The sun., 1888-11-04
ELECTRICITY TO CARRY Us.
EHB LIKELIHOOD or Izg E1ERJoY1LnrT
ron RAPID TkiEnTL:
ylans ana Dineuit,es or the Inveatsre-Hr-
perinents on the Elevated Isels-A Pre-
pored PocI.-Ths Patton Street Read.

Inc problem OF Tnplu ubnbit ~ Ouo Oh tue
most important that this town hes ever erap'
pled with everybody will admit The grum.
bling ut the loss Of time in getting from one
point to another is constant. and can be heard
everywhere In moro or less picturesque terms.
Thousands upon thousands OF dollars have
been spent in tho attempt to solve this weiehty,
knotty question. and schemes OF all kinds have
been launched By enthusiastic projectors.
None OF these has yet quite hit the nail. and q
colossal fortune awaits the man who will final
IL strike 1t sduarely on the head.
or all the primal forces that have been
called into action in the attempt to accomplish
the longed-;or result mono offers greater poss-
bilities than electricity. Gen. Greedy, when
asked recently to namo the thing which was
likely to exert the greatest influence upon the
future. replied unhesitatingly: " Electricity"
There are men In New York. and mon OF great
abilities, who agree entirely with tho COM
msnder-in chief OF the weather makers on this
point. As the agent to conquer the difficulties
in the way OF rapid transit It is universally ad-
mitted that It will ultimately superseds all
other motive power.
Cyrus W. Field Is one OF the firm believers In
this theory. To The SUN reporter he said re-
contly:
~ have not timo now to discuss tho posi-.
bilities OF the electric motor. but there is not
the slightest doubt In my mind that 1t will ul-
umately be tile means Of deciding our problem
Of rapid transit. At pioscnt think it is still
There are electricians who say that electric
motors have already been constructed that are
far superior to steam motors, and that can be
as ss
and swlfter than any others.
the Nh or ROAD PssNeen
n the snf Dat eed wa
q 1rnn 70 fhpt mi nd a mn har nf
which were, witnessed BY jay Gould. Russell
OCCASIONS these gentlemen rode on cars pro-
pelled by the electric motor as far as Fifty;
ninth street. These trials can hardly he said
70 have given much encouragement. however.
frequent and abrupt stops. and mysterious
that ali was not ms II should be-. but also gave
reasonable cause for tenr.
The elevated road has nothing more 70 do
place who're It can have iair trial. su It Is
cess Of IL motor @ It viii be adepted ip b. The The
sssSred The reporer that the comnany COMP wv was % not
at present interested in the experiments. but
fG sRE "Thfb tho general
OF the Daft Company. was convinced that tho
The trouble with our othor motor" he said.
the amount St labor 4 had BEEN Sniis to % DO. "' Il
Hns9 brds. hs Hss s
hs ras sTs snsSSs
understood II would be adopted there. While
Ss he mGF s M
tho Ninth avenue road. instead. however. Of
Unnecessary to draw four. The. motor was only
Of 6o-horse power. and not able to stand the
power % o course we we" admit that ihe
electric motor is not as perfect as it will DO.
to be wonderful. and It is only waste OF time TO
make snrmises M e 70 on the subject. What we main:
TSere s sre three f ways in which the electric
the elevated roads There the power I Is lerved RI cd
from current attached to the rails. 1t is ab-
about one-haif IA much as steam. The same
current that runs, the trains will also light
BY yIaying the wires that control the power in
GGShnid4lts Ghio &c, on the same plan as cable road
advantages 81 the elevated mo motor. ' "' '"' ''"'t
Se the underGro9nd road. and then We would
have SURFACE roads Of different kinds running
IN other cities throughout the country. With
In New York, OF course. Whore the conduit is |
BY 9 little brush that connects through a slot
with the wire in the conduit"
There Is one great obstacle In the way Of the |
cay a The M eonqoiinr aa1 ni shs ss
the mot at 1 say
Bun reporter, There are. hall dozen inven.
electricity to tho motor Each assaiIs his iel. /.
Lows, lew pretensiSns and asserts his own rights
on Tuesday Of last week argument WAS heard
b. by the Board OF Examiners.
Stephen D. Field. Thomas A. Edison, and q
German inventor named Siemens. each asking
for oHisnt on an electric motor i s assered
tor. AT all events the Patent Ohice recognized
Edison and s!smsns appealed from tbs G"ieS deci:
sion. and after endless ,quibbling, other in;
ana the litigation before the Comm issioner Si oi
s aSs In the sS
still fierce.
sahsF ne'fHw % osGs w FsS Ms
out in California at the time he invented his
motor ne s ,S ais" said to have been the first
favor q Tie dynamo The powor in his motor
alongside the rails. Field clalms that his mo-
tor tor can draw train OF cars at the rate OF forty
Father colum5th whose recent venture in
running DoatS 10 Albany on fare OF ten cents
ended so disast trous!y. was known forty years
ago as an Inventor Of nm electric motor. Most
OF tho older electricians Of to-day remember
seeing him at country fairs. when they were
BOYS. running toy trains by means q a galvani9
battery. 1t Is . question az to who invented
the dynamo. md there are as many claimants
as there are alleged inventors of the motor.
Field ran his motor on u ,600-foot railway Mt
the Chisayo Railway Exposition In 1888. The
motor drew only one car. 1t mado 1888 trips |
and carried 2b,sO5 passengers. More recent
trials have been made on the branch OF tho
elevated roads running from the Thirty fourth
Btreet Ferry to Third avenue. The motor
drew one car batween Second avenue and the
ferry; Mr. Field ri claims that the xperlpent
Tho continued litigation In regard to the Is
suance OF A patent has done much to prevent
the progress OF the motor toward perfection. |
a gentleman who ought to know said TO THs
would form II pool. nut their Inventions to-
kether. and stop all litigation, she electric mo.
Tor would bo al established Buccoss within .
month; Such u syndicate has been talked OF.
and II ts not Improbable that within a year II
will DO established. Cyrus W. Field Is one OF
THO persons said TO be Interested.
" Is to be organized on the plan Of tho Boil |
Polepbone Company. Every inventors rights !