Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-19
ANEW SENSATION.
The Erie Railway to he BriniantIy
Illumi nat ted-A Plan to Effect uaIly
Prevent Railroad Acetde ents at Night
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Prevent Railroad Accidents at Night
From the New York World Aug l. - /.
The last sensation made by the enter
prising Alr. James Fisk, DR., comptroller of
the Erie Railway is the undertaking. of q
plan by which it is proposed TO make the
linc of the Erie Railway, from the foot of
Chambers street md Twenty-third street
10 Buffalo and Dunkirk, an sunbpoiyen bel.
of Hight all ithfough the dark nights, both
in summer and winter. The Bergen tun-
mel is to be so brilliantly illuminated that
upon lowering day the eyes OF the pas
sengers will be almost blinded as the train
emerges q from the mouth sUf the
tunnel, owing to the difference between
the bright light Of the tunnel and the dull
rays OF the sun. The means to be adopted
to carry out this great plan, and thus pre-
cluding the possibility of any further acci-
dents on the Road on account of darkness,
is in the application of the electric light to
every locomotive on the line, and stationary
lights o. the ferries, in the funnel, andat
dangerous, curves along the roIte. The
attention of the Erie company was first call
ed to consider this scheme, by Mr.. +. G.
Morse, and Mr.. Fisk at once authorized
him to 60, ,to, work and, see what could be
done. 1Ir Morse; thereupon .commehced
TO 'rnake srrangements for the manufacture
of o large number Of a large number of the
electric lamps at Jersey. City, land he is
quite confident tllat within three nsonths
he will have Erie all aLlaze. "'
Mr.. Morse claims to have made several
valuable discoveries md ind,n0Sefnkhts in
connection with the electric light. One in
yention claimed by him lsa' seh-sustaihing
battery, and another is device for making
the carbon, points. used to give the electric
light, burn Tor, months without wasting
away. This electric light, it is. said BY
'thssA Iyhe btye experjneptel wtbsik win
cast shadow behind'an Opaque body Mt "a
distance of ten miles. But when Jared by
the motion Of the locomotive, the Intensity
of tho hight is diminish bed. ( Thee light will
inumine the track for three miles ahead,
however, SO that, where the road isstraight,r
the sengireef Can discern any object
at that distance. = BY another In
,genious, device, the electricity used to run
the lamps viii be collected by, the friction
of the wheels as the trains are in motion.
Twolights viii be used for lighting Bergen
tunnel, with one ia the middle, as the fun.
mel is not straight, but curves. Other
lamps will thenbe-stationed at each end of
the Pavonia ferry, which will throw a
broad belt of light aoross the North river
every night, to- guide the traveller safely
to his home in. the metropolis. These
lights will, it is said. be so intense that on
the Gsrkest foggy night there viii be no
danger of collision On the water, any more
t han- in the daytime. ,Sdn more,Iit is pro-
posed to gu 1wenty-third street every hight
with food of white light, from the NORTH
river to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, so that
travellers ut the llart of the rnsnopolis may
at all times be reminded OF the broad and
happy way. ."