, 1881-03-19
CABLE STREET-RAILWAY.


HOW btHfAH I'LL NHH fENFC1REHs I
&an frdnesaso f'orrs spoHtHrs Haitian Tr,nserfpf.
San Francisco las lad fur nearly live years
n mode Ut public conveyance pussesscd rs
vet BY 10 Ot|Icr city II, tho world. / refer to
tile .tcabte roads, The unmfnr1neu new.
coiMer sees will. surprise stieetc9ss moving
Btcadtly. s,nDhthly aI0nR, will, no nppar-
cnt meals 0f lncDtlDtini. There Is the
car. exactly like tho regular l.orsc-car. It,
front Of II, and attached to II, Is II graceful
opnn car Will, front, rear, mil longitudinal
seats. III tie middle IT tllss cur. In the space
lncosel by tlIess scats, stands tho driver,
Will. two upright levers III front Ut lin.
Without jerl; or jar, Tho driver, l'y ncans Of
these levers, starts or st0ps tho cars 1ntlct
more promptly than cn,' 10 done In tic case
Uf Ilorse-ears, IN examination nj the track
why d!sel,scs tho Iact that ftluidis-
s H%s Sf,wfe" S strps s r. cas Dis s5s u f' s lwc
with an open space Of less tltal, a,' incl. bt-
tweel, them. Underground, directly In line
with this ops,l sl,ncc, runs IN etl'l!ess Wire
fI3ps I,ps ~ r te Ga9e ra II i ' nousc vi Wers
powerfnl engines pronel this cn.ls Ut u
Uniform rnte at speed. tbs nacti,Ict culi-
trollefl by the driver Of the car, Is caltc,t
optliinr s IN s tiie ,'iidds II lie track, and Gy
Tie nlove.lelt OF the lever grips or releases
started ur stopped. NECESSARILY there aro
moving 4, opiosit direction 10 that Of the
other. Tie cable ruad Is q great success.
It is lcro alulost necessity. The hills Ut
the city are lofty and the grades very Steep
teur Of climbing such Hills. There. Is only
QUE drawback 10 tic absolute perfection of
Ills mode Ut conveyance. Even iron rabies
Will wcar. ont, ind aro subject e acci-
fha frnyrt il very great. aid tie
eable Is nSt more ,lubc to nreakaxe then thau on
any other tay. When thu eable breaks, all
the ears OH the route necessarily stop wher-
main until tile tabla Is drawn i'll and spl!cett
| ut the ehgtne-slollse. Sunday before last was
/ a beautiful day. Everybody was out, ind
the ST. % Tess p1ske d. IL II ill., e aitsfaG s sns
| on two. 0f the leading rvads parted. AZ 1t
takes about two hours to repair the cables.
Tho tifsltRy of pleastlse.seckers Or ctlurcll-
Eotrs hnit-way tn thasr places of dest!nasso:.,
und y soodly distance from honie, may he
Imagined. Sometimes ncareless driver, while
| on n dowu grade, will grip. SO sutdensy
und wifi, such force rs to cut tho cable. Not-
witllstandlng this single drawback @ t;lo cable
road is Il great insenllnni and wlll be mdopt.
cd wherever the conditions Ut tie clIinate
| will pcrsuis.
Snow md IT, ea,i ne oysrso,nei a''d tat te .e
luxury now TIE exclusive possession of San
the best equ'pped. 1hls road runs to the
Vicinity oi Golden t;ate I'arls, and does n
| large bl,s,lless. Their Longest cable Is from
Market street, the starting pnint. 10 the ell
gine tlOuse-u distance OF 1G,tp0 feet. From
this p0fnt ai1uter cable Carries tile cur to the
| termlaatlau af the route ut l.onc Mountain.
The prapelIng power consists OF twp eli
| gines Of LEO horse power each. ThnlnacAinery
fur transmitting tue power to the cables IN
the street Is ingenious. Rld effective, yet
| quite simple. Provision is made fur Knther-
ing i'll any "siaci1" TINT lnny result from
| stra.nINE. III dropping 1le Market street
cable aid gripping that Ut the LONE Mountain
section the ear II llut stopped y new styin
Of wheel hns bccn adopted. which
| with slight ellange III uia switches.
renders 1t impossible ior the car to run off
the track Mt switches, thereby preventing
breakage OF tic cable ut switching prints.
Il novel feature III the enEiNt-aonse Is tho
transmission OF power from the engines oyer
the fly-wltee1S BY. means OF lAfEe cotton
cables instead Ut leather belts. There nrt
four of these cotton ropes, for each
engine, and, as thhey run ,,,E n grooves. :.
cnse Of leather belts. and they are absolute.
added TINT they are fotnd to be very dnt;s-
Biz and jntlcll less expensive tllnn leather,
tIleIr caln to the go,ierAl attention ut all lI!-
! tcrey,e.t in snch matters Is well fDNiiAe1.
The t;elry street rDatl IL the only one using
tltis new application Of cast,Il. Tho speed nt
the wire cable Is kept ut the uniform rate OF
seyei, a,ilcs Ill hour, Which II considered Is
rapid n rate Ms should be allowed Tor cars OH
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