New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-21
TILE DAFT ELECTRIC MOTOR.
AN EXHIBITION AT GREENvILLE. N. J.
SOME WONDERFUL FEATs WITH ELECTRICITY
ADVANTAGES CLAIMED FOR THE MOTOR

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SOME WONDERFUL FEArs WITH ELECTRICITY
ADVANTAGES CLAIMED FOR THE MOTOR
party of gentlemen identified with railroad anu th
manufacturing interests visited the works OF ,he
H S"J Yesterday afternoon. These works consist Of
long ST 3wS al OI enclosed by high
fence. Two railway tracks one oil unusually Miac
gauge and the other unusually narrow run
the Grounds and passing outside make shaIptcui'
and a steep grade within an eighth OF q mile. a
short distance away isa sawmll which Is run , by
electricity through mile Oh wi tous -. strScture~is
made of lumber from this sawmill, ana ,a;, Is
declared to be the first and only Da sawsS
wholly by electricity The company IVA, was
Organized about eighteen months ago with caPsat
of $500, O00 The stock Is dlyidea anlUns bsIJ Inv
Twenty-Five persons the majority OF II oeng orgs
half dozen men. Among the trustees are p pn3
r. blanchard vice. president OF the Erie ana f
Lenox Belknap treasurer OF the Nor'nefh Il "o''i0
While The name of the company suggests ina. ~; lts
ams are wholly in the direction OF liiuhIna.,oi;,
this is only small part. Wv Stber objects
ore twofold-the Transmission OF power Irom u
stationary source to other stationary fron
and the transmission of power nom ,ba
statlonary to a moving motor as IN inc ns
case of all classes of locomotives. The object o.
yesterdays visit was to nsPect. ins The eIhib
tion was made with miniature open cars on Iio
smaller of the two tracks. The motor Is eass
70 one side or the other to go ahead or run BACK az
NAV be desired. The electric current Is a
to the rails from the stationary engne, % sSs and
and negative wires connecting with either sue, anu
from the rails to the wheels and through t1osI ~
the simple machinery of the motor. inc ptho &c
are magnets of high power. While the question ..
;nsuIaton of the rails presented such difficulties IN
the practical working OF the Sieuens oioGoo %,
tenn in Berlin as to require the no e. st the
:" low tension current admits OF the running 0,
cars over rails laid in the ordinary manner, auH
with no special preca%dHnS Tsers is no attempt at
Insulation IN fact, aud there is, consequently aJso
infe immunity from danger of shock OF harn W. hu
man or animal life from contact WIN the ia,is nc
askad what advantages are claimed for the eectrc
motor as a substitute for steam locomotives IoI
WAYS Tbeo Daft. electrician OF the company ""i0n
0rr locomotives would be onethird the weight
of those now in use to accomplish the same VOTE.
They would be operated Tor less tI ina motor
Is practically unlimited, because there are no Io0,p
rocating parts. The expense OF CONSTITUENTS o anv
keeping IN repair be sHuo senm locomotives in
the world are those on the Pennsylvanla ha ;.L
road: these are 1S by "a cylinder wiI oa
feet driving wheels; they consume Si2 TONS oi
coal ner morse power per hour while our compounu
stationary engines which furnish the power require
only two tons of coal per horsepower per lo9t.
200 or $50 ton train running at the rate OF
five miles an hour develops 625 horsepower ana
the steam locomotive weighs with the tendei, .I'J
tons We coDdense the same emery nv -
wentv-ton electric motor and thus add thirty TONS
more paying capacity to tho tram. we can row
actually accomplish speed OF seventy inies az
honr with the armature the shaft. and 100 mi les
an hour are possible. The reciprocatng parts IN
steam engines are always elements OF danger IN tns
higher speeds. While we wholly 40 away VIII
these in onr motor there il constantly increasing
energy in the direction of rotation at the
Among the interesting exhibitions OF the power
of electricity the running OF the saws in Ino
sawmiIi nj The rate of 500 revolutions minute by
| current transmitted through mile OF wrei ont
more astonishing than all else was the running OF
the electric motor up and down track with grace
of Q 600 feet TO the mile This feat. In when eec.
tricity laughed at the laws of gravitaon. ana so.
at defiance all previous performances attehpteu py
steam motors would have seemed Incredible had IL
not been witnessed 10y a dozen practical men,