New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14

ties 80 far the quantity Of nvaiIapp,e poss.6ss
concerned. and which, II there we're a.'e rover
arg demand could economically minister ~
as sar away as the metropolis tnoueh -" paei
Buffalo and Rochester viii be tho 80. o. ccur.
These preceionts are sure to b. FOLLOWED e. serye
business men all over the conntry anu ~ shres;
few years. Cheap water-powor eannn o;hg the ler,
an important factor N the Geye.opmeo, LAY 70 b
ton OK electric railways. AID oDen.
STEAM FOR LONG HAMS
Several questions in regard 10 tire no,..
now practically settled. The aaullng a, I'm
trains for long distances will be let. ,,r ~ Hess
to steam. so will tho great through Haa
their enormous dead weight and lrfrao,,ss' Wy
The Individual troll year viii con,l,ro :. ssfva
city streets ara run cut little wav in,o ip0ss7
uI2s bu i inc most Immediate and radical 81
winch this age 81 likely 10 see Is tho r.a cain
tricity for running frequent light. fas, es
the tracks of existing steam roads mr. u,hs o,,
roahsi |hicn VII compete With old lines lss
probable that service OF this Kind FOR dis,.nt neri
ter, twenty, fifty Or perhaps a hmndraSI isIance
be- aOundantly afforded within Tho NOV. aa..es WI
The type Of coach TO be used viii be ycrv 1--WE yn
the best elevated railway cars Tho Much lie
Will be made to reduce the uercon, most ef1r
weight TO the I've we gh, carried TIC 80. q lei
be composed OF from two 20 five cars occa IAN.
waited railways will be toward fewor o -
greater frequency Of service II sc,n. Nan a.!
that an .ndepenGent electric engine vii! b, SSiii
haul the trains Instead. as on tho V,,,%b
AMI Nantucket branch roads, the lead,,a.m E<r
be equipped with electric machinerv,e a.Trn ing asI
ready adopted on some Chicago elev,,.gyeL
viii perhaps be tried a, first Th,s q, .N ma
passenger coach, with steel franz fss.A,
motor on each OF rs four ax.s ana 'nu eecr.
devices in cab AZ .he end. Such car. - os,hsrols
be double-cnders. just as our troley-carS ~. 'A
CONSIDERATIONS OF SPEED
The speed to be developed would ssDo,.
largely Oh the track than anything e,ss IT, 4'n
be practicable to make 30 or 10 mrss -. -'
The latter is considered the maximum ~ s,,.,+
some experts. But 10 attain even 100 m.es Or 49, =,
1t would be necessary to have no srads c-o,s,r-'
almost no switches. and exceedingly gen.s ors'
Grness are Of it;s cons@qssnce Electricity Is NOR.
as the electric motor OF the future viii s1rs..y
be momentar!!y changed into dynamo xss" So sa
down hill and transform the force Of ersv,, s,s
into stored electric energy that can be r,III,es ~.
the next climb. 4"
Another thing which s pretty well set,A, :, 49,.
while direct currents will continue 10 bs .ss 'l4s
street railways and FOR short suburban Ina, 80, %
running through fast trains for twenty S.rv cav GAG
hundred miles will probably employ tie ai,.rpat,s
current. This IS The only ore suited for sconan,;
great electric power plants 0. the world enoov ~
Only within few years have satisfactory mot
been devised FOR applying the alternating cs-rs,,
ire carl - machines Of this class ~ nat hs~.s
good starting "torque,' or twist. They I'D 49,
rcA vel II was oniY after letting u2 % csr;a.s
duct0n" " the 'polyphaso" motor is free ,t.n r..
fault ard hos ALREADY been extensively ntroiucss /,
factories and machine shops. IA ys,, taougs /,
has not been actually applied to tracrcn work =
america. X has beer suEZ- sted that ee~.ia,y
could BE- transmitted IN tho form Of an a,srna,in,
ev-ly 50 often. ~ the points where short sectors
overhead wire were to be supplied.
Such an experiment has been trei within the az
yer A. Lowell. Mass, WIKI eXcellen, results \
has been pointed out. however by e. P. s;s.msi
recognized authority in such matters. that IL
lite sgb-s.atoHs whore the c5Aver;ers were stNA
81 al da~.e H.
economy. Another form OF .ransforna.on, trca
tho hgh yressgres O0.|0 vo.'s. say needed z.
Transmission. 70 the low potential at which Il .
customary 20 apply the current 70 railway mci''
ab0u, 90 volts would also b required; but 10
devices witch perform THIS work you'd be entirely
automatic These would be placed az interyas 0.
four or five miles perhaps. aong me me FT ~
and other reasons Il Is desirable 70 equip ears
long electric roads with alternating current mo.e.
Two leading companies enSagei IN mah., ...n
electrical machinery are now clrnesty ',yhs
adapt The Induction" motor Just mentioned 70 ri-'
road work And It IS only question Of , N ~ Y.
worked on, by one or both q these concerns.
LEADING THE CURRENT.
Another matter on which opinions are not un'-'
nous IS the best way o. LEADING a curren, INTO
railway motor One serious drawback - iae cys'
he,d wire .s that 1t does To, afford as broad .
surface for contact with the troliey-wheel as coa.
be wished When large volume Of current Is 10
ha transmitted from one electric conductor 10
another It's essential that there re 4 good contact
For single cars II. present system IS well enouza
sl.houlh none TOO good. out when 4 comes 70 nv
Ing train OF several cars NOR current % t .sH.s
plov. 4 ihri rail ior supply purposes % 80 -
Metrop3 itan Elevated, OF Cn.cago 10 pom w
~a.es The rail wac outside the regular rack y
,Gc vantasket experiment, now beus made. me 'hn
rti Is placed between ne TWO on Wh..h ,as 80
run. Bat the third raj pan i sas ..r.,y nelyi
struc.uies bd. IL presents difficulties * los.Ass,
where the conductor. nlIsi De SeNr'.L ,s .,., -
sn-f..e roads II would be possible 20 sho' Cruz
~ ri para.yze H.. road by ayins an I.n
bar across from the third Tail &c ano,Ae' laA -
some special precautions we're tAAe!' .' AZ. N
ether SIDE. reaching h.ga enough 70 procure - -
such possibility 60 IS here sCse steL an. %. 80,
out interfering with The SHOE Wnc! WI. ~. a1,r
from the car and take the current 5a ' 's,gssl;y
Is largely a question Of da.al. Human .Ig..-i,
viii sooner OF later overcome the eN'u''s
VOWED. ,,o,r-,cr
I, should surprise 70 one. therefore II some sue,
state o, Things as this should be seen In Greater
New-York five years hence: SuosianaaAy aN ., =.
surface roads and Tie elevated roads eps'iei "
electricity; oil o. the suburban passenger "+'.-
within a radius OF forty iifty miles o. 'as ~!
Hall. conducted in the same way; through "Hs ~
ph!adephi over which trip could easny V ms
IN less .Aan IN hour. am e"''..' y" .,s,f AZ.
exclusively employed n bringing tne po-s
presses into III Grand Central s'a..V. .,.. I'd.
would 10 more % getting c.ners IN ineir e!ss IN
he stifei by smoke wael the NEAT eS.is' - I.
10 or,r cor WIN lcUs NJ even tunnels W.. .s..,
strain then, from ~, Latter Indulgence Ia:
at least IN OH p greIt cites X seems -, a, "a
l.cal ordinances VII require the sup. w IA,
steam locomotive entirely ior mo',!t ~ ea.
within municipal boundaries. Nor + y hSns5,l
csye Of another possibility I.s,.Se - IS ora
ssnar,,e ,ornor l'Ons each -,l7lufaclir s.,,ss
clect-,c!,y FOR light. traction and o,Asr s', noe
they may unite IA buying supplies rom , ~ y seer
sac producer it.s. Sacran no. FoI.a.. A..,s
big cities Wi soon be doing. Ec)nonly ,s sss,G
this change as vel. as many otae.s u. r Y I've
electricity, before the twonueth 'e"''''
years old. -
TOLD or EX-SENATOR TAboA"