, 1869-07-09
WIRE RAILWAYS.
4 ecrs Inrcntion-FretEht Conveyed
Over Wires.


"a rrllwny without cuttings, mbouknents,
tunnels, yladucts OF bridges, no matter how nifty
the country to, he rayetsed"-sneb Is the definition
given by HrrauoH.'s .ju.u nal Of m Invention now
III USE IN LelcestershIEc. and working model Of
which, Inny lie seen IN Gresham street, E. c. The
xirr tramwny provides smple md cheap sub.
stltute for tlue OF rails, aud Is Of great serrlce
wncrc, from the scarcity or Intermittent character
OF the traf1lc, or The engineering diflcuties OF
tie crpund 10 bc got over, II Is either not ex-
Tedttnt or Impossible TO 20 Through the sxpen-
wlfr epAns over End evades obstacleE IN place Of
hu1roa ing under OF levelling them, and will per.
form IL task a. easily ulouT 4 Ragged tract Ut
pertinent being now prosecuted with complete
success betweeu some Leices1eEshire stone quar-.
rtcs aNd q railway Etatlon three miles distant
consists Of an endlcsa wire rope supported
on hcnes Of pullies carried By 6uh&antlA
posts, which u1e ordinarily about one hun.
Ee.l and lf,y tees ara1t, nut ,ae sH,. interval T.
show n IN one csse, where the r2an fto m pcst 70
,u>1 Is six hundred feet. orc Of the ends Of thls
iu,c passes round Fowic..a cltp-Arum. worked
IL d portable sieam engine aud ta1s drives the
ru:c st u speed Of Elk ull1cs M ho'lr boxes a:c
.Epg on the rope at the loading end near the
;abgcd 10 preserve perfect equilibrium, uad Ut
the sanc time TO pass without hlHdrince over the
krptoFs. Each Of these boxes & carries 1ne han- ~
ratc OF two hundred bo1e', or ten tons per hour
III the ihree mile distance. "
ALREADY wire uamways Of the 1.elcester.h.z.
and spa!n. Neso:lattus ere on ious, too, between
tht Tutk&h Government aud .ht engineers here,
anh It Ia not improbable thst this generation tnsy
gre guo1H carried by wtrc 2S commonly ~ uleS-
"a. eA The sxaunaS Is, indeed, nut unlike an cx-
sctatnGly stoss elrcI:c tetczrePh, aud there L.
-cneihtEs almost droH In the s!ght OF trg 1nent
u1 McH .aIt u trucks Or tSo1es l,aS-fhR YraTely
l'o:iS 1t u s.a.td tntervAlS and Ut regular PACE
md,h as II they were Al Essa dF'iL Ihe
.1ns 1Ss .i:a iHsn' Is ls' e. nesoa % ot 1
the points Of support. which consists tp
Il cufvinX the frune Uf the trick or box ~ 10
make tile centre Of GRAVITY co!ne undrrtae Eofe
s., admirably Is ihss Inauagcd thit Sole o. ouI
!ta ,De engineers have ketn discussing quite re-
emily the possibility uT constructing s'out wire
tE,u.Way between D1yer ant Calais, which should
t,t supported from ttne VI pillars sunk In mid
oeeln, and alunG which pas s-engtfs could be con
sud suspen.Os5 t1sins could, It Is Argued. Dc dc.
fuAschtd acruas the channel without difficulty Of
GauEef. ... .-.... = go
ut saoull Ire stated That Wherg heaT5 loads
must necessarily be carried, talr o. stationary
sppt fttpg sopeF with HI endless running rope fof
the motive power. ART employ ed and that By these
1nraus as many as thousand tous per day c2n be
easily conveyed. The cost Of erecttn3 these tram
Ways IN England, and Of supplying motive powell
xn1 rolling s1ock+ Is from ESQ mile fot cat15fDa
rtty tons = DAY, N po1es holding half = hundred.
weiEht caeh 10 C1 800 mi!e for one OF inc Double
rpEe lines, to carry l,0o0 tous day, N boxes
VI trucks holding six hundred weight earh- For
ait districts where there l. tTafnc, but where II
~op'd not pay 70 construct IhlWay' me M MT T.
tYnmwAy Ia particularly applicable, aud, as F1l o<
readily unterstt,od, wherever theso Ia standing
.ot4m for posts, there line can be erected. 4 re'
cen1 application from traders IN copper Tor put
tug M one for them which Ehoulu t1l t1EOuKh Al
African forest and over M African Jungle uoTt
Inder which the new system Of trsnspor. may "
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