The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-03-10
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From present indications It VIII sio-
be surprising il within Il few short
years the electric /moiur viii have
tile horse generally, if H"t
universally, as motive power, say
tlle PjttshtTg tPa-} Commercial GGzetis.
Within TIRES ears il has taken its
piace uI all tile street railways ia tie
city. with "a single exceplivH, that were
not using tie eslbls. The same IS true
Of every other CITY iu tIs country.
Eyen country tOwHs ana thiclsiy pOpu
lated country districts hgys electric
roitds. la this way hundreds IT thOus-
ands Of nurses have been diEpiuesd
within Tie Last live years The cable
came lrst, but il s. being superseded
BY Tie electric motor, as II IS less ex-
peusive and more easily handled.
Many OF uur renders will be able TO
recall Tie cry against steam railways
that Liiey Would du away with stage
coaches ANA horses, thereby JllEo., ing
tll"usauds of drivers, uusLisrs, nurse
buyers, and tavern Keepers ouJ of em-
plOS nent II is said that this cyy was
30 lout as 10 keep Tie BaiJim.,r= &
ONO r.tilruHd out VI this state Had il
not bseu fur the tuInpIRe influence the
HrsJ line would have come t. this city,
AND theHce 10 Wheeitmg, ins sad Of
I gong over the mountains from Cam
/ iieris.i.d 10 Wheeling. The stage horse
WAS doUmed, hDweNer, aud had 10 70.
j. u hOt possible, az even quite proO-
( able, THAT tine carriage horse and Tie
draft Nurse are Likewise dOOuIedY
! Within Two years from tile present
{ time carriages, buggies, ami light
wagons will be scuddiug along our
streets propelled. 10y electricity, s.ud il
! IL not impTVbaIis That the same power
may 10 appiisd 10 heavier wheeled
vehicles.
IL Il recent letter THJmus Shields
Clarke, the artist, who hus been ia
PARIS lOr some Time, says:
do you re'ilizs tugt tlJe days Of our
equine friend are numOersd1 Car
rrLges propelled by electric or ia,tphtha
molors are already ia COMMON sight on
the streets Of Paris and becoming mui G
numerous every day. Not beng cd
| great luver Of harsshe5n shall i5e glad
wIBen it IS gone. WHAT nice, clean
STREETS We Will have wnsn it ceases ~
hammer them Ia pieces with its iron
shoes. More capgciUus carriages c3tu
t1s used lud llany NELL a,ln own their
uwIl cIHyeyauGes WHeu urupelisd by "a
motor JIs.tL uses only "a few cents
worth OF electricity, OF uaphthsl, per
dHy, and costs HU hing for feed "a
attention when MT ia actual use.
Every man may then be his own driver.
IL looks very much rs If this new order
Of things will be esUab, isped Dstprs Tie
cluse Of tile present century,
There are none, OF aL least only d
few, who will take issue with Mr
Clarke on the subject. The electric
motor aHd storage battery have bees
brought tu such perfection tnat II Ii
, quite safe 80 predict general If mol
umI, erssl decline III horse power. Dur
ing the cunning harvest % number d
, agricultural uiHchiHes, SUCH as reapers
mowers, thrssii1rs, plOws, htrrO AS
and raEe5, YIII b5 operated Uy storag,
batteries Instead of horses. THIS j.
II igldered possible by late Improvement,
ia tile storage battery, y Hye-hOrse
, power battery, COED for ten hUurg
steady work, occupies box $50 larger
: tilBu Hn egg case and weighs not NOR,
than 100 pounds. These can hs tfzlus
ported any distance, and may be he
. turned HH,i reclitrged III small cost.
\ hyttEEy Of tIIis $ ze amt power vii
PrOpel "a farming carriage eQuJunuousl,
, fOr fifty hours, "a at least FOR tsu day,
If only used live hours each day. $,
it will mot Gust nearly 50 much as a
{ carriage horse. nor require either fee,
or attsHtIuu when NOT in use. There
is no reasuH why it should not bseolRe
very popular.