The Washington times., 1894-12-26
PRETTY FAST TRAVELLING.
Elevated Electric Road to New York Prom
ises Two Miles q Minute.

Elevated Electric Road to New York Prom.
ises Two Miles Minute.
Two miles minute Is pretty fast travelling,
but that is what the projectors of the elevated
electric road promise between Washington
| and New York, according to their bill now
| before Congress.
Aud when such men as Hamilton Disston,
Samuel NJ. Bryan, Noah L. Jeffries, Benjamin
Butterwortb. William L. Brown, and Lewis
A. Grant, take hold OF an enterprise of this
sort and ask Congress to charter a road,
| which they agree shall run its trains at not
| less than 120 miles per hour, it seems as
though they really believed two miles "a minute
speed not only possible but practicable. So
it may be that the residents OF New York who
want TO look in ON Congress for an hour or
two, the people OF Washington who want to
60 shopping in New York, will find the round
trip and the days outing easily accomplished
within business hours, or between breakfast
and dinner.
The proposed road Is TO be. according to
the bill Introduced, an elevated track, suffi-
ciently high that it may not interfere with
traffic on the surface. may pass towns and
Giles either overhead or underground at the
proposed lightning speed and make the entire
trip at the rate of not less than 40 miles per
! hour.
| The bin incorporating the National Rapid
! TrIDsit j ailway Company was introduced by
Mr.. Catchtngs, of Mississippi. Mr.. Catehings
knows "a good thing when he sees it, and is
Not given TO advocating crank schemes. 1t
| may therefore be accepted that the bill Is
I draw in vi a m
| the part OF tho persons urging 1t that Its
! propositions can be carried out
! The preamble which accompanies the bill
| is interesting in Its argument i'll favor of the
! plan, aud reasons why it can and should be
| carried out 1t begins 10y the assertion that
! it is evident that the steam locomotive has
rea he'd its limit of speed and has not made
an average of one mile per minute, yet that
! at its resent sPeei the carrying Of pas
! SEN ers on the same road with freight is the
| cause Of much loss OF life. In view Of this
assertion, the whereas proceeds to re- ate that
GER an persons propose TO construct an el-
evated road to connect the capital OF the ma
tion with its commercial metropolis at run
| ming rate OF I20 miles per hour or more.
| The bill authorizes the company TO organ
| iZe with Si5, 600. 600 worth of stock, to be in
/ creased to SZ5, ,G0J. 900 If desired. The COM
/ pany is 10 lay out, build and q juip the road
/ from Washington t. a point on the Hudson
1 River, opposite New York, with one or more
! tracks; 10 Duild it upon what is known rs the
/ BroJt plan. The road. according TO the pro-
visions or the BILL is to be elevated above the
groun and prov ded with one or more side
rails so rs TO prevent dera lneDt. When it passes
u city or village it shall lie sufficiently eleva-
/ ted to perm the passage OF teams and traffic
( beneath it. or else shall run under the ground
! so as not 10 interfere with traffic. The con-
/ dnit for the eee tric wires is TO be 80 arranged
/ as 10 insure the safety of persons coming IN
! contact herewith. The road is TO carry pas
seneers ard mails, and may also carry freight
/ if the pro &C ors aud managers desire.
Thy ara quite distin uished lot OF people
who arr thus setting alout revolutionizing
the rate of travel. Hamilton D sstOn. as
/ everybody knows. is the Philadelphia million
/ aire who is interested in railroads, manufac-
/ tures. Florida products. and everything else
that MAKES money. Gen. Jeffri- :, OF Wash
ingtOu. and sUn-in-iaw. ''Bili" Brown. of
New York are the owners o that wonderful
news. aper sucress. the New York News.
4 Gen. q ant was ormer Assistant Secretary Of
Wa Samuel NJ. Brvan. the head OF tn
te ephone company OF this city and MessEs.
ButierwOrth. Shelley, Stockbrijge, Bliss, and
Hemghill are ex-ConSressmen.