The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

want the inevitable book and the waving
fan TO make life bearable.
Life viii Doe one long, sweet cream
10 travellers when the third rail- is laid
down. f0r am the hardships of travelling
viii he done away With ana an us pleas
ures preserved.
AT uirat YOU win want your bed low
Fred. This can Doe done without closing
the window. a little screen can be lifted
Into the opening and there YOU can le'
half awake ANA half asleep, watching
ihe ever changing scenery and speculating
whether YOU are in Missouri or I'm ONO.
whether in Idaho or coming into Caliior-
MIA.
This way OF travelling is not am idle
cream. 10 i- reality even now. Presi-
dent Clarke has the third rail
system in operation now between
several stations of the Now York
New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road. and 10 viii soon be used upon
The New York Central. the Erie. the
Reading. the Lohigh Valley. the Southern
Railway. the Northern Pacific. the Cleve-
land Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis
and the Chesapeake and Ohio study
theso railways carefully and you VIII ma
That they pretty nearly cover every sec
hon of the country Besides these lines.
others Will take ii up. but it b. upon
these that pIerpOnt Morgan and his part
ners Boo the General Electric are already
empowered Co figure.
When these roads arc equipped with
the third rail- Mr.. Morgan viii have placed
this new system upon '.z>o miles oi roau
owned by the New York Central; upon
E43 controlled by the Chesapeake and
Ohio. upon 2Oo3 miles Of road belonins TO
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford. upon 2-Z- miles of tho Erie. upon
J o7 miles of Philadelphia and Reading
upon 2fj miles Of Cleveland. Cincinnati
Chicago and ST. Louis: upon 43ij miles OF
Northern Pacific. upon 4l52 miles Of
Southern Railway. and upon 20A miles
or Lehlch Valley.
Fortunately the work Does not take
great while. The third rail can De nailed
down without Impeding tratiic. ' york.
men can put 30 in place betH trains,
pausinc when q train Is dr.. no that
place. AS 81 does not stick hien above
the others. 30 does not interfere with the
present system OF travelling in any way.
The main cost SIS not so much the lay
ing OF the actual rail as the placing OF
the electric wires and the stationing OF
electric forces. 10 SIS vastly cheaper,
though than building a new railroad, and
ig when the profits are considered. the
greatest money-making scheme o. the
age.
TO tho terribly uninitated tho third
rail system is a blind expression, but
when they are told its operation they
will declare it very simple.
The present railroad tracks are USED
in all cases and the present ears II oe-
sired. Blu, between the rails there rs lalu
a third rain. The motive power Us Iul-
uished by storage battery. The engine
SIS small affair. little more pretentious
than the front wheel Of street cable
car. and IS CARRIED along the third RAN
by electric wire. dynamo and motor.
% BIAS been fully demonstrated that we
can extend the radius Or pow r-house
effectiveness 10 fifty or hundred miles
and that We can run short distance cleo
trio trains over the Same rails as we
operate our steam through trains With
out interfering with the latter and now
you win witness the most radical changes
ir the motive power Of our roads
II Will be necessary 10 have power
houses every nfty miles on so. for the
taking ON of storage batteries or FOR re-
pair I'm Case Of break. but these after
fhe nrst cost viii bee much less eNpen-
Give thon the car shops ana Che locoino-
tive repair works
one Of the strongest opponents 10 the
fhlrd-rau system is the trolley promoter.
The trolley car almost drove out the
locomotive for suburban travel but with
fhe third ran in the suburbanite VIII pre-
fer 10 travel ON tho railroad. The fran
rhiee Of the railroad allows ~ 10 30 M
a speed of sixty miles an hour. while
rev troileys can 80 faster than fifteen
miles am hour Speed and novelty viii
be IN favor OF the third rail.
The present system OF sleeping and
dining cars win bee I'm no way intorfcred
with hy tho use OF the third rail- On
tho contrary there will be added COM
fort FOR the dining-room guests, for you
can dine with AN open window and break
fast 10 the song Of the birds. Al night
The sleeper can slumber easily without
5elng awakened hy doafcning jolts.
n Is held than accident IS Impossible
on tho third rail- for the current can be
Instantly switched OF at the sight OF IN