The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-22
THE z A EDISON.
Harvesting New Electrical T~hoaghts to
Practical Work.

Practical Work.
! found Mr.. Edison las, week in his
laboratory on Avenue X. and asked him
what VA the newest thought that he
had harnes,ed 20 matter. This he
answered. and called my attention 10 .
board hanging by one edge to rop.s
above our heads. its surface covered
with tinfoil. In further explanation he
said: That solves the question Of tel
sgraphing to running trains. As soon
As that little device Is adopted every
moving train in the country VIII be-
come a Geographic station. and ANYBODY
aboard the train may be telegraphed To
a. easily as il il was standing still.
This will not be done by putting up a
new set of wires. under the train or nj
its side. but by using the ordinary tele-
graph now running by the side VI the
track. 1t is u new. and hitherto I'M
known. process Of induction. by which
! make electricity jump thirty-iive fee
through the air. carrying the messages
without spilling il How's that for
lively"
The inventors faco glowed with
pleasure a, the thought as he went on:
BY putting up this iinfoil-cove; ed
board lengthwise on the top II each car
l can catch a message from the wire
strung on poles ihirty-'ive feet of. and
a fling an answer back TO the wire.
It requires no change in the wires oi
any sort The secret Of il l. in the
machine for transmitting. When ! was
investigating what | called the 'e;heric
force. a few years ago accidentally dis
static electricity. These / have now
applied. The process is very inexpen-
sive. a three men could equip a road
30o miles long for $3.50 in THREE OF
four DAYS. Ii Gems certain that it.
adoption will be run from headquarters
and every passenger will be accessible
to his friends. VIVA; do l call il? ]
haven't named the baby vet"
Mr.. Edison looked exceedingly well.
although he was robed in 8 gown &
bed-ticking reaching from collar g.
ankles. which was no; very picturesque.
At the Edison factory in Goerck street
a new passenger Car Of the elevated
road Is being equipped with the clectrr
motors which Are 10 take the place al
the present steam locomotive in the
early summer. The car is turned bot
tom upward. and two dynama~ weigh
ing about 1000 pounds each are ad-
justed 20 the under side in proximity Ia
the wheels One dynamo drives the
four forward wheels and the other the
four real wheels. Every car n to b.
similarly rugged ~ ~ 10 bear ifs own
motive power. A train Of four cars. in
stead Of having one sixieen-ton locomo-
tive. with two great drving-whecls. will
have no locomotive. but eTery one Of
the ~thirty-two wheels viii Be- driving
wheel The eight dynanas wfIl weigh
about ~ much ~ . locomotive. and
they win al rsspond 10 the touch Of obe
conductor. NJ. Bachelor. in charge
Of the work. tells me that one car can
be run alonese the easy hours. while in
the crowded hours ten or . dozen can
be rua IN . train. and TIA; they can
reach Q speed a twensy miles IN hour
in the first 30 Sset after starting. Mr..
Russell Sage. whom I ssw yesterday.
feels sure that the electric motor viii
enable the aerial roads to carry one
third to ope-hAh more passengers thar
thew are how doing. and dat the train.
viii Be much more ssse I'D maaag~
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