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

penses will be reduced one-half; that the
friction will be reduced 80 per cent; that the
safety OF passengers and freight will be in
creased: that the system is applicable to
any existing road, surface or elevated; that
the capacity of the present road will be in
creased fourfold, and that a speed of 100
miles an hour for continuous passage can
be readily secured, while 800 miles an hour
can be obtained if desirable.
ones breath away. Yet Mr.. Royton seeks
to prove them good in view of the following
statement of facts:
The motor power is bicycle steam en-
CINE, although he has also developed an
electric engine, which he thinks will super
sede the steam. There are two patterns of
the steam engine, known as engine No.
and engine No. 2. No. weighs twenty-five
tons, driver diameter eight feet, with two
cylinders, twelve by fourteen inches. MAX
ing pressure of boiler $50 pounds to square
inch; average stroke, high pressure, 500
revolutions minute; speed, with four cars
I gers, 100 miles an hour. The side view of
the engine is somewhat similar to that of
the ordinary steam locomotive.
Bicycle engine No. 2, resembles some
what the old dummy engine, weighs seven
tons, has two cylinders, seven by ten inches,
square inch. with diameter of driver six
feet, average number of turns minute,
with $50 pounds of steam, 600. This engine
will take a single car of seven tons, seatinR
100 passengers, ninety miles an hour.
Engine No. l, with two-story passenger
rying 10S passengers. There are nine COM
partments on each deck, each compartment
is entered from the side, contains two seats
facing each other. each seat seating three
persons. making ffty-four on each deck. A
two-story station, Of course. is necessary to
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The elements entering into the security
of speed also affect the cost of construction
of the cars, for the passenger cars, a. shown
by their weight, six and seven tons, are
made lighter in construction than the pres
emit cars. The friction, in consequence of
wheel running on single rail, il reduced,
as already stated, 50 per cent. This feat
to which Mr.. soyntona constantly a i,
refers, that thirty-6ve pound
bicycle carried Stevens around the world.
can be given terrific velocity, just a. 2
hoop once set going can be kept at speed
limited only by the running power Of the
boy who gives it an occasional tap.
Speaking Of the capacity and powers Of
his system, Mr.. Boynton said yesterday,
Engine No. ! will draw 1924 passengers in
three compartment cars of an average
weight of ten tons with a traction of six
tons. capable of being increased to ten tons
because the water tank and coal are I'M
medietely above the driver-at the average
rate of Q mile minute, or to Boston and
back in single day. with single ton Of
COAL. Now, 100 passengers-the average
number in palace car train of four oars
make a train where cars weigh $50 tons, sx-
elusive of baggage.
These four cars have seats for 100 people,
or the same as one of our fve-ton cars carry.
The coal burned for the standard gauge
trains between Boston and New York.
using three engines, including the amount
used In heating and firing up, frequently
exceeds twenty five tons. saving Of from
ten to twenty fold is affected when the train
is proportionately lightened. Tho actual
results are that 100 pounds Of coal are
saved an hour. There 10 lees friction With
the bicycle train in rounding curves, ~
there is no lateral motion, that the wear
and tear is reduced to one tenth.
"As the bicycle road makes Q standard
gauge road, like the New Haven, for
instance, into four track road, without
interfering with the regular trafac, il
gives opportunity for through express
trains in the center tracks, while th6ve ID
NO doubt that the time consumed In transit
at present can BY it b reduced ono halt.
The capacity of the road would b. doubls
rails would be quadrupled, being fousfold
increase of capacity while doubling the
speed, an eiehtfold gain in tFansportation
powers.
about about Ave tons, will b. framed Of
angle steel and designed for ali glasses OF
freight, while grain. ooal and all freiGhta
that can b. dumped will b. rsosived
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