The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-30

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dumped directly on shipboard or into ware
houses. This is especially feasible. as the
track can be built on q single line of posts,
precisely a. the elevated roads are built on
some Of the lines Of this city. Ten cars of
nary freight oars of the heavy pattern, while
saving proportionately by their lightness
and economical facilities. OF course these
oars can be run upon the ordinary standard
gauge road.
'"The bicycle structure of wood is built of
the best southern pine sawed timber; it re-
quires posts. one every thirty feet, and
pended above the tracks Eve feet apart,
directly over the rails below and latticed
together. The cost. with lumber at thirty
dollars thousand, il s., 900 a mile; in the
south and west whore the lumber at the
mill can be procured at ten dollars thou
mile. Wire stretched upon the posts sup
porting the guiding planks will fence in the
wood against cattle, ETC., at $1,000 mile.
The cost with steel pipe posts and iron lat
tice girders will DO about Sc, 600 mile.
The application Of his bicycle system to
importance to New York and Brooklyn.
As already stated this fact has struck the
IL" people in this city and Brooklyn 80
forcibly that they are carefully looking
into the system. Gen. George w. Wingate,
attorney of this Brooklyn Elevated Railway
panied on an inspection of the bicycle road
at Gravesend on Thursday. expressed him
self yesterday a. follows on the result Of
his examination:
II have studied this bicycle system crit
ically, and the only conclusion am able
to draw 10 that it is remarkably we'll adapt
ed to elevated railway uses. ! can't get
matter. Two rails, or an ordinary stand
ard single track road, afford two lines of
TRAFFIC by THE bicycle system. A two-line
structure can thus be built on single line
of pillars. The cars are light, and, the
most important feature. the engines are
lily ana smoothly that there 10 hardly any
rumblinQ and vibration. The engines and
cars are % light, with no side motion, that
q double system could be built over the sim
gle line Of pillars, with third line for the
express trains Immediately above
the TOW. The running Of that car at Grave
send 10 ocular proof Of the feasibility of the
scheme. There certainly are the car and the
engine. Al We observed, they ran with
wonderful smoothness and liRhtness and
speed, with NO psroeptible vibration. The
car can not jump the track, for the guiding
should break, and even then the other eno
of the car would be held in position by the
wheels above as well az below. The ele-
ment of safety ID certainly as great as on
any other system. When it comes to speed,
We certainly roll Ut the rate of 100 miles an
hour, while one dash Of thirty-three seconds
took NJ mile.
From every standpoint Of my experi-
ence In connection with elevated roads
am bound to believe that this system il re-
markably we'll adapted to elevated road
purposes and the securing of speed of 100
miles an hour. It makes it easily possible
to secure express trains for elevated roads
ON the present structure, the only addition
required being the construction of the
guiding beam above the track and 4 possible
moving Of the rails to the width apart Of
five feet.
"There 10 one point of special import
anoe. and that u the compartment feature
Of the bicycle passenger coach. Each COM
partment opens to the platform directly,
A whole car can be emptied 40 quickly a.
two people can step ont. They do not have
to travel half the length Of the car hrst,
but step directly out upon the platform.
ana entering passengers take . step
their ssats. By this means 8 train
The average slow speed Of the elevated
train y due to the long stops. In Brooklyn
W have A average spesd of % per cent.
over the Manhattan. Why? because very
few passengers get ON an outbound train
after IL leaves the bridge or city hall. In
other WoIdg the stops are very short. &c
way out 20 franklin avenue in fifteen min
utse, distance Of three miles. Can you dc
that On any III road in New York; The
bicycle compertmsnt train not only insurea
SoDo4 tsa1ne y i1eoofs bat through The sav.