Statement of the Expenses incurred for working the Georgia Railroad, from April 1, 1844, to April 1, 1845. CONDUCTING TRANSPORTATION. Stationary and Printing, &c., Loss, Damage, (including $342.42 for stock killed by Trains,)| Incidentals, $1,735 151 1,004 89 1,885 25 178 38 3,244 12 586 32 1,145 35 4,317 84 13,168 56 4,997 81 16 00 32,280.67 Wages, Laborers and Watchmen, Agents and Clerks, Conductors, Work done by Machine Shops, MOTIVE POWER. Expenses of Water Stations, Incidentals, Wood for Locomotives, 2,023 57 Deduct estimated actual cost of transporting Lumber and Iron, for 26 miles of extension of Road-equal to 3300 tons a 1.50, Leaving the Expenses of the regular business of the year, 45,054.60 1,600 00 4.952 38 2,250 00 7,450 00 16,252.38 122,311.78 5,100.00 $117,211.78 The Pennsylvania has run during the three years ending April 1, 1845, 106,915 miles, at a cost for repairs of 13 cents per mile. AMERICAN PATENTS. List of American Patents which issued in the month of December, 1844, with Remarks and Exemplifications. By CHARLES M. KELLER, late Examiner of Patents in the U. S. Patent Office. 1. For an improvement in the Bee Hive; Oliver Reynolds, Webster, Monroe county, N. Y., December 4. Claim. "I do not claim constructing the hive of several boxes, placed one above another, with communications between them, and each box having its separate and respective opening; nor the mode of ventilating. But what I do claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by letters patent, is my manner of freeing the honey boxes from the bees; and, also, of equalizing the hives by the use of the long tube, as set forth." This manner consists in employing a long tube, which leads out from the boxes, or hives, through which they can pass out, but will not enter, because of its projection beyond the casing. 2. For an improvement in the Permutation Lock, for vaults, doors, &c.; Darius W. Maples, Geneva, Ontario county, N. Y., Decem ber 4. Claim. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the manner herein set forth, in which I have arranged and combined the hollow centres with their wheels and their other appendages, so constructed as to receive the change-pin, through slots, in a plate, and also to receive a set-pin; these pins, and the other parts described, being so arranged as that, by the said combination of parts, the said lock may be set by their means, and by that of the graduations on the escutcheon, and may be locked and unlocked by the application of a compound key, such as is herein described-the lock being operated upon by three sets of motions, as set forth. The combination and arrangement, as a whole, being substantially such as is herein fully made known; not intending, however, to limit myself, by this claim, to the precise number of divisions, or other parts, which govern the extent of the different permutations which may be made by means of a lock constructed upon this principle, but to vary these to any extent which I may deem proper, whilst the arrangement of the instrument is such as to preserve the same principle of action, and the same combination of parts." The key, in this case, is composed of a tube turning on a spindle, each being provided with a separate handle, and capable of being connected with the "hollow centres," that either may be turned at pleasure. The spindle of the key takes into a spindle in the lock, which, by means of levers, operates the bolt of the lock, and on this spindle turns a tube, or "hollow centre," as it is termed, having a circular plate at the lower end, and on this another tube turns, which has in like manner a circular plate, and so on to any number required. These plates and tubes are connected together with pins, so that the combination can be varied at pleasure; the outer one of these tubes and the scutcheon plate are graduated to form an index to the permutations. When the wheels are properly situated, relatively to each other and to the bolt, the lock can be opened or closed. 3. For an improvement in Carding Engines; Horace Barbour and John Gleason, Lowell, Mass., December 4. The patentees say "We make a brush of fine wire, with straight teeth, about one inch long, thick set in leather, like the common card, covering a cylinder as long as the card to be stripped, and about five inches in diameter. Our invention consists in a combination of this brush with the cards of a carding engine, so as to strip the main cylinder, or other cards, while in motion, without stopping them, and without manual labor." Claim."We do not claim attaching or fastening the top cards to the endless chain or belt, and taking them over rollers, or any part of Crane's self-stripping carding machine. What we claim is the combination of this brush with their revolving top cards, (so as to strip them as they pass along,) attached to the endless belt or chain, thereby dispensing with their sweeps, stripping and cleaning cards and cranks. And this combination we claim as an improvement upon their machine.” 4. For an improvement in the process of Treating, Purifying, and Bleaching Oils and fatty matters, and in making Soap; Arthur Dunn, Rotherhithe, Surrey county, Great Britain, December 4. Claim. Having thus described the nature of my invention, and the best means I am acquainted with for performing the same, I would wish it to be understood that I do not claim the apparatus herein described, for forcing streams of air into and through oils and fatty matters-whether purifying, bleaching, or saponifying themas any suitable apparatus may be employed for that purpose. But what I claim is-1st. The mode of heating, purifying, and bleaching oils and fatty matters, by causing streams of air to be forced, or pressed, into or through them, as herein described. And, 2dly, I claim the mode of maufacturing soap, by causing streams of air to be passed through and amongst oils and fatty matters, when combined or together, with suitable saponifying materials." 5. For an improvement in the Sofa Bedstead; Gerard Sickles, assigned to Giles L. F. Griswold, Middletown, Ct., December 4. Claim." What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the manner of throwing out the front and back at the same time, by means of levers at or in the ends of the sofa, thereby changing from bedstead to sofa, and vice versa, at pleasure." The front and back are connected together with levers placed in the ends of the sofa, which are hollow for that purpose. 6. For an improvement in the apparatus for Evaporating Substances to be used in giving Vapor Baths; Alford C. Haines, M. D., Plattsburgh, Burlington county, N. J., December 4. Claim." What I claim is the mode herein described of constructing my vapor apparatus; that is to say, the water vessel or boiler having a top perforated with numerous small holes, and passing through it a copper coil, and combining with the same the vessel with a perforated bottom for holding the herbs for medicating the baththe whole being constructed and operating substantially as described." 7. For an improvement in the Washing Machine; Nathan Parish, Rush, Monroe county, N. Y., December 4. In this machine the clothes to be washed are put in an endless cloth, and are acted upon by a roller, the whole being placed in a water-tight box. Claim." What I claim as my own invention, and for which I ask an exclusive privilege, is the combination of the fluted roller and revolving endless apron, with the box, or water-tight case, for the purpose of washing clothes." 8. For an improvement in Cooking Stoves; Adam Ketler, Philadelphia, Pa., December 7. Claim. Having thus fully described the manner in which I construct my cooking stove, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the particular combination and arrangement of parts by which the action and passage of heated air from the fire-chamber to the exit pipe are governed, as herein described—such combination and arrangement consisting in the dividing of the upper horizontal flue above the oven in two unequal parts, one part covering the large portion of the oven-in this part being furnished with a double plate, the direct passage from the fire-chamber being over it, and the other compartment being separated from the oven by a single plate, and admitting the heated air into it through a flue opening at its fore end, and along it to the exit pipe at its rear end; the whole combination being substantially the same with that herein set forth." 9. For improvements in the Machine for Filing Saws; Calvin B. Rogers, Saybrook, Middlesex county, Ct., December 7. In this machine there are two files, each attached to a sliding carriage, for the purpose of passing it over the saw, and they are connected with levers so arranged as to lift the files from the saw on the back movement, to permit the saw to be moved, and present the teeth in succession to their action. As the claim refers throughout to the drawings, we are under the necessity of omitting it; but it is limited to the combination and arrangement of the vibrating carriages, VOL. X, 3RD SERIES.-No. 2.-AUGUST, 1845. 9 |