Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-17
Coming Test of the New Power on the
Anacostia Tracks.
AWAITED With GENERAL ANXIETY
Claims That Are Confidently Ex-
pected to Be Met.
IN U Sc IN E U r 0 P d

Nearly everybody in Anacostia has visit
ed the shops of the Anacostia Railway
Company to inspect the new gasoline motor
which Is expected to solve the problem Of
rapid transit between that thriving suburb
and Washington, and there is such feel
ing of eXultation On the part of the people
the prospect now held out that If Pres
ident Griswold and Inventor Pole were an
nouno ed as a third presidential ticket it is
not too much to believe that all the able
bodied men in town would Join campaign
club to further their chances.
1t was expected that the first trial trip of
the new II otor would be made tonight but
owing to the fact that Inventor Pole de-
sires to make a few changes of q minor
character in the machinery Of the car, the
test will probably be postponed until We'd
nesday evening. The new motor and it's
Pre- bable Introduction on the lines Of the
Anacostia company have already encour-
aged many of the stockholders in the belief
that the property will reach dividend
paying basis we'll as furnish superior
facilities to the public.
The motor was hauled from the shop
where it was constructed, near Benning,
on a truck drawn by eight powerful horses
to the corner of 18th and + streets south
east, where 1t was unloaded from the truck
and placed On the tracks of the AnacOSita
Railway Company, where the horses were
attached direct to the motor, and in this
way it was taken to its destination. There
was some fear on the part of those most
directly interested that the Navy Yard
bridge would be severely strained when
the motor was taken over it, but, not
withStanding the great weight-seven tons
the trip was made without accident of
any sort whatever.
The Motor and the Claims for 1t.
The Pole motor, If the claims of the in
ventor are substantiated in the coming
ing horse cars to the rear in all the cities
ard towns Of this country where this
means of propulsion is still in vogue, be-
cause If 1t can be run on the present
tracks of the AEacostia road 1t will
demonstrate that rapid transit can be &C
quired By any street railway company de-
string 10 do SO at the mere cost of the
motors and the expense of placing its
tracks in first-class order.
The Pole motor comprises a car about
twenty feet long, which in most respects
resembles one of the smoking cars of the
metropolitan Railway Company The ma
chinery occupies the center of the car and
over this there is a wooden frame, which
at first appears rather unsightly. The in
ventor explains, however, that it is in
tended to substitute in the cars which will
hereafter be made glass frame for the
wooden box, and he suggests that when
the motors are built under the new plan
the sign or the machinery in operation
will always afford the passengers some
thing interesting to observe.
1t is conceded by all that it will be neces-
sary TO reduce the proportions Of some of
the machinery of the motor before il will
present an attractive appearance and this
matter has not been lost sight of, but as
the one under consideration is the first
car of the kind ever built Mr.. Pole had to