The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-06-28

principles as tut
celebrated Fusee. built on the He'll
rian plan. but having n great many
improvements upon that model. Electro
clans are agreed that these engines
constitute a new departure In electric
traction. II ia only sixteen years since
electricity was first used IA a motive
power. and during that short time II
has made more progress than steam
has done In nearly eighty years. In 1873
Seimens and Halsko experimental with
train OF which electricity drove the
motor. but they never accomplished
greater speed than eight miles an hour.
Electric tramways were improved and
multiplied since that first attempt. es-
pocially In the United states. where
there are now $50 lines In operation.
The City q South London railway has
also for some years employed electricity
as n motive power. and has succeeded
In attaining speed Of from twenty
1--WE TO thirty miles an hour, and lately
the Baltimore a Ohio railway has em-
ployed n number OF electrical engines
on Its various lines, some Of which
have drawn their trains at speed OF
forty miles an hour But France IN first
In the race with electric engines OF high
speed. Fourteen months ago some
very interesting experiments were
made with the Fusco between Hayro
and Bonneville. and afterwards on the
lilac between Paris and Mantcz. The
engine drew n heavy train NJ a speed
OF nifty miles an hour. and would have
exceeded that limit II the government
had not stepped In and forbidden any
increase OF speed as dangerous TO the
publlc. Encouraged by this success,
Compagnle de rQuost ordered two new
electrical locomotives TO be built at the
Gail factory. and they will shortly be
tried on either the Dleppo or the
Trouyillc line. These locomotives are
OF 1900 horse power, which is nearly
three times that OF the FuGoc. The new
engines have power enough TO move
$50 tons at a speed OF uixty miles an
hour on a level. The engines are con-
rtructod In the following manner: An
enormous boiler IN protected on the
right and left by two lateral reservoirs
or bunkers. containing 400 cubic feet
OF water and six tons OF coal Tho heat
ing surface is much greater than that
Of tho Fusec. which had i32 square
feet. The mechanical energy is FIRST
transformed into electrical oncrey by
means OF a vertical steam engine work
ing two generating dynamos. These
are excited. separately. by another
smaller dynamo, which serves. at the
same time. to light the train by in
candcscant lamps. The motors are
placed directly over the axlcs. TO which
they impRrt a revolving motion. These
/ motors nrc sheltered by roof, or
rather a spacious cabin. with a sharp
/ prov In front to diminish the resist
nncc OF the air. This cabin Is lighted
/ by lateral windows. and has ycntiln-
tor In the roof. The engineer and tho
fireman work with II, and the first has
nc his command the vertical engine
| the rheostat OF electrical excitatlon. tho
brake and the whistle. A tablet. placed
at the height OF the eye. indicates by
n registering apparatus, the speed and
the intensity OF the electro motive
force, One Of the most striking things
In these locomotives Is their ncntness
Sheltered by the cabin. the engineer
and frcmen, together with tho appara-
tus, remained untroubled by dust. SCOT
or gmoke 80 that tho brasses and
metal instruments shine like gold. and
In fact. a man might run the engine
In white gloves without soiling them
This new type OF electro-motlve engine
Is mounted ON two olght-whecled
trucks, thus insurlng great stability
and amoothness In running, II is safe
TO predict that electric traction ha,
definitely entered the field OF practical
usefulness. Other companies win soou
follow the example Of tho CompagniC
de rQuest. II merely for the sake OF IN,
saving OF coal. and the public VIII APP
peciate the speed. cleanliness ant
comfort OF the new system. Sixty mile,
an hour now, perhaps 100 tomorrow
why notg
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