Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-19
IN RAILWAY QUARTERS.
A Device 10 Do Away With The Over
head Trolley Wire.
the hallway Mems Hallway q" Get
Honey 90 Advsrtis'-' AT trh'r'
Locally aud ContrHiIJ.

The local as well rs general trave'
In this section Of country t. tn detid-
sily healthy condition for The ran
wave. The companies oi tourists that
come to the nity dsiiy I'll Of the ut.
eide trhfiiD; while the fact that ral'hir
and Garfield have ofsanlzoi ex3nr'
dons fivo days OF ll0 week gives ey'-
icnce Of the manner Of appreciation Of
the Bskr locally.
The stheme tor a cooperative fail-
way from San DiesD 20 this Oily il rot
being allowed 10 llyso into "in'euous
uesuetudc" by 90 llIH9l,''. 'At
success tuey afo AINH.af mlay prove
an incentive % Increased GcdNl'y
among other railway amOiIi1nf' A
dispatch from San Diegl says OF lhs
line proposed from there thht tue noa'I
oil tupefvisOTs has given 600 Ahl ihe
city council IL preparing 10 give saiVllI
60 aid the sU.Caliad railroad meme IAl''
road. The company Hshs IOt S"iUuu 70
advertise the pf.i tct among too fhi.-
road men Of the country. Frtsi 'tNi
Vrooman IA now NJ rNrk m the ~.
aud reports encouraging progress Oi
the 100000 shaft5 % be sabiCt De-
D 900 have teen laken by fallf0ad
men.
How TO get rid OF the trolley wire on
electric tAllwRyt has pu11td the brain
II home 40 we'll ~ foreign iuNth.ofs'
ard practical applicable ~ the llea
would be halted with del ghi ny raj.
way men anu the public. several
claimants have come forward ioF the
honor, Uut their Inventions cave not
proved sstlsiHoi, ~, nenoe they nave
been passed by, aud the claims ~
others are carefully scrutiniEtd, III IL
now announced that G. NJ. Brides, a
Fan Francisco tiuemlth, hos solved tue
ptoblem OF electric car Ice motion by
means Of au underground wire And
nroakiuR circuit. Hu has working
model on An oval track Win swi,ches
and rising aud iilling grades. Tue
workings OF the model are said TO DO
certainty indicative ut suCcus,'
Tue tracks TOT this system are laid In
Tho came manner ~ . cable rosa, VITA
"A conduit sixteen inches deep anu ten
inrnss wide. The feed wife Ia run
through iron pipes IN the same manner
IA other electric power wires ATE now.
lie ufDposes that at Intervals Of thirty
feet the iced wire wiilbe tapped by y
snott wire which leads direct Into y
feed hoI. Ths current IL here trans
mitt,d to n tlltiug roller which " lifted
Nv n feed bar that IN set horizontally
snd Iengthwise under the car. Both
ends Of this bar are depressed IN ordei
10 reach uadtr the roller aud raise H.
As tho roller IL lifted the current Il
turned on AMI connects win the ICED
Tar which transmits the power difeel
60 tho motor wheto II ~ regulated
turned ON aud of and reversed In ths
tame manner ~ on tho ordinary eleo
tric catH, There II no possibility
OF water or moisture In any
Stage reaching thu feed wit,h or In auJ
way Interfering with tho circuit by
wasting the power. Tho Automnh
woTkings VI tho ultirg rollers lha
project from tho feed bOAUs cut oil 81
circuit connections both IN front hE
behind the car. There Ia 10 cifcul
except on the spot where tue car stand
ria moving at the time. Just beiof
one roller IN dropped by the seed-ha
another IL picked ~. anu iheie ca
never be circuit connection between
more tnAn two feed toKss nj one time
The momsut roller IL passed and
dropped by tue feed.bnf the connection
4. pfvkon anu tho roller Ia dead, no
does II become live until II 10 agai
picked up ny the iced'Oar.