The Lamar register., 1890-09-27
nFCTRIcITY FROM COAL.
-, MOTIVE PoWEF FOR
CHEZ OUR RAILROADS.
,..,,,, Revelation That VIII Bring About
! chasse In Motive Porer-fros-
nat II VIII Soon be Accom-
,lished-s Stop the Waste.

..;eians hive been discussing a
~ made by Henry Willard, that it
"a be well TO 70 cautiously in re-
y, 10 certain expeud itures for loco
70. because it Was probable tha,
.s,r few years the motive power
.,sry railroad in the United States
s,-I be changed So one rumor has
-. well-known correspondent
,.,,h.r report has it that he was APP
-.'.bed By men Interested in the de-
,i,oeu1eni of new electrical discov-
,rs when he had examined it de-
s,Aat we are on the eve OF grea.
-A,pieaI and Industrial revolution.
80, in fact. us 10 do away, practi-
=, xlth steam as n manufacturing
a ro,ive power.
Tro opinions will be heard in cleo
circles respecting the meaning
| !, ~. utteranoe. One Is that MIR.
rn,,i has personal knowledge OF a
:, iavention or discovery In tho
-. Of electricity. and the other
800 Is based upon the bsliet that
+. Willard has been convinced tha,
's.,osst alleged discovery OF a means
} tsveloplnR n latent heat and cleo
-s,s ia coal so that il shall produce
.,.r vi,hou; any intermediate ma
si,sry is a bona fde discovery.
rns, amount Of mouey has been
,-., hy the men who are OF inventive
=, and Who arc using that quality
y. seld OF electrlcll development
psr,ect a system of siorag. of
,.--isi,y. l. Is understood that the
,-.ui system generally In use Is a
=, expensive one. and al the rate
st,,ss Tor p sscnEcrs. 5 cents trip,
= hardly be made profitable FOE s1-
.,,rs use in street cars In Euglaud
~ ss,n 10 be able 10 do better with
ss-lse batteries than we have done
~. Aad some satisfactory expert
r..,, have led TO the establishing OF
e-a distance street railways :hus
expelled
" ose seems 10 know OF any such
s,,siioa Of recent date in tho storing
4 s.so.rieitT as would justify Mr..
r-ard 10 uaking tho rcmsrk he did
y. q, The abicst o. electrical cxpern
VI Ills aiternoon that a building Of =
s-'sci storage battery capable OF 70
jy-g 70 all demands large or small.
"a q course solve the problem o,
as,,iziory electric motive power. but
, q noi halievs that any such bat
n slI yet bcen built
II general Impression Is iha; Mr
T1I-5. ailcntioa has bcon called 70
ifs55Fory rather than To an lnvcn.
aa Il Is sad tha; m Inspired yogng
n, in bis way something such 4
pa.s As yoan- Edisoa was shea he
sasls3el tho Western Union eleci-l.
a., siiA his early md amszinR dis
rEs-i.s and patcnts. has. partly By
raissi aud partly by study. discov.
~ his marvellous secret o. which
, stored heat in coal may be deveL
~ izio poser without the iu;errne-
HI, o. furnace. boiler and steam
sy,s
2 as Is true the young man hs,
EssriPPei Edison. for be has made =
s1fery Hhieh Edison HIS for yeAri
asai % make. and which uPon two
srss occasions be though, he had
as@ Edison himself 4, authority
nylns that II the secret should bs
rrsalst It would be followed by =
r&aaoa ia mechanical in lustry
- TO or greater than that Nhieh
:. upon the heels Of Waits discov-
Is Aa1 inyeations in steam power
a o. course. an Inference among
s,rieAl men that it Is this TO which
-Ar1 referred