The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-09-27
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New English ~ Stem 0f :l,uminn.
i"" Cscnpcr vhsn OIL or Gum.
'',r vt the most lucrative professions
-" clay IL that of the oculist. The
'',an eye * sadly out of gear,
!; wr arc told 1t will Tx. ,morr NJ rs
- i"int is reached Mt which tho ell.
'i:;'',c effect Of the aliases to which
l. subjected INSERTS itself. No more
T''''"ss way OF impairing the eyc:,!ght
n,'l he discovered than that of road.
* by the light of the ordinary railway
~. Even with the best light II
would he better not to read Mt all
;'"!cr such conditions Of vibration und
oscillation Us exists In moving cars;
nut II we feel that we cannot alto.
Scther afford to waste the large pro.
.mrtton OF our time we spend in trav-
c.lug. 1t Is source Of satisfaction to
Know that we now do such reading by
light that infilcts the minimum in
jury on the eye. An admirable train
electric lighting system has been SUBJ
1ected to Il years practical test In Eng
land with the most successful results,
according to the st. Louis Globe. Demo-
crat. There has for some time been
q considerable amount of prejudice
against electric lighting for trains on
the score OF expense, but the details
given concerning the actual working
OF the system referred to show that not
only Is It's Illuminating power more
than adequate to all needs. but that 1t
car lighting. 1t Is easy to install and
still easier to operate, as the working
OF the whole plant 10 automatic.
The system embraces dynamo and
accumulators, or, as Americans pre-
fer to call them, storage batteries,
which, for convenience, are generally
placed In the baggage Cur, although In
some cases, such as with Pullman and
Wagner cars. 1t Is more convenient to
place a small set of accumulators un-
'ler each car, 80 that in the event of
such car being detached from the min
portion Of the train for any length of
time, the lamps In the car may be SUD-
piled from their own set Of cells. In
the report Of the working of the sys.
tom on the London, Brighton & South
Coast railway for the last twelve
months, 1t ia stated that the electrically
lighted trains were found to be more
scrviccahle than gas-lighted trains,
principally because the extra haulage
necessary to run the latter to the
charging stations was saved. The for
mer were always ready to 60 any
whore md there was no need to In
u"irc and calculate whether the reserve
rnwrr was sufficient for the Journey.
The electric lighted trains are estimat-
"f' to render about IL per sent more
service than gas-lighted trains. which.
taking the cost OF building n train Of
ten cars even at only $15,OO0. means n
saving OF some importance in the con-
struc'ion of one hundred trains The
report gives figures comparing tho first
cost. weight and maintenance per train
Of ten cars, Of gas, oil and electric light
according to actual tests. The !.rst
cost Of gas, including travelling c,.in-
ders. buildings, engines, ETC.. was about
$3.250 to $500 per train; of oil a,>a.!t
5000 per train, not including cu.i al
buildings. ETC., for cleaning and ~r:.:.,;"
Ing lamps: Of electric light, $4,000. The
price includes undergear, AMI wllcl,
once equipped the trnin Is Independent
and carries Its own lighting plant Will
1t, and can he sent anywhere at any
time. The weights of tho wspsc,'-,.
plants are: Gas. 3 tons cwt; oil
Z cwt; electric light, 2 tons Is ext.
The cost Of maintenance was: W.T..
gas enough to give a fairly good !,'"
5000 per train Of ten cars per az. IN:
with oil the expense varied from s%s-.,i
to $3.50. according to the quantity -
oil and amount of labor used; with ~"
electric light the actual cost Of main,
tcnance on thirty trains on the I.ondc..-
Brighton railway for the whole yer
was $243.60. Figures like these vii,
appeal forclbly to rnilYaY directors.