Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-06-23
The Atmospheric TeIerrnpb.

| gives some facts IN relation TO this new annihi-
ator Of time and space.
II seems that company is now forming. TO
be called the New York and Boston Amos
pheric Despatch Company, which intends. as
soon as 100000 is pledged.-which they are
confident will be before long-to construct
line from Boston to Worcester, to be pushed
on to New York when sufficient stock is rails
ed.
They propose to lay from city to city tube
two feet in diameter, conltructed Of wood, pro-
perly prepared and fabricated on the inside,
and coated with tar or some other preservatiye
on the outside laid at depth of four feet be-
meath the surface Of the earth, and fitted at
each extremity with 100 air pumps Of 10 feet
diameter and 10 feet stroke each, worked by
stationary steam engines-and similar pumps
at intermediate stations, il necessary-and ex-
pect TO propel mail Of half a tons weight from
Boston to ew York and back in the space Of
half an hour, with ease and certainty.
! In fact, the inventor insists that il can. and
will be done, in one halitha time, thus afford
ing time to correspondents in those cities not
only TO send and receive, but also TO write and
reply to their letters, in the space of one hour
Mr.. Richardson, the pstentee, has applied
himself twenty years to perfec,ing the details Of
his invention, and claims
First-That the machine will, and does,
transport letters. packages, &C., at a speed Of
more than one Thousand miles per hour, with a
certainty and safety heretofore unknown.
Second-Ths great speed is attained with a
curved or straight line at pleasure, and altho'
the calibre Of the cylinder through which the
plunger and load is,propeed (by the pressure
of The air) may be Of different dimensions, yet
the air has not the facilities to pass.
Thrd--That with this great speed there arc
stations On the line at which the load is stopped
Nnd changed or discharged in an incredibly
short space of time, and allowed to pass TO an
other station; or without stopping, the load goes
the whole length of the line. as the operator
shall dictate; or the load may be stopped at
either, and not at all The stations.
Fourlh--That supply.valves are used, which
are operated by the action of the passing load,
and keep constant supply of atmosphere di-
rectly behind the plunger which saves the
friction and weight Of the long column follow.
ing the load The valves are at intervals of
from three to twenty five miles, in proportion
TO the diameter Of the cylinder.
F,lh-That producing partial vacuum is
as easy as to supply the power in any other
form; and as the loll is progressing the atmos-
pheric resistance is obyiated and the power
saved.
Sixth-That the plungar goes forward with
ont calculable flcon and its touch on the in
side of the cylinder is not sufficiently great to
crea'e heat.
Soven.h-The engine, tender and fuel arc
stationary, and the power used in common 10.
c1mo;ves, to draw themselves and appurtenGn,
ces, is saved to carry twenty tons Of freight
Eighth That the actual cost Of trrn1por'a-
ton is not more than oue.halC that Of any 9TH
er method, and more than twenty times as fast
The Republican winds up as follows:
In conclusion, should this method Of trans
portation operate successfully, with one. quarter
or one-tenth of the power and capacity which
are claimed for it by its friends, which all ex
periments confirm, and which are conceded t
it By very many of the most distinguished me
chanics aud engineers of Boston and other pla
ces. and the almost unanimous consent of thos
who have xamined into the matter, q compet
revolution in many parts of the business will b.
effected. The telegraph will be superseded, a
every person would much prefer to send a let
ter, long or short, as it might suit him, ant
that with entire secrecy by this conveyance, t,
being confined to very few words, at higl
price, with the necessity of confding his com
municaions to at least two other persons
Railroads may soon be numbered with tn
things that were, as it is understood that per
sons, as we'll as papers, are to be called for
through this channel, and the patents express
ly mention passengers as a portion of the com
modilies to be transported. At any rate, W,
advise people to keep their eyes open, nova
days, instead of their mouths, and be aston
ishcd at anything; and if they live in Spring
field, 10 do business in New York and Boston
and come home regularly to their meals, b
thankful, without complaining that they are de
prved of view of the scenery on the route