The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31

United States K il is not a logical proposition
and if il Is not would Ike 70 have il proved
that 1t was Incorrect. BY tat means we are
overcoming q G greatest obstacle to rapidity.
We are dying, not through the air, but with it
as the iiathcat Is enrnr ON the bosom of the
Mississippi We must have an even temper
allure because there must be 10 contraction Or
expansion.
dRammell in the CRYSTAL palace, London,
i'm lSG+, demon strated the capability Of the
pneumatic tube carrying passengers by DO
ing it.
'Amcrica, am sorry to say, is away
behind Europe in pncumatics. Ny
tube has attracted more attent. on
done here, and unless | can do something
here will cross the herring pond and try Oh
the other side.
- sent letter to the posto:lice department.
al Washington and had most discoura- ~
reply ia which Tie third assistant postl II
general says
d" At present the department is without my
authority on mears to establish such a sys, -n,
and, indeed, may never have such authority
conferred. If il should, The proposition con
tanned in your letter will BE- considered
OTHER COUNTRIES AHEAD OF us.
Il will now quote, said Colonel Pierce,
from the last annual report OF the postmaster
general 1t SAYS: The recommendation is
made IN connection with tic special delivery
service, that investigation be started at once
to ascertain whether the pneumatic tube syS-
tcn-now IN successful operation in London,
Berlin and Parls--mGy not be economically in
troduced in the great cities Of this county for
the benefit, not only of special delivery, but by
am enlarged system Of tubing for the transmits
sion OF all the great mails between the post
offices and the various postal and railway
stations
Sow" said the colonel "this shows that
Berlin, Paris and London are away ahead cf
us.
"In 1861 iron carriages were propelled be-
tween High Holbcrn and the General Post
Office in London, laden with mail baes, ut
weighing 800 pounds. And this was operated
for many years until replaced by more extern
sive lines
"The little tubes now used by telegraph
companies and for the transmission Of cash in
large stores necessarily have to contend with
many obstacles which a large tube for the
transmission of freight and passengers would
not have to meet, the chief one Of which is the
greater friction the air meets in passing
through a smaller tube in comparison with
what would be the case il driven through Il
polished steel tube instead Of the common
castings now used for pneumatic lubes.
RIGHT or WAY COSTS NOTHING.
zone great advantage of the pneumatic rail-
way is that the right Of way costs nothing. l
consider that the present means of communica-
ton is, in comparison with this far slower and
more nconvenient than the old stage coach
would be compared with the latest passenger
train. And as to cost, after careful investiga-
tion of the facts, | see no reason why, when
everything is taken into account freight and
passengers could not be sent across to England
below the A atlantic by tho pneumatic tube at
the cost to the carrier of not over one per cent
OF the present methods"
Il will be glad 10 give Information to any
one on the subject the colonel concluded
''aS nothing would show whether the project
is practicable or not better than to have the
matter thoroughly ventilated by the press"