REPORT OF COMMITTEE 



ON SPECIAL MERITS OF ARTICLES ENTERED IN BOOK A, 



AND 



Exhibited at the Indiana State Fair for 1884, 

 ON WHICH NO PREMIUMS WERE OFFERED, 



Detached Portable Engine, by G. 11. Zschech & Vinton Iron Works, Indianapolu, 

 Ind. This is an 85XIO engine, running at high speed ; is very simple and compact 

 in construction, and of excellent workmanship. It has a novel form of bed in 

 which the material is unusually well distributed to give strength and steadiness to 

 the engine without itself being very heavy. The boiler is of the usual locomotive 

 style, and of first-class material and workmanship. The engine is so connected to 

 the skids as to occupy very little space on the ground, and be conveniently han- 

 dled. It was successfully driving one of their pony saw mills. 



Portable Engine, by Springfield Engine and Thresher Co., Springfield, Ohio. This 

 Company exhibit a ten-horse power engine, which they claim has some points of 

 excellence over others, the more prominent being that it is lighter, and conse- 

 quently easier to get about over the country. They also claim that it works steam 

 wiih superior economy, requiring less to do a given amount of work, and thereby 

 saves fuel. The engine is supplied with the usual pump, worked from the cross- 

 head, and also with an independent steam pump of simple construction, which is 

 reliable in its action, and furnishes ample means of keeping up a supply of water, 

 whether the engine is running or not. All joints are scraped and ground, so that 

 no packing is needed, and all parts are made interchangeable, so that any part 

 that may be needed to replace a broken or Avorn out piece may be had from the 

 shop that will fit and work properly without sending the engine or any part of it 

 there. The material and workmanship are good, and it is well mounted on truck 

 with wood wheels. 



