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one of them for adoption into general use, according to the tenor 

 of the conditions of award. 



Your committee can, therefore, under the existing circumstances, 

 malie no award of the two first prizes of $1,500 and $800 each. 



The railroad brake exhibited by Mr. T. A. Stevens, of Burlhigton, 

 Vt., (entry No. l,407)5best combines, in our opinion, the elements 

 of efficiency, simplicity and cheapness, as well as general adap- 

 tation to railroad purposes. We therefore award to it the third 

 premium of $400. 



I 

 Of the night seats exhibited, we have selected that of Samuel 



Hickox, of Buffalo, N. Y., (entry No. 303), as the best, under all 



circumstances, that we have seen. It answ^ers well the purposes 



of either a day or nightseat j it is not cumbersome or complicated, 



is free from most of the ordinary objections of night seats, and 



can be made at a very trifling increase of cost over the ordinary 



seat. We therefore award to it the fourth prize of $300. 



GEORGE STARK, 

 MADISON SLOAT, 

 WM. CUMMINGS, 

 J. R. TRIMBLE, j 

 F. HUNGERFORD, 

 Jfew- York J March 15,1853. Judges, 



