The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-31

lhe trAlh whose movements arc eaaily
~ An.utqpely from lhe power stations. 81
lhesn stahons There Will bOpne IN New York,
n gns r. oRlcaso, aud seven on ne
.tatlpnB Will feguiIs q capacity OF about so
each, and any pmttlcll engineer
an compute he cost Of maintaining them, II
y really tEItlug eonlldeIlng The elielonry dc;
the stations, even II Ave OF ton milG from the
track. Il Will DO utilized, power being tFApA-
mltted by wire, importation trRllS Of four or
I'VE eahs Will he Fun-A motor car aud three or
iour others b can arc 80 lelescoped together
as.to form unbr0ken surfaces, TOP, bottom aud
tideaiapd The rear car ~ well as the tiStoT mo-
tor car " pointed, 30 as to offer the least posi-,
BIZ. resistance 70 air, The movement Of each
tEalnl automatically and accurately registered
on pehaft In the power stations, The SllghleAt
accident 70 the train or the presence Of an OBJ
stAcleon the track ShuKof the connection. At
the vii uttha dispatcher n train can bp stopped
A. Ruy point, backed up, or started ahead again.
tTol, aud II tfaaie should not Justify TSS build.
Ing OF q double truck, y single track could DO
easily and efficiently operated"
While " = true the capacity Of RtFaln Of five
cars = not laIge-ab9uta Ton 81 mail or express
matter 70 the caF-the capacity Of the road Will
be very great aud It's ecoIomy admirable, Ten
or fIEeen trains nn hour each way would 70,
qutre no more power than one train Rday, and
practically no more expente, HinGe the power II
steadily maintained NJ tho generating stations,
and no employees are required with the trains.
Fifty or keyQnty.tVe tons Rp hour could be
easily dispatched from New York to Chicago, AZ
present Il Bnot intended 10 apply the new lR'
yentlnn 70 the transportation OF human heilgsl
but alter the commercial success Of the mall and
express llle shall have been demonstrated, II II
predicted q passenger line Will speedily follow,
FOR the carrying q passengers the cars would
be made about three feet wide, with single
seats No S~leePlng'caTs would DO needed
hnAnuHn HVn hnnRE RuaVHIH n1NNHnR I'm
y Journey from New York to Chicago, The tray
eler could leave Chicago elrly In the morning
lunch In New York, spend the afternoon gu
Broadway or In Wall street, dine At Delmonlc0,,'
toEtAblY IN a train lighted and heated by cleo
1icity.. lie would mnrnoYeF travel In safety, be-
cause tho construction OF The track would render
II impossible for u train to become deralled, and
automatic appliances would OhyiAte all danger
OF collisions, He might NOT md II 10 his Adyan'
taEe 10 stick his head out OF the window, hui
there would DO no difficulty about the ventilR'
ton OF the, coaches, NnSmORe, dust, gas, or cin'
ders would Interfere with respiration. The car
now In use on the experimental track here have
their wheels on tho outside Of the body. New
cars gOOll0 DO put In use have the wheels with
In tile walls Of Tho cans, leaving no projections
except the loufnRlhoXes,
Among the l0 patents OF the company control
ling this invention Is one whose importance will
NJ once commend itself TO the reader who hOpei
some day 10 travel from Chicago TO New Y6Th
between luncheon and dinner, II Is u special
rail- travels a guard, which rests within a couple
OF Inches Of tho under surface, RlRndlpg ready Il
hold the train upon tho track IN cases Of accident
or shock. This rail- serves tho double purpose o.
giving protection against Rcclden tRnd Of carry
lug the two currents, the outgoing and the 70
turn, The positive current ID carried by the rai
ltSeli, while the negative retuEnsO on o small cop
per wire carefully Insulated aud placed on lhI
outside Of the upright section OF the rail-. Thll
rail can DO crossed BY pedestri9ns aud yehielel
rents coming through II. The rail weighs sixty
pounds tO the yard and the average eoSto Of traCl
IL computed II 5000 u mile, a double.tracl
line between New York and Chicago, with pOweI
stations aud e%QuipmepIs, would probably COS
no more than Sl2,O6O,OO0 and have q ca
paclty more than equal to all the mail and pack
ago express matter now passing between thu
two cities,