. The railroad and engineering journal . pipe it runs off to the trapbelow. There is a 3-in. pipe extending from the water tank below tothe top of the car, and from thence to the center of the caralong under the roof. The object of this pipe, as claimed bythe inventor, is to purify the air in the car by bringing it intocontact with the water where the impurities are dissolved. Theconstant pulsations of the water in the water tank cause the airto pulsate in and out by the air holes in the end of the pipe,and thus erradually mix the vitiated air with the air in the interiorof the water tank, whi
. The railroad and engineering journal . pipe it runs off to the trapbelow. There is a 3-in. pipe extending from the water tank below tothe top of the car, and from thence to the center of the caralong under the roof. The object of this pipe, as claimed bythe inventor, is to purify the air in the car by bringing it intocontact with the water where the impurities are dissolved. Theconstant pulsations of the water in the water tank cause the airto pulsate in and out by the air holes in the end of the pipe,and thus erradually mix the vitiated air with the air in the interiorof the water tank, which has been purified by contact with thecold water. This car has all the advantages of the closed tankcars. The ice tanks are protected from injury by the doors shownin the cut. The ice is put in at the roof as usual. The tanksmade in this form furnish a maximum of cooling surface for aminimum of space occupied at the end of the car. A series oftrials of this form of refrigerator car have shown it to meet theexpectations of the THE BOSMANN REFRIGERATOR CAR. along the Atlantic Coast to Portland, Me., thence to Panama,crossing the isthmus by rail, and thence up the Pacific Coast.—Alai ine Journal. Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia have taken a contract for anew steamship for the Southern Pacific Company, which is tobe 338 ft. long, 42 ft. 8 in. beam, and 31 ft. S in. depth of hold,with a gross tonnage of 3,531 tons. She will have engines and be fitted with all improvements in shipbuilding of the present time. Orders for materials will begiven out at once, and the construction will begin as soon asthe cruiser Balliniore is launched, as every available place isoccupied by vessels in course of construction at this place. The Bosmann Refrigerator Car. The accompanying illustrations (for which we are indebtedto the courtesy of the Railway Review) are a cross section andpart of a longitudinal section of the Bosmann refrigerator car, andshow the leading features
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