The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-11

goo MILES AN HOUR!
Tie Burton & Holden Rapid Transit
Electric Railway.
Modern business-life, with its UNI
precedented hustle and push, has been
the mother TO the invention reducing
its transactions to a minimum. Not
the l%east,in tile long line Of such inven-
tions is the one lately brought TO light
under the name of the "Burton & Aol-
den rapid transit electric railway"
The des,grsof this invention provide
for an elevated railway, in a sort of
tubular form. a single rail at the top
and two parallel rails at the bottom,
from which it will lie impossible for
the airs to escape when going at the
highest rate Of speed. The limit Of
speed on steam roads seems to have
been attained, because Of the danger
Of the locomotive and car wheels flying
from the rails. The construction Of
the Burton & Holden patent obviates
this difficulty.
The road is supported on t%rcstlcs
erected at intervals of so feet, and as
these may lie made low or high. accord
ing to the circumstances, the track
level may be obtained with scarcely
any cutting or filing in. Aside from
piers for the t~ressles to rest upon, no
roadted med lie constructed. The
track will be elevated SO that teams,
farmers cattle, ETC., may pass under,
and the railroad company, instead Of
having to purchase outright a wide
strip of land the whole length of the
line, will merely have to securc a right
of way. All these points will tend tc
reduce the cost of construction below
that Of the present system.
FORM OF THE CAR.
The motor car will be cigar-shaped
the ends being identical, $ that the ca,
can travel either way with equal case
In a compartment in each end will be
Il motor which will drive the lmmens,
steel wheels at the sides. These wheel.
will be IL feet in diameter and revolv,
on the two lower parallel rails.
Suspended. and along side of the up
per rall will be the electric cable con
dnctinr the fluid from the power sta
tions at regular intervals along tin
line. At shorter intervals a connect
ing wire will run down to anothe
wire which may not Inappropriate.
be termed the trolly wire. Along tli
lower wire will travel a trolly wheel
from which the electricity will lie con
Quoted to the motor. Beneath eac'
end of the CAT will be a guide whee
placs d horizontally, and very rear!y :
wide as the distance between the rails
On a curve this wheel would touch til
inside of enc of the bottom rails an
steady the car in making the turn. =
arrangement Of cog wheels at the to
is designed for the same purpose on III
upper rail.
Between the motor eiias Of tie ca
will he a middle section with apar
mcnts for GO passengers, telegraph ~
orator, conductor, etc. Behind IL
!, motor car may be ATTACKED one or mo,
t~railers for passengers or freight.
10 acquire a speed of 200 miles pe
hour, til. big wheels will make aho,
40 revolutions u minute. Brak,
; would be applied ly mans of
, knuckle on the hubs Of the wheel
1t is estimated that at the rate of e
, miles an hour the car could he stoppe
within q distance of so rods.
1t would be impossible for ears mo
: ing at the fearful rate of speed d
: !, signed, TO pass switches successful
and SO a double track will he necessar.
The oars will be constructed as ligI
as possible, so as to get the greatest G
!, feet of the electric current. 1nste;
: of trains of many cars starting out
Z our great cities at intervals of three
Q six hours, this system would propose
a decrease the interval and run eve
- hour or less.
SUSPENDED STREET CARS.
For the use of cities the plan vari'
!, The tubular roadway is elevated abo
the street and provides for long d
y lance trains, in the same way as h
. already been described. Beneath II
track are other rails upon which ele
\. tr;o straat co,.s will h,nr c,,c,o,1oJ