New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

,.c motor-cars with as rany tra,er ran,,,re uars %
,pe" road type as necessity ma; Ieaumv.
NE s'e" s. ,hroa miles Of this road are laid Gown
Ir. .hird rail; the conductor rail- pens piace,u
Tween the TWO yails oi tne Sna SUI ,roo,a -
Nn. which has the third rail, the troneI Is
ma mas DOWN. and the motcr-car proceeds. 'ahans
,'rrant from the third rail. The 1'nlhehse SUI
r1Vmhi,b attended the operation or this road
:ess st snv accident Of any sort greatly In
Nlsosed the patronage and encouraged the com
oany to continue It's experiments; anS % pans maa
prss heen decided upon for equlppins the peu-
a"s. h~anch Of their road which runs through
.,erv large suburban communities surrouholnH
eoston The road from East weymouth VIII
,, ,rohably be continued as far as Boston. the
s,v5 rail being adopted In both these cases.
'"HIno,her close connection between the trolley
I'd and the steam road occurs IN the Washing
an and Mount Vernon liNe INST mentioned IN.
Oh .on ~ this line Are run the same branch
"a into the same station with the steam cars
- ore Of the Southern lines. operating on the
.c,,,ar steam railroad schedule.
- california the California Railway Company
.as entirely abandoned steam and now operates
,,s trains with motor cars. the hrst car acting
ae n locomotive and serving for baggage anu
aa.sssnccr purposes al the same time
I've electric locomotive has already proved IT.
eef capable f coping with many Of thc prob
&c ~ steam railroad service. At HaltimorS
..~e, ~ the largest locomotives In the world.
ona The most powerful. are in constant service
S"nl,nr through Baltimore with ease and at
pi~h rate of speed the freight trains that pass
80 the baltimore ard Ohio system.
''6e on Inne -. 1895 the first trial trip over the
ho,t inc with the electric locomotive was made.
rbis ,iio was satisfactory and on AuCus' the
iectric locomotive went Into regular service.
v--ile those who had examined into the opera
tion and pulling power pf these locomotives
ero confident of their ability to perform th'
,rC~lx required It WAS not until October Of the
same year that Ill doubts as 10 this we're dis
relled on the ith Of that month. due to some
,n,srudevstanding on the Oart Of the operator.
Two trains Of forty-four loaded cars and three
dead locomotives al coupled together We're
stcprcd IN the tunnel. and started again by the
electric locomotive. which ala its work as easii!
o. with an ordinary train. This performance
Was made on a Hve-tenths grade. tie total
weight of the train being nearly 1000 tons.
,ith this enormous load the electric locomotive
Ss,s,onel a speed of about eight miles hour.
with an ordinary passenger train fifty miles an
four has been attained UP this grade. r. Fitzger-
p's General superintendent or the baltimore ana
Chio Railroad saws: For some time after these
locomotives were ?ut into service a great many
railroad men. myself included. were sceptcal as
- the results. but from practical point of view
] am free to say that the electric locomotives
operated by the Baltimore and Ohio RAIN cad on
IT. baltimore Belt Line are without question a
perfect success.
~ Vaf,ville Conn a smaller electric locomo-
tive Of forty tons Is hauling freight cars to the
steam main line If the NoW-NCrk. New -BaVeI
opd Hartford Railroad. and still smaller one Of
thirty tons operates over Zine two miles long,
made Up of grades and curves. hauling freight
cers hei ween number Of factories on the river
from and the Cedar H!ll Junction Of the main
lne az the New-York. New-Haven and Hart
ford Railroad.
roads for long runs is which is still In the
future but the busy electricians are working out
this problem. For the present heavy freight
Trains and the great passenger expresses VIII be
left 10 steam. hut there can he no doubt thai FOR
short hauls on steam roads up TO- say. ln0 miles,
the electric locomotive or electric motor car
will soon he utilized.
The General Electric Company. at Schenec-
tady. which up 70 the present time is the only
electrical company which has done any electrical