West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-06-05
THE WIZARD EDISON.
Harvesting New Electrical Thoughts ca
Practical work,

Harnrssing New Electrical Thoughts to
Practical work,
found Mr.. Edison last week i'm his
laboratory on Avenue B, and asked him
what was the newest thought that no
had hancsscd TO matter. This" no
answered, and called my attention to r
board hanging 10y one edge to ropes
above our heads. It's surface covered
with tinfoil. In further explanation he
said: THAT solves the question of tel
egraphing to running trains As soon
rs that little device Is adopted every
moving train in the country VII be-
como tclcgr0phic station, and ANYBODY
aboard the train may be tclcgrnphci to
n easily. as If IL was staudinw still.
This viii not be done 10y putting up a
new set of wires. under the train or at
its side. but 10y using the ordinary tclc-
graph now running 10y the side of the
track. lt is u new, and hitherto m-
known, process of induction bv which
/ make electricity Jump thirty-iivc feet
through the air. carrying the message
without spilling It, How's that Tor
livclyPN
The inventors face glowcd with
pleasure at the thought as hc went on:
by putting up this tinfoil- covered
board lcngthwisc ON the top of each car
/ can ca oh n message from the wire
strung on poles thirty-live feet oil, and
can fling an answer back to the wire
II requires no change in the wires of
any sort The secret of it /, i'm the
machine for transmitting When | was
investigating what ! called the 'ctheric
force. few years ago accidentally dis
covered certain curious properties of
static electricity. These have now
applied. The process is very ineNpon-
siyc, as three men could cuuip a road
300 miles long for $1,000 i'm three or
four days. 1t seems certain that its
adoption will be run from headquarters
and every passenger will bc access bio
TO his friends. What do ! call itP
haven't named the baby vet"
Mr. Edison looked exceedingly we'll.
although he was rObcd i'm gown II
bed-ticking reaching from collar to
ankles, which was not very picturesque.
AZ the Edison factory i'm Goercl street
new passenger car OF the elevated
road is bong equipped with the electric
motors which are to take the place Of
the present steam locomotive i'm the
carly summer The car lis turned hot.
tom upward, and two dynamos weigh
ing about 1000 pounds each are ad-
iustcd TO the under side i'm proximity to
the wheels. One dynamo drives the
four forward wheels and the other the
four rear wheels. Every car is to he
similarly rugged so as to bear It's own
motive power A train of four cars. in
stead OF having one siXtecn-ton locomo-
tive, with two groat drivinp-whcels. will
have no locomotive, but every one of
the thirty-two wheels will be driving
wheel. The eight dynamos will we OH
about as much as locomotive. aud
they will all respond TO the touch OF one
conductor Mr. Bachelor. in charge
of the work, tells me that ono car can
be run alone i'm the easy hours. while i'm
the crowded hours ten or dozen can
be run in train, and that they can
reach a speed OF twenty mile an hour
in the first 800 feet after starting. Mr.
Russell Sage, whom | saw Yesterday,
feels sure that the electric motors will
enable the aerial roads TO carry one
third to one-half more passengers than
they arc now doing, and that the trains
will be much more safe and manage
ablc.-W Il. CrO0ui, ta ~ J. VOrid