Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-12-17

room lighted by it one is reminded Of
the words ''There shall be no night
there" for darkness is banished from
every corner.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Around the park on the north side
of the building the electric railway
makes its circuit. Its engineer, who
wears kid gloves, dainty boots, and
always has spotless shirt front, has
been kept very busy, nearly everyone
wishing to ride upon the only railway
in America (save that in Menlo
Park, New Jersey, where Edison is
experimenting upon which the cars
are propelled by electricity. 1t is mole
exactly in accord with the Chinaman's
description of the cable roads in San
Francisco than those roads themselves
are, of which he said: mo hor5ee,
no pullee, no pushee; go like hellee."
The track is three feet gauge with a
| third rail in the center. The train
used consists of the engineers cab
and three cars seating twenty or more
each. Two dynamo-electric machines
are required (and the plain English
of "dynamo-electric machine is q
''machine for Transforming mechan-
ical power into electricity,") one,
which is located at the station, to
generate electricity which is fed to the
rails by means of wires. As the tracks
are conductors the electricity runs
over their entire length, and is taken
up from them both by the wheels and
by means of metal brushes bearing
| on the sides of the central rail. 1t is
| then conducted to the second dynamo
machine in the engineers cab, caus-
ing it to revolve, thus changing the
electricity into motive force, which is
conveyed to the wheels by means of
a shaft, pulleys and belts. Revers =
inc the direction of the current of
electricity will change the direction
in which the cars move, and switch
lever enables the engineer to regulate
the speed without difficulty.
The company controlling this new
enterprise was organized only last
May. 1t started with a capital of two
millions and its members are among
the most practical of the millionaires
in America. Stephen d. Field, neph-
ew of Cyrus w. Field of cable fame
and of David and Judge Stepher
Field. is the electrician of the company
When man Of such inventive genius
as he has proven himself to be, com,
bines with Edison, as he has done il
the railway scheme, and has no enc
of money to use experimenting anc
perfecting his inventions, the worlc
may well hold its breath and wait tc
see what wonder will come next.
1t is claimed that in few year:
so perfected will be this new method
of locomotion that all railway com
panies will hasten to set aside theil
expensive, cumbersome, track-wear-
ING locomotives, and travellers will
rejoice over the absence of smoke
cinders, and racket-for this new
power has no use for either. They
also claim that the power of the moto
is unlimited and the speed far great
er than any ever attained, with less
expense and fewer risks.
A man from Tennessee, whose
faith in his native county is unlimited
was invited to take a ride. He looked
it over, but finding neither steam
power nor a concealed mule, declared
"the plaguey thing jess can't TAKE
an 60" He was induced to enter {
car and when the train moved off a
a rapid rate of speed, never Stacking
for curves or angles, he was awe
stricken, certain there was SOM
| witches work about it. When safel,
: off he exclaimed: "Well, I'm blesse'
) eff this yerthing don't beat Haywoo'
county, and gentleman, Haywoo
beats the world"
1 THE ART DEPARTMENT.
1t was happy thought on the pal
of the management to locate the De
: partment of Arts well away from th
e main buildings. 1t is like going frol
e the Tower of Bable to corner of th
Promised Land to leave the confusio
Or of voices, the whiz and whirl of m:
y y chinery, the never halting tramp
o. tramp. for a walk under the gree
,e trees and beside the pretty fountain
of in the park, to the brick structure
which is one of the finest collection
of pictures ever exhibited in Americ.