. The railroad and engineering journal . ches ofwater under her keel, yet the propeller had no lack, andthe speed was good. On another occasion something got adrift in one of thesteam-chests, and that cylinder was disconnected and theboat driven by one engine only without noticeable diminu-tion of speed, which was easily maintained at 2^ miles perhour. The voyage ended at New York, and it was found, uponfiguring up the books, that the cost ol coal and commissarystores had run ahead of the receipts in freight money. Butthe propeller had done its work well, and demonstrated thecorrectness of its
. The railroad and engineering journal . ches ofwater under her keel, yet the propeller had no lack, andthe speed was good. On another occasion something got adrift in one of thesteam-chests, and that cylinder was disconnected and theboat driven by one engine only without noticeable diminu-tion of speed, which was easily maintained at 2^ miles perhour. The voyage ended at New York, and it was found, uponfiguring up the books, that the cost ol coal and commissarystores had run ahead of the receipts in freight money. Butthe propeller had done its work well, and demonstrated thecorrectness of its arrangement and the general plan of theinvention. The patents were now taken out and assigned to thecompany. The boat was laid up for the winter in GowanusBay. The next spring the Central was overhauled, and in Juneor July, 1877, 3- second trip was made to Buffalo and by this time dissension had crept into the councilchamber, differing men pulled different ways, and the re-sult was that the assets of the company were sold
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