Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-09-16
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New York SUM-
The interest aroused by the trial the
other day of the Cleveland Electric
Street railroad, the first put into opera
ton for city passenger travel in America,
is natural, and the degree of success
claimed for il Is not surprising. Nearly
year ago electric cars were moved
through the crowded thoroughfares Of
Paris by the Power Storage company Of
that city at the rate Of nine miles an
hour on q level, and of more than five
on an ascent. A distance of thirty
miles was accomplished by moving the
ear from one route to another in the
French capital, often across several
wards of trackless ground, and without
accident or difficulty of any kind. The
locomotion was effected by faure-Sellon-
volckmar accumulators. fixed under
the seats, and connected with Siemens
machine beneath the floor. Last No.
vember we had the less successful pre-
liminary trials of the Daft motor on o
Saratoga railroad.
The electric railway in Vienna dates
back TO the electric exhibition there,
when mile in three minutes was regu-
larry made by the train. At Berlin the
high-level railway was at the same time
operated by electricity. The small cleo
trio railway at Portrush derived interest
from seeking its energy in neighbor-
ing waterfall; while the invention of
Desprez for transporting electrical force
to great distances has been applied to a
waterfall near Genoble, which has
worked. to the extent OF seven horse
power, printing press, a sand mill and
other machinery.
An electrical omnibus also has been
tried with success in Paris. during the
busiest hours of the day, and the heavy
vehicle was handled and turned with ia
cility. IN some Of the coal mines OF
Saxony ii. c;riciiy has for many months
been employed, not only to draw trains
Of coal, but also 10 work ventilating
fan. Even a thermo.electric stove has
been invented. as have also electric
lights that can be used on railway cars,
in spite OF the vibrations and frequent
shocks to which trains are exposed.
On the water electricity AS a motor
has made no less rapid progress than on
land. Last summer an electric boat was
plying on the Danube canal. taking
thirty or more passengers Fix miles an
hour against the strong current and
eighteen miles an hour with the stream.
Two year, ago a launch propelled by
electricity was shown on the Thames,
and the following year a boat Of
that character. forty feet long, attained
speed of eight miles per hour on the
measured mile-this boat being the one,
we believe, already spoken Of as being
used on the Danube. Its trips were
accomplished, of course, without smoke
or heat or smell of oil. and also without
noise of engines or vibration. As for
the application of electricity to subma-
rine torpedoes, il is now the subject of
much study. attended with some sue.
cess. Electric small arms have already
been invented, and one such weapon
was operated not long ago by Col. Eos.
berry at London, before an assembly OF
army officers and others, by means of a
small accumulation secreted under his
waistcoat. The gun was the invention
Of Pieper. Of Liege. who has fired more
than 100 rounds with II in two minutes.
We may yet see electricity revolution.
izing the manufacture Of small arms.