Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-22

succtB fal in tbe country. too 40 far "A tested.
| until the great electric companies, which are
! pu. hing the trolley have absorbed tn. in
| vertors who have been developing better
I motors and have obtained control OF the rail
ways upon which their experiments have been
conducted. after which event the other motors
than the trolley have been quickly demonstrated
to be failures In the light of European ex-
amples the words Commercially impracticable,
| when applied to pneumatic storage battery and
underground conduit electric systems. mean
not that they are improbable, but merely that
az hrst at least they will not enable stock
holders TO get rich quite fast as the trolley.
UsEF1J1 mr. NOT . rxrvrps., uoroR
J Ido NO, w., q, ,,.,,.., .a,uo,;,,o ,h.
~ ~ W "n1u'"y u"Pie' ~
uoiley system. Through its use as n cheap
motor many suburban and sparsely settled re-
gions and ambitious villages have been built up
which could not under the conditions that ex-
listed have secured rapid transit in any other
way There is something wonderful and in
spring in the impetus to rapid transit given ell
over the country by the campaign in behalf OF
I the trolley within the last four or five years.
Small, growing towns, especially in the west,
have employed the overhead electric system as
.;o.".t , ~. "a :, nc Pnen' anu "
whose streets Il il unsnited have been avak-
ened by the persistent knocking Of the trolley
advocates at the municipal doors to the neces-
si.5 OF nnoing some SUBSTITUTE Tor the car morse
"nN VI "oop.ihe VIC pest means Oh seeu.mS
taPiu .ransl'' whsteVer tnat snouia turn gu. W
pc put tne aVariclous acton OF the electric
a anu sone s'reet railway corporations IN Nv
Ps w oA'enu 'ne uones "PPiio%
"nu uso iai oetUuo iss natural sphere, anu ~
saean ~ ~ why niny ooWn 'ne .nr VI
Cao Vi Uut Ia 90 cities' assuring tne sFusehns
o.ths qua. !. S pretty, harIhless ana pieaSan'
~ tne vi pan Gste, mas ue'eiopeo popular an
pu. ~ ~ "H ~. eoino'iuie' Pie'ono' PIoP.
Sp y, VI Tvs re'' "eFi's LII us aPPr'p'"''e
tn y. oop'i;rat;Ir A., uo, :. ,,o.r
nv ! u,n =. c1ninu 'no Nohvy ei.
and Wy ua,stS,' .; me 70. ,nsrnr
il traoaaS"rs . .hp .t,....;, poo,st
-; p. ioh6 w. At"io 80
- s., noon mas ia .i ElGsiin, rnihueipnn'
neor,r eSarroroad ,I,;nnnra hau -, .r.I
con,,,rad Ia ~ VI - - IL
threatened nno ,;r,o 1,.. 10" aass;ou tha Hnnse
~ Ranresant,t;ros ora,, o,,.bor;eS .hn 49,
drc.ifn 81 ,ha t,oI,or -, 49, -, - VI
;noton wboso smooth stroats - ror.Ir 60
cesssni crnsoSa ano;ns, or;s.;r u rorIhaaj 80,
causod ~ 20 dassr,. 49,, o.,,sao.o. 80, -
troatwont Wash;nn,nr ~ go III, -
/ an ;nt.u;,or, 49, -; wv, q ~ ~
80 az S. P"'iio oPi"'o' anu 'n0 III hiheS'
WIZ ''''''
THE STRONG FIGHT IN BEHALF OF THE TROLLEY.
The controversial warfare in behalf of the
trolley ia waoed with mncb skill and i,oennitv
.s -. =. a -. -,
".' ~ -, INC 'om'
PaPeiS charee hiSh advertising rates 1or the
Puphcauoh OF sucn matter as trolley afhdavits in
the local columns. The trolley argument
assumes tna' 'ne overhead system ana rapid
transit are ioehticai, that the choice OF motive
power Is between the ancient mule and the
trohey' ana conSratulates those who accept the
latter as enterprislng and progressive, and de-
hounces those VINO 10 not as OLD fogles. 1t OF
course ignores the fact that the trolley is mere
maKeshl1t ana temporary device, the crude be-
ehie in snpr.e,r so,,ied iooait;o Sun 'alu,
afford nothing better, but as much ont of Mace
in our large cities at this day as the first loco
motive would be on any Of our great trunk
lines. haplu transit IN general Is an Indication
| vi P.osiess,teness. put circumstance ana
! eonui.iohs ueler mine "hether rapid transit by
| Iohey is Progressi'ehess or OLD 1ogylsm In
inc cross roaos yiiage II Is me former In the
| he,roPons IL ID tue latter. Ihe next step OF the
| lroney argument is 70 pronounce the trolley
ca!5en. n''rhless' ana 10 submit volume OF
an1'ts from emPioyeS VINO nhd anus
.ne, Pfone anu heailhtui recrea-
| . .on N pei hitting lifting tne current 10 play
snr ousT lheir ii"ines' ana III swearing 10 the
nj, .au. iuuse Mno n','e 'ne misfortune 70 De
A.cu y. tno 'uiren'; me tne man STRUCK Dy
! ,ne "e9' HIu roau iiShtnilg IN boston last
| mi"'ol anu INC hiiehai' III or huron, Mich,
| lni' summer say never "oru. IL Is probably
| possible 10 haptuate the human frame to
electric shocAs, SO !nat lhe l9rce OF current
, can DC endured "hlcn would Almost certainly
90 noson INV tanina nroJ,,aIi, ,ii in 70 ahe use