The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-06-02
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New street Railway System.

New street Railway System.
Street railway companies are eagerly
discussing the newest system OF car
propulsion on the market, ana many
are. %sanguine that the method OF oper-
ating city lines that they nave been
hoping and waiting for has at last ar
rived. Useful as the trolley has been
as a temporary improvement on horse
traction. it is open to many objections.
and it's radical defects have prevented
it's general acceptance as a pernahent
and desirable method of affording RAPID
transit in city streets. The caDle sefV-
ice is equally out of court. Its uncer.
tainty Of operation is well Known. II
the least thing gees wrong ut any po'nI
on the line, the whole service Is pafal-
wed, and the public has become ac-
customcd to the sight Of Il runaway ca
bic car spreading disaster along
crowded street, and absolutely beyond
control until the power house can De
notified to shut down. In these days
makcshifts will not satisfy the public,
who, during the last few years. nave
made great strides i'll the appreciation
of the possibilities of safety. comfort,
and rapidity of travelling. aud both the
trolley and the cable have been bare
ly tolerated pending the advent of a
still better system. Such a system is
apparently now presented to the pub
lie, after having been severely tested
through the winter in New York. In
devisins this system, the inventors,
Messrs. johnson & Lundell, sought to
embody the following salient features
"a TO dispense with all overhead wires.
~ 10 replace the trolley by a system
of wiring which should essentially du-
plicate or initiate that Of the former
trolley lines, but should be out OF h
way and out of sight under the street
paving. GU 10 give the car all the adj
vantages of a self-movilg vehicle. in
case current from the distant power
house should be shut off temporarily
from any cause, or diSlOcatau ut my
point. az To enable the car to be al
ways under the highest possible de-
gree of control. These eXacting ron
ditions appear TO have been met. In
effect, the new system is Il ve"y in
genious combination of the great ad-
vantagcs of both the closed conduit
method and the storage battery car,
end it l%iJolishes at M stroke Ill the
evils of the overhead wire. The cur
rent is taken from the cond lit 10y a
pickup rubbing brush,' which full
fills the function Of a trolley wheel.
In fact. as q prominent electrical jour-
mai exprcssively put it. IF Il man were
to stand OF his head, and if paving
stones were made of glass, he would
see underneath Il literal counterpart
or reproduction Of the trolley system,
so far as the track itself goes" Where
as the trolley system is alive through
out, the new system is not alive any
where except ut the point over which
the Car is passing, hence there is no
danger to horse or passer-by. But
the car is not dependent merely upon
the supply Of live current. Under the
seats are storage batteries which. while
practically requiring no attention. are
ready at a moments notice to carry
the Car through any emergencies. They
will, if necessary, keep it going for sew
eral miles, or even enable it to be
worked on Il line that is without cleo
trio current. The controlling devices
are the most efficient that have yet APP
peared; there is zone of the usual jerk
ing or jolting, and the car is operated
with the utmost precision and smooth
ness.