New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-22
ELECTRIC LIGHTS N RAILWAY TRIMS.
From The New-York Electrical World.

From The New-York Electrical World.
In the United states a: least the system OF lishth-
from storage batteries, charged at cach emu Oh M
run. does not appear 10 increase in popularity. lnc
Boston and Albany Railroad. ait r two ana a nan nan
wears trial recently abandoned electricity on te Nv"
trains that were 50 lighted between New-lork ana
Boston, and substituted the l1nt>'h gas system -
is stated that the principal Of this action was
he emitting down Of the overhead wires In New ork
preventing them from charging the storage batteries AZ
mat end of the line, As the were not equlp'd
with oil lamps which could be used during tlai ilhe,
but It is also claimed that consGe.nlo 1rouHc n %
that the expense OF maintenance was 700 great.
tinucS TO I.ht lis parlo cars from the storage
batteries. using low voltage lamp. No.. o,.,,od
The IntcrcOiouial Railway OF Canada mas adopteu
the accumulation system alone the trains between
Halifax and quebec. and now have more man i1rb
cars ttcd mn with electric lamps which ar, Of sixteen
candle power and vary from eleven t. twenty-five 10
points on the line running about 500 mile, with the
one charge and the results thu, far obtained very
satisfactory but t. provide FOR emergencies oil lamps
Tac combination Of dynamo and storage battery
first adopted by the Pullman Company l. gradually
Satisfaction in the East and West but, It appears. at
a large expense for maintenance The Ch"~aI' aI'c
rGning between YcF.Yofk and Cincinnati win six
cars, i, supplied with IL lamps: divided up thus
Two Pullma.S, 80 lamps each, dining car. 20, dl'
coach. IL: combination car, H. and the baggage car
3. Up TO Nav l. 1890. the average cost. per lamp for
maintenance ard renewals was - 10 per month. let
whore the exhaust steam Is utilized for heating Tho
train the cost be materially dccr.ieod.
With this object In view the Cmcaeo. Milwaukee
and s. Paul Railway has recently added u, equip
mcnt two independent IEht ana heat i"i0"Ir. winch
carry their own boilers Tor steam heating and for
running a Wcstln Mouse automatic engine. attached
% q No. 4 Edison compound w0uud dynamo. supplying
tho current direct for lighting all the in The
train. tlIs doing away with The dynamo on the bag
gage and storage battery combination.
The results have been favorable and during
more than six months Of constant service there has
been single failure This company IN, four
trains covering about forty I've cars, lighted Dos
electricity and expects 10 adopt this system Of um
nation on an ~ Ita through trains. \ full d"crlp.
81 the tender. with drawings and other details ~
the electrical ARRANGEMENTS. VIII be found I'm Tho
Electrical World" NJ Jun" IL $50 u T. stated that
thc expense 81 building and cquppins these t'ndcr'
T. not much greater than th' cps- Of th" ~i"rfs" bat
tcry DYNAMO combination, with the expensive Wiling
required in that IS tom.
II is confidently believed that the cost Of Lighting
trains hy electricity IN the United state, can bc greatly
reduced rs adopting the method % largely used
abroad Of getting power from the axle.
Mr.. lIoucht1n. the telegraph superintendent - tn
London. BRIGHTON ana ~outh Coast Railway, orc -
the patcutrcs Of the system. advises me that there
are sixteen trains running on that road which are SD
lighted thirteen ~ them cal trains and three cN-
pres. tho speed ~ the cXprc~ trains rachc, t"veuiy
mills an hour while that Of tho locals from 20 o.
60 miles per hour.
Thc cIprc-, trains are wired for an AVERAGE Of
scvcutv lamps and the Other, forty the candle power
If these lamps varies from 10 10, according T. tn
spo"d Of the train.
The DYNAMO furnishing current for thcsr lamps f.
placed I'm the iagsagc car. and has pulley a. each
connected by belts direct with the aNea Of ic car