The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-01
THE SOUTHERN.
Benwood and Moundsvillc Electric
Line About Completed.
OPENEDTOCAMP GROUND
Above M%onnd.riiic by August is-work
ofcons'rnctloH Progressing ut u Rapid
Nats-Wili Open Another suburban DIS.
triet for wheeling People Electricity
Oh the Elm t'rovc Itond Not Probable.
Compressed Air Thought or.

Within the next three weeks the latest
addition to Wl,ecllng's. list of suburban
roads viii have been completed and pinc-
cd In operation. 1t Is the Denwood
Southern electric limo which runs from
Bcnwood, where n connection Is made
with tho Wheeling electric system, to
McMcchen. Glendale and Moundsvllle,
Including the MoundsvIlle campgrounds
This line will give to n series OF popular
communities what they have long dcsIr-
cd, frequent railway communication
with Wheeling, 1t Is expected, also,
that the now road will create Il real cs-
tate boom along the river about Glen
dalc, where residence sites are nunGr-
Gus md attractive. Many Wheeling
people, 1t IL said, viii build homes In that
ncighborhood.
Receiver Howard lTnzlctt, who has
been In charge OF the Affairs OF the COM
pany since the late proceedings In the
United Suites district court, believes
that the road Will b. completed through
to Moundsvllle md the camp grounds on
the eighteenth OF this month. when the
camp meeting opens. The work Of con-
structlon has nov reached the point be-
low Glendale where the two highways
part, one going to Moundsrillc along the
river, and the other taking the route
back from the river. Tho electric roads
route Will be over the latter highway.
Since the Suburban electric road. from
Elm Grove TO Triadelphia and Roney's
Point has been constructed, there has
been n speculation as to whether the
Wheeling & Elm Grove company would
not adopt electricity as its motive pow
er, replacing the steam motors. An OIL
clal of the road says 1t Is mt likely that
electricity Will be used on the Elm Grovn
road. The company IL watching with In
tereSt the experiments now being con-
Quoted In tho east with compressed air
as Il motive power for railroads, and II 4
change is made compressed air IL a more
likely candidate than electricity.
The following Is n description OF tho
compressed air motor: It Is an immense
wheel, So feet In diameter, weighing $40
tons. 1t has ten arms, each OF which
carries at Its outer end three wheels.
nine feet in diameter. The motive pow
er IS comprised In two compound steam
engines located in the hub, ana arranged
with suitable gearing for revolving the
wheel. Around the inside and outside
OF the track, In pairs. are 100 pound air
cOmprcssors. SO designed and disposed
as 10 be actuatcd by the impact OF the.
wheels mounted In the ends of the arms.
The air from ,Ac compressorS Is to BE-
fed to n reservoir and from there Is to be
distributed for power purposes. II the
hope and expectation of its promoters
are realized, this air compressor will an
initiate all present methods OF gencrnt-
Ing power. The small amount OF power
needed at the hub TO revolve the wheel
will be returned. multiplied many times,
in the form OF compressed air 100 pounds
pressure to the square inch. 1t has been
calculated that all expenditure In dr!v-
ing the wheel Of five horsepower Will
produce probably sixty-five horsc-pow-