The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-01

years of the nineteenth century on this
summit of human achievements. this pin
nacle OF all the centuries with It's inven-
lions and discoveries, its art and litera-
ture. its liberty and enlightenment, we
proudly realize that everything We have
is the result Of human labor.
No doubt we snail 90 still further for
ward in the development Of speed of our
railroad trains until the 100 mile an hour
average speed limit has been reached.
Early this year the Empire State express
ran ten miles IN six minutes from Crit
tenden TO Grimsvlle. y. y. This is at
the rate of 100 miles an hour. The time
may come sooner than any OF us expect
when a run Of this kind will be an ordi-
nary and every day occurrence.
Now as 20 speed on the water.
TIE great speed attained by TIE new
steamships brought out this year has
done much 10 confirm the belief held by
many that the four-day trip 10 Europe
is near at hand. This IS the first time in
il years l have not crossed the ocean
and spent at least a month Of the summer
in Europe.
/ have watched with great interest the
advancement ia the building Of ocean
liners. When l first began taking my va
cation in Europe IL used 10 take me about
ten days TO cross and that is not so very
many years ago either. 1 picked up my
paper few weeks ago and 1 saw That
the Campania, go feet long 5000 horse
power ana EfOD tons burden. crossed the
Atlantic In days and IS hours. A little
later on / lound that the sister ship OF
this gigantic monster or speed smashed ali
maiden records for the transatlantic Trip
by crossing in days and IS hours and 81
minutes, against q record OF D days ~
hours a minutes and that the Lucania
captain expects TO lower this record 10y
several hours after his ships machinery
gets little smoother. Now comes the
news that the Canpania and Lucanla are
TO have an American floating palace TOR
rival that Will lower the ocean record 10
100 hours. This ship which is said g. be
now building in Cramps yard in Philadal-
phia viii be. according 10 report, 40 Ieet
In length. IS feet beam and 4J.UJJ horse
power. This will make her 70 feet longer
than the Great Eastern. and IT Is expected
that this gigantic vessel viii run at A
speed OF q knots an hour placing the six
day greyhounds in the class or slow boats.
Mr. Thomas a. Edison recently said some
very important things in relation 10 fast
time on the ocean.
'The four-day ship" said he lis com
Ing. 1t IS now simply question or re-
ducing the friction between the sides or
the ship and the water and l have been
experimenting in this direction. WHAT
makes the resistance which the snip
must overcome is the fact that the ship
cfrags a lot OF water with her. 10 il.us-
trate this say tire vessel is going - miles
an hour; two feet from her side the water
is going ten miles an hour. four feet away
two miles an hour, nine feet on one mile
an hour, and so on In diminishing ratio
All this water the vessel is dragging with
her. That is what the engine has got 10
do--not force the ship through the water,
bur carry the water along. 1hst an cOmes
from the fact that the water Sticks as II
were 10 the sides OF the ship IA my ex-
periments sought 10 produce pure-hydro-
gen by electricity along the sides or ins