The Panola weekly star., 1884-08-02


The electric railway system seems the
natural sequel Of nn electric telegraph,
aud there IL therefore nothingirnnsccni!
ing belief IN the allegation ~ Prof
Flcemlng Jenkin at recent meeting Of
the British SocleiS'of Arts TINT he has
discovered mrlbod Of tclcgraphing
goods and passengers hs we'll ns mes
sages. Theglnqral introduction of ''tel-
pheragc' would certainly involve the
modification Of ogood many commercial
theories. ~ wcll asa considerable en-
largemcni Of our means of loc0moiion,
hut the Professor ismodest enough not
TO propose TO do away with steam rail.
roads AL nj once. In fact he isUf npln-
ion that tclpher lines. sucbns be wishes
to see IN operation, would never com
pete successfully With railways IN dasos
where the traffic Is sufficient TO pay n
dividend on alargr capital Al that M
claims for his invention Is that Il will
provide useful auxiliary u existing
railways and q cheap mode of transport
| In new countries.
H. The word tclphcragc -Ur more prop.
erly yteDplraagor- degignale- allinodeS M
transport effected automatically withth,
aid hf electricity, but u employed by
Prof. Fleeming Jenkin specially 10 IN.
dictate bis method ~ cOnShying g00,ls nj
a slow pace aud olaap Tane. Ills tel
pber lines arc 10 be run on suspended
rods. raised abqYse.J JRe leyel q lle rord.
in such way rs 10 BE- frce from inter
ference. Two lines have hecn erected
aud worked near wciton, in England
and short sample line has bean sbippcs
10 Peru where h will doubtless BE- ~
ported onby some practical American
rcsilenis fI.t tciif ..f.if,c %,
in As TO the uses 10 which tclphorag,
may be- applied. il Is said 10 be capabl'
Of conveying grain. nnal gravel. sand
ami In fact. oil kinds oiminerals. meal
iish. salt, manure, fruit. Vegetables. anf
sl goods which mhyfbe conytbieIrl,
divided Into Ago or three bugdfeS
weight; and Prof. .lcnkin isconiidcnt o
being able 20 design lines eapablc o
carrying twite lhis weight IN tadhture
No land need be purchased to begii
with. for telpher lines do not iijterfefl
with agriculture or any o,ler i,ae IN
ground can be put. No pfeliiulnai,
engineering expenses In the way of sur
voyink need be undertaken; telphrrag'
hgsoFus such dlllellllies a. steep gradi
ents and sharp curves, No ciDbank
mentH, cuttings, bridges OF fences vii
be required Ia single-wbtcl path raise,
on rods bcing all that Is needed in. th
form II mcchanlenl cOnlrisance 10 en-
Able n tclplfcraga company 10 tgil
operations The total tsst. inrludin,
apparently boAiAe conslEaelion of th
line and the erection OF purchase q
rolling stock. need not exceed sevei
ibapand seven hundred and seventy
Iise dollars n year ''for daily duty u
six hundred ton mii,s.r By iAr III
! greater part u this expenditure woul'
beslaid cut on plant. Including locpmn
tiyea. trains and dynamos; and no nj
,litional expense beyond the acquisition
of more rolling stock would be involves
10 increaseffrssfef.=Asess.issess ~ Prof
Jenkins estimate. i would pay tel,
pler line. making all allowance for 9.
tablishment and maintenance. 81 carr
good. any distance for four csnts -
ton per mile Thi, u. II will ls oh
served. about double the usual railws
freight. bat. on The other hand. it'i
only onc-sixth part Of the avnrag
charge for carriage. aud wa III not kno'
whether the inventor u The system ~
tic pates any considerable reduction 4
. likely 10 result from increased facilitis
aud perfected machinery Oar mai
ksts would be ffsfolutignizssl II esIn
simple method u conveying agrirulinrs
and mining prndnrd fr6m tlzil, home /
the place u sale soalsi. its devised: an
II may be- that soms inventive ianks
may disceruiu teipsv-vnr~ hss< whic
zi.aii pisca him On the ra'h q discovery
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