Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

for New York. and make some little
side excursions on the way-so that
YOU may see more of the country.
This announcement l recognized as
y challenge and a threat, united; but
I was resolved to meet whatever IL
might imply unfinchingly VERY We'll
I answered; If Graemantle approves
l will accept this decision.
We three then went down the MIL
side. not speaking further, and joined
the rest of our party. Whether Grae-
mantle suspected anything sinister in
Hammerfeet's plan, or not, l could not
guess; since it was certain that ne
could not wish me any ILL.,
set out that night with Hammer
fleet. as a sort of advance guard. Our
first STOP early in the morning, was
somewhere near Buffalo when we got
ont and walked for q while along the
HIGHWAYS. Here / noticed the method
of getting on and off trains. The cars
never stopped. A spring platform
bounced passengers from the station on
to the end platform of the cars where
thew we're received on spring cushions.
In the case of quick express trains
nHTHIlel
along a neighbOring track for short
distance. and the passengers were hurl-
ed from this, lightly, and upright, into
the express.
BICYCLES. I found. were no longer
fad or a nuisance. Separate paths were
provided for them, and, on these, cleo
trio bicycles. tricycles and carriages
were run. with power supplied from sta
tions at regular intervals, and at all
hotels. by recharging the storage bat
teries. Horses were but little used for
travel. and existed mainly as form OF
preserved life. like deer. in parks, or
for racing purposes; although, even
in racing their speed was so greatly
surpassed by that of flotatiOn sails and
rubber cared boats and various me-
chanical four-legged machines for run
ming that they were now not much more
than domestic pets, like cats and dogs.
However. although moving was chiefly
done by electric trolley mowers, we
saw some draught horses and carriage
horses in use on farms. or on the road
we we're travelling afOOt. In sandy re-
gions. the wheels of the horse wagons
had outward curving tianges, which
prevented the sinking of sand into the
wheel ruts and did away with friction
and loss of power by displacement of
the sand. Many wagon wheels, also,
were coated with napthaline, to coun-
! teract the friction and the retarding
effect of mud in the roads
Part of the way We travelled in horse
| less electric carriages, after we grew
tired Of walking. Then again we took
to our feet. and after a time halted be-
| fore a vast expause of machinery in
stalled under a seemingly illimitable
| shed II looked like an enormous jun
/ Gle of metal mechanism.
What is this?" 1 asked Of Hammer
fleet. Il resembles forest, but q for
est of iron and steel
That's precisely what it is, he an
swered And we're now going TO
stroll through it"
We passed in, and we're soon lost In
/ the shadows of this wilderness, where
the mighty trunks and the waving
/ branches of huge trees were represent
/ ed bv the uprights. beams. levers,
! cranks and rods of vast machinery.
"All our factory work is done in this
/ way. now" Hammerfeet courteously
/ explained to me. This tangle Of mech
anism runs for the most part automat-
/ ically, and is governed by one man.
| It covers many acres.
/ Wheels were spinning round in the
most bewildering manner, huge trip
! hammers were thudding down. with
| tons Of force, in various places; and at
! intervals, some great overwhelming bar
/ of metal weighing thousands Of pounds
would come swinging down from the
! roof and almost touch the ground, with
! a heavy swoop that meant death to any
man who got in its way.
why" I exclaimed. ct Is like the
/ maze Of life. Anyone who should pass
under one Of those swinging beams at
the wrong moment would be crushed
/ ont as though by a blow Of doom. They
/ seem TO eXenplify fate"
Quite so, he agreed.
Let US go back, 1 proposed.
NO" he objected; chat would be
cowardly. Besides. you cannot find
your way hack safely, now. The same
| sort Of steel beams are swinging low
behind US, es in front. If you were to