Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-08-15
FASTER THAN FLAING.
Tesla's Motor to be Applied to Railway
Trains.

Chicago Inter Ocean; w, D.
Uptegraff of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Co.,
today confirmed the report from
Philadelphia that the company
has formed a combination with
the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
of that city to manufacture cleo
trio locomotives. The main OBJ
ject is to introduce the Tesla
motor for general road purposes.
Mr.. Uptegraff said; "The long
experience of the Baldwin Com
pany will give us everything that
is necessary in carriage nachin-
cry, and we will supply the pow
fer.. If our plans ars-successful,
and there is every reason to be-
lieve that they will be, railroad
ing will be revolutionized. We
have figured that locomotives can
be built to run $50 miles per hour,
and we will see them going at
that rate within a few years.
This may seem like flight of
imagination, but it is not. We
have the motor and the Baldwin
people say they can furnish the
carriage to allow this hig h
speed"
"The only trouble being to get
a car that will remain on the
track. We believe that with the
union of interests we will be able
to perfect the electric railway
system, and 1 can assure you that
by the year 1900, or possibly
sooner, the line will be in opera
ton between Pittsburg and New
York. The present railway
tracks cannot be used. We want
air lines. The cars will be very
light and on the principle of air
lines. We can run them on tres
tie work that would not bear the
weight of Pullman coach. We
intend to cross the mountains by
lifts.
"It is only intended to use the
lines for passengers, mail, and
express trains. There will be no
engines, each car being provided
with its own motor. A car will
not stop until it reaches its point
|of destination. We have also
perfected block system which
makes it impossible for two trains
to run on the same block. AS
soon as train gets on a block on
which there is already train the
power for the last one entering is
shut off. The interests of the
two corporations are not to be
combined for anything beyond
the development of the railway
| feature"
The name of the new company
has not been determined, and the
officials of the Baldwin Company
decline to state whether or not it
will be made a stock company,
though by the agreement the two
companies will hereafter work as
one, and both plants will be re-
tanned as they are at present, ex-
tentions being made as the bust
ness warrants. There will be a
division of the work, the Baldwin
Company taking mp such as is
suitable to their facilities; the
electric work will be done by the
Westinghouse Company. A mem
Der of the big locomotive firm, in
speaking of consolidation this
afternoon, said: "We have been
seriously discussing the matter
ever since the latter part of April,
and in view of the improvements
which we jointly considered the
electrical developments of rail
ways to have been, we thought il
to our advantage to combine ouI
interests, and in furtherance Of
that policy have concluded con.
tracts which make a practical
partnership, and we are now pre-.
pared to construct electric rail
ways, locomotives, and every.
thing else necessary"