Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-10-19
TO GO LIKE THE WIND.


ing current in electricity will make
possible a railway journey from Chi
cago to New York in nine hours, an
even speed of one hundred miles an
hour for the entire trip. Not on an
experimental run, but as a regular
thing every day in the year, and every
thirty minutes in the day. This is the
programme of the Transcontinent-
al Railway Company Of which Lysan-
der Hill, of Chicago, is president. He
declares that the project is not only
feasible but has the backing of capt.
talists and eminent railway experts.
"We are enabled to accomplish this
revolution in railroading solely by
reason of Tesla's wonderful genius, "
says Mr.. Hill. give years ago such
a thing would have been impossible.
Now that Tesla has shown us how to
utilize the alternating current it is
easy: mere matter of money and in
telligent application"
Inc IranscOntlnental Railway Com
pany obtained charter from the ILL
nois Legisl ature, June 20, 1895, author
izing the construction of double
track, elevated electric railway from
Chicago to Jersey City on an air-line-
route. The capital is $4,000, 600 all of
which, according to President Hill,
has been subscribed for. Besides this
the company is to issue 500, 900, 900 in
five per cent gold mortgage bonds, Sc
cured by trust now on file with the
Equitable Trust Company.
eve will have" says president
Hill, "a double track elevated road
running in an air line from Chicago
to Jersey City by way of Cleveland and
Buffalo. The structure will be of
STEEL and the average height from the
ground will be eight feet. It will be
operated, probably, by the sprague
third-rail system, and the General
Electric Company has assured US we
can, if necessary, attain a speed of
two hundred miles an hour with safety.
One-half this speed, or one hundred
miles an hour, will satisfy us, and at
this gait we can revolutionize the rail-
way business of this country.
ut is now commercial possibility
to transmit electric power economical
ly for fifty miles in the United States,
and by the time we are ready to use it
[ believe our power houses may be To-
located one hundred miles apart. In
Germany they are transmitting power
for 120 miles with little loss ofenergy.
Constructed on an air line our road
will have the minimum of curves, and
high rate of speed can be main
tanned with more safety than with an
ordinary rate on surface lines. There
will be no blockades from snow or ice,
no cattle guards or flag crossings, no
annoying delays at stations, as we
will make only four stops between
Chicago and Jersey City, and no
heavy trains to haul.
1.-THE through express business is
worth 81, 500, 900 year. Freight is an
enormous item. Every year 5000. 900
tons of live stock, meats, grain, and
various kinds of merchandise are
hauled between the two cities. If we
could keep our rails full of cars NOV
ing one-half hour apart we could only
handle 100000 tons a year leaving
the other half for the surface roads.
''Then the passenger tratfice will be
largely proftable.'
The following statement is made in
an interview with Nikola Tesla for the
New York Journal. 49,,
"The projectors of the road to be
operated by means of the alternating
current, evidently realize what vast