New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-03
4 WONDERFUL RAILROAD PROJECT.
FROM CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIS BY ELECTRIC
EXPRESSING STOPS or THE MAIN LINE.

- thOM CHlCAOO LOUAS d. EhIS~-'~S
EXPRESSING STOPS Of THE MAIN LINE
! The announcement that Dr. Wellington Adams would
give a lecture Mt the Electric Club. No II East
Twenty second-st, called From Chicago to st. LOUIS
by Electric Express" filed the parlors of the house
last night DR.. Adams was listened TO with great
interest lie certainly imbucd with the utmost
confidence in the success OF the scheme In iact nc
smoothed difficulties so easily and surmouh'eu
obstacles with such facility that his hearers must
have felt that he was just tribe carried a"aS W
his IDEAS
The road which Dr. Adams says is shortly 10 DC
built between Chicago and ST. Louis Is TO be run
by trolley. but Is to contain many mover ica'u'e''
IN the first place. the road is to run on an entirety
straight line from city to city. Thus 1t VIII be tv
four miles shorter than any railroad now cohhec,Ne
the two places. Dr. Adams told of the surveys ,la'
his company had made, and were making. IN such
way as to indicate that the engineering problems
were Of especial seriousness.
The road the lecturer said, would no doubt De Ill
operation by next year. Laying the route was s'i'r
plcity Itself as the straight line was followed. SONIC
Of the biggest contractors In the country had asfeeu
10 build the road In six months Ihey wouiu s'o
heavy bonds to do this. The cost woula ~
only 100000, and this, DR.. Adams was oo'
tain, could be earned In the first six months OF inc
Worlds Fair The road was to be 2fs miles long,
and the train was to travel 100 miles an hour' 81
the distance would be tmversed in two hours anu
half as there would be no stop. At first only TWO
tracks would be laid. and both express ana local
trains would be run on these. Eventually, however
two more would be built. Then two would De useu
for through trains and two for those that maze IRE
opent stops, The local trains would stop about every
mile so that there would be something similar TO ii
street system between the two cites spurs
would be built from the main line to important
cities that are It. Trains would run from Such
places to ST. Louis or Chicago without stop.
There were TO be two power stations, one probably
M Wilmington about fifty five miles from Cblcaso >
the ether probably at Ednburg about the same Us-
uncc from ST. Louis. Four circuits Of elda length
were to be established all ending at the PD"er-Slh-
tons An electric power Of $4,000 volts wouiu o'
uscd Al Wilmington the company was about 10
secure property containing immense water power
before the chicago fire 100000 had been spent here
I'm building dams, etc, but no use lLd eV" Dct'
| made Of the plant. At the other Iowcr-s'atioh ,'c
company owned n big coal mlno and would uuIlze
tho dus, ard r'fsc from this 10 generate tile cleo
ufc'y there Thus It's fuel would cost hardly any
him, besides the interest the capital invested
Each car would have a motor and man IN run IT,
No other enlploye would be needed on the car. Inc
motor-man would collect the tickets at the saruhg
uolnt and then q In and attend 10 the machine
Thus lots Of money woud be saved, as TINS man
could be employed for much less than could shhed
,rrnr.r on steam road,. tie weight Of the tram
and locomotive was Ia that Of the passengers or1''
as nineteen to one on the clo''f re m'"'
The Mo would Dc fci'ced In, ana tnls V,'r WI.
I've 10 danger II Milling cattle Inc ,op 81 1o ~ r
,ynuld be ONLY nine feet from the fr"uhO ana tIN
totton, vou'd be much below the axle If Tn driving
wheels T!us the centre Of gravity would D.
brought extremely low. and there would De- a. c .hm,
,rue. an honr were maintained. Dr. adams als
cxplancd to some extent the construction OF me MOTOR