Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30
THE RAILWAYS OF THE FUTURE,
TRAINS WILL RuN ny ELrcrRicrrY
Al GnEAT sPEED.
I,ccent achievements In Electric
Itniironding--A nicycic naiiroad at
100 Miles -. Hour--'rbc 81. Louis
Chicago Electric Line. 1,4..

Washington, Dec. 2a.LThnt within
life OF the present generations people
win be travelling over electric ailways
at enormous speeds. accomplishing
great distances IN time thai now seems
Incredible. Is already certainty Prao-
teal railroad men today are looking
forward TO the substitution OF clortricl-
~ for steam in their buainena as u
necessity of tine immediate future. IN
fact, roads are IN process Of consirie-
ton ana gigantic plants are being
erected for the employment OF this new
means OF propulsion, Tho pioneer on
terprisc OF this description, connect
ms Chicago with a. Louis, promises 10
be one OF the wonders or the world.
a bin is now before congress 20 slve
money help FOR the building Of an cleo
trio bicycle railway between washing-
ton and New York, Tue project OF the
inventor. u. Moody Doynton, is con-
demned by some people as a crank
scheme. but Is highly thought OF by
others. II Is proposed to run trains at
the rate OF 100 miles an hour over
road on stills. This method OF con
atructon Is TO be adopted for the pur-
pose OF making tho road absolutely
level over the entire route. which Will
be an air line, Farming operations
may be conducted beneath, 50 that
no land will be lost. and casual cows
win be IN no dnnger. Trains ordlnnr-
ily run on two rails, but In this care
one rail Ia to be underneath and the
other overhead Tho ears VIII have
wheels on top as well as beneath. The
uppar rail Ia merely TO steady them
when going slowly and for precau-
ton against accidents, when travel
ing at speed the upper rail- might az
most be dispensed with. on thF same
principle. coin may pe rolled wy
lenqth OF a bowling alley ana VIII
renialn upright on edge until II loses
Ats momentum. a bicycle locomotive
mas been built and tried with great
success, Il IN said. on Long lland.
This II scheme, nKurHtlyely na
well as literally, In the ar, but not
SO with the trolley that y TO connect
st. Louis with Chicago, The building
Or the latter road y In artiFf pIv-
grCnB now hNu u WIZ W ~ ~, 1880
within two years Trains VIII DO run
nj 100 miles an hour requiring not
much more than two hours for the
whole distance. The route VIII DO
an air line, with no curves or grades.
Valleys viii be brlAged over. and tun-
ncls VIII he made through the hills. The
motive power will be supplied from
three equidiItant stations. when VIII
be located near coal mines thar are
-. A of
10 900 volts will be employed. me ma
chlnery required Is being made IN
Germany.
Each train win be hauled by motor
car with a nose shaped Ike hnarp
wedge. 80 as 20 encounter ~ lite
atmospheric resistance AZ possible. lhis
car will also carry one hunnfea Anp
lfty passengers. The other cars lOr
passengers will be like the coaches
T. common uae. with some slight modi-
fcatinus. Tine trains VIII be short, On
account OF the small amount 81 LABOR
reo,ilred on board them. only two mem
she conductor and motorfnan. VIII De
needed 10 run each train. There VIII
be four tracks, two for express ana
two for accommodation trains. III II
understood that the total cost OF con-
sfruction will be somewhat less tnsn
Tor an ordinary ntenm railway, the
rrpenee OF building the powerful loco
sn snd heavy rolling stock being
taken into confederation
Along tho entire length q this novel
railway from Chicago 10 ~. Louis,
flae Boulevard VIII be made. running
naraiIel with the road. Power VIII be
snrpighed BY The TROLLEY company ~
any Dolnt on the iiHe 70 factories and
| ar lighting. n may easily BE- Imagined
that these facilities, Win AceoHinoa--
siom trains running at frequent later
vals. viii create In the COURSE o.