The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-08

it extends down tie. It'd u tho pe0leo
md valleys, the opeEa Ions 0f tue cleo.
trio car q confined 81 The ;ioN er vangesF 3
Several Of the linca ne controlled Nlj.
solutely By the conAl ion 0t the wen fh.5
Ell, due notice beiug given bY telephone
III TO whetbe1 It 10 desirable for the
cars TO ascend 10 tie upper parts Of the
eystem, and whetl Their u. y1eW OF the
spectacular portlo or tho rpad can be
secured by tie passengers, It u said
THAT scheme II on font to rum an cleo.
tic railway up Mont Blanc self. CjDs
to q certain altitude Il would fellow, IN
inclined plane, and the ascent would be
completed by & vertical shaft Of q
tseptl, Of 1850 meters, through which
powerful electric elevators would con.
vey the passengers to the observatory,
ON the Sun.lllt. "a
Ps1nts ON the forsessss Garbage.
Il is generally understood that we
arc q the eve Of an enormous develop
lnent Of the horseless carriage, and that
tho solution Of the question Of 9 prac-
tlcal and popular automobile vehicle To-
at hand. Joseph Sachs diesents from
this view, holding that the whole ques-
ton is,as vet hardly opened. In view
Of the fact that a large. number Of man.
,lfsc turers in this country are now
seeking to evolve cllcap and effective.
motor car, Mr.. Sachs has outlined some,
of the points which havesto be borne In
mind In, the construction Of such q vt,..
h:cle. He looks upon the tubular form
Of construction as that to he early
adopted The speed Of tie ordinary
vehicle wiil'be from ten to- d fifteen miles,
an hour: and, for special cases, nin-
chine. will he made to, So twenty to,
thirty miles an hour Tile element Of
.dangcr:-steering. handling. ett..,--in-
creases with tho speed and for road
work. tile enactments regulating speed
will nave to De very stringent. Tho
n:0tOr car tire will he pneumatic. and
provision will'be made tesnlakc 1t pune.
ture- proof. The steering apparatus
will. have to be greatly improved; its
vital Importance. especially In cases Of
high rates of speed, Is evident. Fifty
per cent of the whole motor car qlles-
ton ia dependent on: the. motors In
ventOrs will have to concentrate them
selves on the construction Of the motor
and it's connection to the driving
wheels. In many, Of tic old machines
the gearing weighed more than the.
motor, Although: the various types Of
gearing are being rapidly modified.
there is nothing efficient, comloerciall
and entirely satisfactory: to the market:
In electric motor cars it: is more than
probable that gearing will be, dis
penscd with. The rivalry in the mat
ter Of motive power will lie between
steam, gas and electricity. In all prob
ability, steam will. be- used for. very
large carriages. Gas has many adj
vantages. 1t: isscomplete.in itself, and
it needs no boiler; butt, on the other,
hand, it; is hamperedi Dy. its non-varia4
ton of speed. Mr. Sachs thinks that
the popular form of an. automobilescn
will eventually be, q combination of
gas and electricity. The electric mo-
tor. car cannot blow up. and it cannot
be stalled. Its great. objection il. the.
uncertainty of the supply of current
which now exists in tliisscountry. Civ.
Ell q reliable course Of current; the cleo
trio motor is unquestionably better
than anything else; but. until this is,
reached. electricity will take a, subord-
mate place as the motive power for.
horseless carriages. II.