, 1880-08-07
ELECTRIC LOCO1IOTlON.
Mr.. Stephen Dudley Fields En-.
gine-Does It Antedate
Edison's7
A patont Issuel-To DO Given O
Trial OH tho Elevated
Roads.

HGfCIHh ulNuo ouQuhN NlIG V1 NhH0S w
upon tho same problem In tho liope Of lnalt~
tng a useful and profitable discovery. 1t i,ns
1a.oly been tho Ucru'd's privilege to describe
tho success Of Edfson'a electric motor rtltl-
ming It's cars upon the half mile OF narrow
gauge track at Mcnlo Park; but It now
seems that the honor nt,,I profit Of TITO invcn-
tlol, Of an electric engine or tho application
Ut electricity to tocomptfon will not hu al
lowed to rest with lin, unless he can over
throw the claims Of q 3'o,inR naaH who pos
sesses n patent, duly signcd md sealed, for
ut, Invention With tic SAME object, tint Of Nh
electric motor for drawing cars upon II rail-
road track.
THE NEW INVENTOR.
Mr.. Stephen Dudley Field, the Inventor In
question, is the son Of the late Jonathan
Field, of StockbtidRe, Mass., md hence "
nephew OF Cyrus W. Field, David Dudley
Field, and Judge Field. OF California. Young
Stephen Dudley has since Ills youth liad u
passion for mechanics, and has been mn
ardent student of applied science. No doubt
tho connection Of his llncIe Cyrus Will the
laying OF tie Atlantic cables stimulated hin
to the stntly Of electricity, md IN San Frntl-
his improvements IN supplying electricity TO
the telegraph lines by substituting tlylu!l,o-
electricity for thnt furnished by galvnnlc bat
tsr!es. NG IS ut present employed 1y Tho
Western Union Company, sslpcrlntendtnE u
hflnt1ar substitution for their great ilcad-
quarters III thle city: Over q yGar ngo, says
his uncle, tue lsey. Henry NJ: Fle!fl Yl tho
tEon OF m electric engine, th,ss antclatIng, 1t
is clainleI anything donc IN the satne tlIrec-
tion by Prof. Slemcns, Of Berlin, mud, ilcccs-.
sari1y, anything done BY alr. Edison ut
.Alenio Iark.
rnlon1TY OF c1.A1,J.
As patent lawyers nre the most Ingenious
of their profession In pointing out The grcAt
results which hang, upon shall facts, It is
to leayo them for the present my quarrel
Amorican inventors, it is, stateti tint Air.
aIeetTte ensinc, wlilc Sir. Fields Tax issued
OIL tho 18th Of last month, the specifications
filed N the regular application, form on tho
9th Of Jurc. For the l.resent 1t Is only neces-
sary to state TINT Afr: Etlisnn's electrr cllgine
pHt po nx 1n e s.t traf & nt IT. Asns s k ,a 9" ,e m
same day r wheel burst, putting all. gltl to
the experiment; but nn Ito ethl, OF May 4
Ucrata reporter rode twice uyer tie line df
new M Ts p pantestes ' ST. ieisNs sis t! @ a
pttcatf0n for n patent by eleven tlnys, but tho
cnveut referred to above Uf course nlltGdatcs
.Edis01t's first efforts.
HOW IT IN LIKE EnlsQS'R.
Having seen Edison's engine ~ operntion:
Mr.. Flela's eicctro-tllntor IN ltnd. it cat! 'ln
observed Mt gla,!ce that there Is great slmt.
1arify hctweGn the twp. with, however, such
no.iiS y m n,,ste INV ~ r'G et"s % w M
os.s -" "naratrs 49, ~ n f,,rt,,a't,,n
.isctrlcsy @ to the ill., rhs manner ma nf ~:
plying tho force, furnished By ~, ordinary
si,,iinr ~ thcpn H. ~ nnt,raitv sc III,
ference lI the dctntts: bitt In the mctll0tl uf
SohnMoH1ng hne sMnn VI i, i GeG,liolty 70 sMe
mo1f trint. 5u slgca y ct,S y MlSs; ~ IN, Ml @
9 9ron III frn"t ltastf ff,ro,,t Tia H. 's Mhris hv
M ingenious sontryancs Mi's v! IT. feid
nses nmolea npRmiee' W'!cm ss'l' nn i,ele
iti G, a,S T. vH ,s,, @ ~ ~ oMGfe, NH, ;rop, upto aa
art ~ se 9Ge ron3,ncf! ~ @ nn,nrns ~" s 'fcNS III
It may be- noted TINT MI. FIELDS idea ut tho
outset was to provide nl clertElc motor for
adapted mora particularly for, tho nropul-
sion of strect-railway cars for the nccollitno.
dation Of tho local passenger .trat1lc Of cities
and toWiis, although remark ttlNt t. may lit
many instances be employed with advantage
under other contlitioi,s, some OF which will
ps neIslmater M ST. inIth. ~ tna Cravings ~
1s nnvG snown ny avemla9m ~ nunnten 10 Inc
enn e.f,v,ya ~ 4, ci.ss oa,9i' n s omt
1nE tn,,s 1T @ eet,ala M oo1ecs; ,s Mv, riGla Wns
pevINl,s nItytn 10 INC Wy q speeiAi npptl-
th ToMd u,en oer tS ereu IL
neeaea: -
Mr.. Field proposes to make ,lso;of 4 co1,-
linuols HOLLOW cllAlaDer running lMrattel to
dtctor oxtcntlcti withn il, Md longitudinal
slot, 50 rs tu pornlt the entrance Into IL OF q
travelling arm. for the PURPOSE ,of cffectinE
The esnt3e !; r.. Of 4.'a tha EHs Or Sy b d e
thluH&:h t4o otut ~ tGs tutc HIS NHGGi VI