The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-21
SIlD.AIn GABLE.
Estimates Expected by tho Projectors,
Tho knoxville Limo.

Estimates Expected 10y tho Projectors
Tho Knoxville Limo.
Tho nid.nir cablo project mention Of
which wa first made in tho columns Of
tho lSrELLlOENcGR several wcoks ago 10
by no mean doRd, neither ia 1t slceping.
Plans were sont TO n Now York com.
pnny, tho LidGCrwool people for Gstl-
mates from plans and specifications
furnished by tho local people Interested
which wore prepared by Engineer Gil.
moro Brown. Those estimates arO TX.
pcctcd soon. and upon them rests tho
iuturo OF the project. Az onc OF tho
projectors said yesterday: ri tho Osti.
mates given ia by tho LldVcrwood com.
pany nro anywhere nUnr what We laYO
boon led to expect, tho company to
build tho line v tho Ohio will at once
DO formed, and VIC havo no fear that
not enough stock will DO subscribed.
We have already had many upplica.
tons for stock"
Tho following regarding q mid.air
cable line similar to tho IL projected
here, Is taken from the Scientific AMltri.
CdH:
"A wirc ropo trnmwny for passenger
car service ovOr the Tennessee river at
Knoxville. and which Is suspended at Il
height OF $50 feet above tho water rs II
reaches the south side Of tho river, has
boon in practical uso for some time past,
passengers being conveyed thereby 10 q
pleasure resort back OF the bluff on tho
other side OF tho river from tho city Of
Knoxville. Tho starting point Of this
suspended railway is only about five
minutes rido by street cars from tho
center OF tho city, and hero IL n power
house where arc two tw~onty-hOrso
power engines which operate tho haul
Ing cable. Tho trnnwHy cables arc each
Is inches in diameter aud the length OF
tho spun Is 1000 feet. These cables on
tho Knoxville side arc anchored 10
l2xl2 inch oak tiinbers, fourteen foot
long, placed behind plank b~ulkhcads.
Tho connecting bars arc 10 feet long
and II inches thick, and provision is
nude for taking up tho slack by means
Of long threaded Screws. The anchor at
tho high end, OH tho opposite side OF
tho river, consists Of iron platos fixed in
tho rock. Tho supporting cables each
have 4 breaking strain Of sixty tons.
Tho cable conveying the motive power
is one-half inch IN diameter and permN-
ncntly fastened to the car. The car
empty weighs 1900 pounds, Inns n four
teen foot body, six feet wide. 6! feot
high, aud has Il seating capacity OF six
teen passengers. The car is provided
with automatic brakes. which stop the
car in Case tho hauling cable breaks.
Tho up trip takes about three and n
half minutes, and the descent is made
in n half minute by gravity.
IAN accident occurred on this aeriel
ferry on Sunday, February Is, by which
INT passenger was killed and two
others slightly injured. The hauling
cable broke Just as tho car reached the
top OF tho incline, and struck tho car
with such force as to damage !. slight
ly, the cur then starting rapidly down
the grade until it was stoppcd by the
automatic brakes. When the car WINS
brought to n stnndstiil it was about 200
feet above the water and tho eight pas
sengcrs it contained were rescued by
being lot down by ropes into 4 boat on
the river.