The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-06
a New Adaptation of Electricity,

Telphsrage Is the name which ha,
been given TO u system of automati
cally transporting goods by the agency
of electricity as the motive power,
which system was tho invention OF tn,
late Professor Fleming Jenkiu. by
ing in June last, however, the pro
fsssor did not live to see his ingeniou.
ideas carried out on a practical scale
He had begun the construction of
telpher line on the estate o
Lord Hampton, at Glynde, neal
Lswes, but his plans had to DO per
iected by Professor Perry, his huo
cessor as the engineer To the Telpher.
aye company. This line hos beer
Completed, and was formally opened
ON saturday last (Octobor ~ by Lady
Hampden, who electrically started !
loaded train ON the line. A special
train conveyed - large number o.
vieitors from VictoriA Station I,
Glynde, among the company being Sill
| Frederick Abal, Admiral Sir DWARF
Ingl0deld, Mr.. w. III. Preece and Pro
fassor Ayrton.
The liuo is a double one, nearly a
milo in length, and is composed OF twC
sets Of steel rods three quarters OF ~
inch in diameter, supported on wood
en- posts OF T.shape, and about Is feel
high. The wires are supported ono on
either end of the cross.pieco of the T.
which is eight feet long. The carriers
or skipS, as they are technical y
termed, are iron trough-shapod buck
ots, each holding about cwt., and aus.
pended from tho line by n light iron
| irame, at tho upper end of which "a q
p3lr ot grooved wheels running on the
line ot rods. A train II made up OF IL
OF these skips, which arc ia electrical
connection with eSch other, and with
an electrical motor which il placed 10
tho middle OF the train, havlnG five
skips In front and five behind IL.
Az u point about midway OF the
loDgth of tho line IL tho engine house,
III which IL 8 steam engine which
drives tho dynamos. From these lat.
TOR tho cGrreut Is led 20 tho line, and
thus Co tho electrical motor which
moves the train. The use TO which
the liue ~ put 10 to carry clay from n
pit To tho Glyndo railway siding,
whence " IL delivered into trucks and
transported by rail to tho works OF
the Nswhaven Comont company. Az
the charging end of tho talpher limo
the skips nre loaded ench with abou,
two cwt., OF clay, the train thus carry.
Ing one ton. A laboror, by touching u
key. starts the train, which travels ~
spaed OF from four to five mites au
hour along tha overhead limo tn
the Glyndo sta'i'G. Arrived there, an
other laboror ugSsa each skip ~ II
passes over Il railway truck, Into which
tho clay IN thus loaded. This upsott-
ing, however, will eventually be per
formed eutom atically by means OF n
lever on each skip, which will come in
contact with n projecting arm es II
passes over the truck. Tho laborer ut
the discbhrglng end OF tho line has full
control ovor tho train, and can stop,
start aud reverse II Nc viii, ~ can alsp
tho man Mt the other, or lnphiug ond.
rhore nro twn trains Of Glyndc, but
only one IL a. prosept used, that bsing
iouud sufficient to deliver $50 tons of
clay pcr week at the alta ion- the mini
mum quantity reqpi'oi by tho cement
colnpNny. The trd,us need no atten-
zion when running, as they Rro gov.
Hrned 10 run st tho Same speed both
ou rising and falling gradients. An
automatic block system 10 provided
30 that as many ~ 20 trains can no run
on the line without the possibility OF
cullision The iHlpherago liue vi
Glynde being the first erected, II ~ adj.
United that les details afro capable oil
improvement. Il, however, success
FULLY demonstrates the Ingenious ldea
nf Professor Jopkln IN utilizing elec-
tricity ~ n source OF motive Uowor.
Beyond this IL can hardly be- said TO 20
Mt rrpsant.