Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-26
FRANK " UAWIEY.


 of these uNr any other of the moro talked about rlnns las found general favor, and many have surpassed that thrrr Was some hitch in the arrangements.
 Today I a~kCd Mir. Frank w Hawlcy, vice president Of the Cataract General Electric company, concerning the situation, and he stated that n feasible plan had prac- tically been decided upon, though its formal adoption could not be conSumrnat- ed until it had received the approval first of tho superintendent of public works and then of a cNmmittcr composed of officers of the CanalbGnt Owners union and repre- srntutiVcS of tho commercial bodies of the state most directly interested. Tho plan If which Mir. Hawlcy spoke and which he feels certain will appeal to all, is tcchnic- ally termed the "cablcway" plan
 The Galloway Plan.
 Along each hank of the canal, said MT. Havlcv. lis erected a line of hollow steel poles solidly set in cement and rising { feet above the towpath. Along the top of this pole line steel cable Ila inches in diam eter and of great strength is strung. Rest ing on the top of this cable is a 'traveler,' suspended from which is car containing an electric motor and accommodations for n motnrman. Two feet lower than tho ca ble already described will be second cable " thrre turns about a horizontal shaft with which the electric motor will be directly connected. Every movement of the motor in either direction turns tho shaft, and ev- cry revolution of tho shaft moves the car nlong the lower cable tho traveller moving along the upper cable at the same time, of course, and acting both as a support to tho | car and as trolley for the transmission of the current to the motor. This motor, of course, will be as easily operated as the | motor of an ordinary trolley car on n street | railway.
 "To this suspended cable trolley car may | he attached a towlino from any boat or | raft, and in this way a single craft or a | whole fleet may he moved along the canal as rapidly as it is practicable to navigate | the canal. The current of electricity passes | into the motor from the upper cable and is | discharged from the motor over the lower cable. and in this way a perfect metallic | circuit is secured. Very few street trolley | lines havo adopted metallic Circuits, tho | rurrent generally hCinG received from over head and dischargCd by a ground circuit, | though in some cases tho rail Is utilized to | form a complete metallic circuit. It will | bo seen, therefore, that the use of tho cur l rent in this new device will be of the most | effective and economical sort.
 I Economical EOr IbOat1hens As to the effect of tho cableway plan s adoption upon the bOatmcn, Mir. Hawley | said that it could not but be beneficial It | will cost them less money directly to move their boats by tho new than by the old method. Besides they will gain storage capacity in every case whether their tow | ago in tho past has been by mule or steam | power. Where animal towage has been l used tho spaco now used on the boat for tho stables, the slowing of forage and the drivers quarters will in future be availa' ble for cargo. For those who havo used steam the gain In room will be quite as much, for engine, fuel roOIn and quarters for engineers and flremcn take up fully ai great space on a steamboat as stables etc, on n boat lowed by horses or mules.
 Furthermore, once the new system i adopted tho boatman will not need to e to any expense in tho way of equipment He will not be obliged to have horses mules, engines CT propeller wheels, no l will he have to hirc men to drive teams O run engines. He will simply have to throV
 his tOwline to a motorman, who at very moderate expense will move the boa to it's destination.
 There seems to be no doubt in the mind | of practical men that tho new system, ono adopted, will work almost if not quite a | great a revolution in general canal naviga
 tion as the introduction of tho trolley ha
 wrought in tho street railway world.
 may bo the most potent factor in the re
 vival of canal transportation and the dig
 ging of new waterways that we arc told surely coming. I. D. MARSHALL.