The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-07

of.ttftis- !s!Sct OF no I'm '.ilN v aiict HIS
projected an e@ie::..- .y.l"ay f~en C-.c@Go
TO So. i.q.t,. AaI u:.&,.o-.-I i, .1-r a:e
goirg a!,.s,i IL I: L" ;.s:e go. :i:@."g
ccnt:.->.s fcr &C.. t-->;.o-, L&s..s .aa5l
thro.",. taec p4si,-sl.a! -,.&.a..s! r,se-.!
the r,..4.a 4 ls.:i.ty al -cc.:r.l.~.@! -.
t;.ir,y. Their expectation IS 10 :a@-a re
Journey from CGic - ~ -. Lcc!s il TO
Lcu.s AID Il ts4t. - a. .ac rate q. Il lu..
died miles - H..
at occurred to rye then that these men
mus. know VIA. they are about. and u,":t
ii a hundred r.ilss M hour can BE- realized
with safety i economy in this century II
is not too much 20 say th.t 80 PER coat.
greater speed. or possibly lGO per cent, WI.
b. reached IL hundred ye2rs hence. :itil.. to
be conservative and within the limits oF thc
probable, l will estimate that in the year
-. it will he Il common thing to travel
froin New York to Chicago in seven or
eimit ho.uEs.
II remember also reading II short time
ago III one "a Walker Wellnian's letic-s
tnat Thomas y. Edison. the greatest genius
of this century. says electricity is terrestrial
magnetism. AID tia; the universe is fll! Of
it. According TO Edison, the present sys-
TEN oi Producing electricity by friction Is
very expensive compared with what ma!
lie done by simpler processes. Edison he
lieves Electricity ma. le punipesi cut II tn
earth. Or the sea. or the ;ir, just rs water i,
pumped out of IL stream. the Only ilii..
necessary lpil:. to fad the form Of pump
that will do t.e trick.
'Ihi,. | understand. Edison is ROW lnor.
ing for aud experimenting Oh. ;ia! II We
may estimate his future accomplishment
by what lie has already done lie will sic
see,: in t,i,t.Iijg the pump that VIII extract
electricity nr terrestrial magnetism. or
whatever il j.. from the earth 1T It cost 81
Low as to satte rlact;icity the UIiT,r u
power. irag.yr the revelation that "ill
come in all civilization If i..igGn g. s":..c
one c.se succeeds in doing this. Give.
electricity ut one-tcnth ihc present Coz
and electrical Io,.ervili become universe!
Steam and al! CHER SORT, Of power viii lc
displaced. ard with Invention stimulated,
It's it will De, by the extraordinary ch,"tr
ness Of the rev power, whit may We not
expect i'll the way ii i:,lld transit. ho'.Ht
hold conven.sEces, electrical! c;,ir!"Ecs Ia
take the plnc, of horses, elevators in husi-
ness and private ho;Ises. and ali SORTS of
machinery:
"!f this theory of Edison proves to be cor
rect. and the electrical experts are not mis-
taken in their plans for rapid travel. the
next hundred years will develop cE.ange-
more st%upendois than have been shown b.
the last hundred. in which pretty nearly
every useful thing there i>in the world has
been invented. cannot rid myself of the
belief that ~ are cn the eve of an indiis.
trial revolution ;s Il result of electrical re
search and experiment. and ] take much
con for, from the i, lection that the pecpl.
Of the Uuittt! States are likely to lie the
first la feel the good effect OF the rev Iii.
p~ensa,ion-arc. Ia TACT. 4. IL their wont, Il
lead the nations cH tn a more perfect an.
perhaps a. yet u!,.ca.!ila Of ci,ilization.'