over his serious face, and with a ?;low of patriotic pride he exclaimed o one of the party: "Do yon erasD It now. Bill? Do von see what a tremendous thing it Is, and yet. after all. now perfectly slmDle under the plana laid down?" Mrs. Taft's Inspection. He and Mrs. Taft constantly alighted Me wlbir)9 MeirpneMe BcMgMts lite Lsidlles . Because they know from of Herpicide means much to their personal appearance. It saves and beautifies the hair, and in the vast majority of cases adds greatly to its abundance. 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Try it today. - i v FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES from the train and climbed over rocks and dirt i beds Taft talking with the engineers and explaining the work , to his wife. . - - LOCK TYPE PRACTICAL' SAYS COL. GOETHALS Washington. Feb. Uj That the lock type for the Panama canal is practical and wjll be adopted in the construction of the big ditch was the statement made tonight by Colonel Goethals, chairman of the canal commission and chief engineer of the project, who has re turned to Washington. w . Colonel Goethals declared the sea level canal was not even under consid eration. He said President-elect -Taft apparently was well satisfied with the progrecs of the work, as: well as with the general plans. f "The canal will be built and ship will be navigating it by January 1, 1915." he said. : "I am to appear hefpre the house committee on appropriations Monday, when I will be prepared to .give an estimate of. what, in my judg ment, tne' canai win cos t i-uiu-pleted." , ' - .- , SCHLEY, SAY'S ; ..'"? II IIIWWIH -V , ' (Continued From Pag One) ' the American people that they will in sist that congress will provide the seas with v those instruments wnicn ,wi JHor instance, we win una vri. You can save enough in'the purchase of your Suit at this store during the week to supply you with. the accessories for your costume new waist, gloves, collars, hosiery, etc. NOW ON SALE at this popular priced store, a line of travelers' sample suits, bought for 60 cents on the dollar and sold for same. Sam ples are ALWAYS the best-tailored goods on the market. 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THIRD AND MORRISON STS. experience that the intelligent use Britain.. Not In 100 years has she had a naval battle, nor a war with a na tlon that had coasts to defend. Ton ask the reason why? Well, while na tions have been angered at Great Brit aln and have wanted war with her.- they have not dared to go against England because they knew that war would be disastrous. . "I have read with much Interest the proceedings emanating from year to year at The Hague. They are Intensely in structive. ut you know, an I know, that every government represented at The Hague conference goes there With a memorandum of its battleships, . its guns and Its men and Its money. "The safest road lo peace Is a navy. I do not mean that we should have an extravagance of ships floating Idly upon the seas, manned by dilletanten from executive apBitments or that names of the vessels should he gilded In letters of geld or their searchllsrhts emJaaoned with diamonds: but 1 do say ;- that If the United States had a fighting Water force superior lo that of any other power we would be freer from prospects of war than we are now or than we will be until we assume that position. ; "A perfectly equipped army, a navy of formidable size and strength, a people-with money and resources, as. the United States have, would be an abso lute iruaranty against war for all time to -come And God knows we people of the nawy and our friends of the army wish that our country were so situated that there should never hover over us the cloud of battle. JTatlon of ' Peace. .."Ours 1 a. nation of peace. We ad- imrg w in.p.c... vfl dow in nit? 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' . -"The United States-have arisen to a power of commanding respect by the patriotiajn of our men. Never In our history have we sought trouble, if we have gone Into battle it has been .to brighten the' torch of liberty and to place manhood where manhood belongs. This country has been the light, and Is now the light - on - the mountain top. Please God may It always be. It is the hope and-r ambition of, every true American to-teach his less enlightened neighbor and to point out to him the paths p . accord. . "Japan' has become a wonderful na tlop, and the progress end energy of the Japanese peooie are mesaing. limi tation needs such energy as Japan is displaying in the orient..- The people over there have been asleep. Our little brown neighbors have awakened theni. But in doing so thev have aroused other nations, and some of them, have become jealous. J; J "If it were In my power I should line the Pacific-with riaval stations, with drydock stations, shipbuilding yards, where fighting vessels like the dear old Oregon, could be constructed on short notice. And I would keep a competent force at all of these places, working ever for harbor defenses., pegging away upon new hulls and modern warship con struction. - . ' ." Spring Suits. Buy your spring suit and dresses at Le Palais Royal, 376 Wash. st. Gooes and Linings 36-inch Pongee Silk and Linen for waists' and suits, iii the tan color only;. spe- 1 AA cial ifl.UU 42-inch satin Prunella, plain, beautiful luster, heavy weight and good value; spe- QQ SPECIAL ' SALE LININGS 36-inch Satine, beautiful . finish and good value at 30c, Ol - special . . -AU A special lot of Aprons' for wait ers and cooks; also ladies' Aprons in plain and fancy styles, small or large, with or or without bibs; regu- OC . lar 40c values fciOC Bargains in every department. 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Insane Patient Drowned. Stockton, ral.. Feb. 13. J. StigHartcv an Insane patient at the local asylum, was drowned In a bathing tank at . the " Institution this mornln. Stlgllano was .a. brought here from Agnews, following -the earthquake. - 36-inch Spun Glass in black and all colors, for lining jackets, etc; 25c value, spe- 36-inch satin-finish Satine, in all -rolors; reg. 40c grade, OQ special at .JC 36-inch Nearsilk Lining in all the new colorings; resembles taffeta silk; regular 40c OQ, value, special .tJC A choice assortment of ladies' muslin Skirts and slipover Gowns; very well made and daintily trimmed with lace and embroidery; on sale $1.19 tomorrow for . . . Our Linens are known for their quality by hundreds of ladies in Portland and the northwest. Th prices speak for thmeselves. Be sure and replenish your linen closet during this sale. Dept. t. . Petrol ' Mlclu tnr samr you mil frr Tferpk lde, do n . i ft