The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-10

worth o. Work. It IL asserted that the improve
the mail d. handled so much quicker; that IL
takes only three minutes 20 90 from the General
70 so got p he mali 20 f' iro% one n; P %ha 3 A E ISS 10 sG Sno y DC
II whom 1t reaches the office from which it is to
Pc delivored there 10 no one to deliver it, The
change to tho Post .Ofice is half hourly. Awagon
time between places is fifteen minutes. with half
Of Sl42,975 tho wagon service could be increased
would TSs s sno sSiFy money mxS i% oit 70 Fire sH Sov thI5o
i've additional. carriers. the result of which
would be that carriers would start every
Tho other half Of the $142,S7S would enable
wagon service from the Grand Central Palace.
and from what was left more than soventy.1ve
S%SSTriS %sr SSu nS,S be added So,s to the carrying force,
quicker delivery by far than can DO made now
with the tubes and tho present force Of, carriers,
delivery Of all the mail and not OF a quarter OF
II, p for The wagons carry everything.
paying twice as much to the Tubular Dispatch
company Tor 4 service not half so good as 1t
o9 HERE s q an of Z quarter rsgo 80 good sIoa. n fact S,u, ~.
fci.Is. It was made Feb. IS, 1895;
The COMMITTEES met in Philadelphia on the
to see the plant Of tho - Company. The
sisn m p]sss aGasd S = TsTs 'Pss STS. Fla 1SSa; tube II sp %ss
i "a inches aoI in ddIam meter ! and tho ck%peTlmental
. point. about TOO feet away. s'1 Where Il
described a loop on a l6:foot radius. and then re.
any one OF. which the iron carriers could be
ssTi1s : thus the s ssgri.rs inS P siSs %sts,,oS, of of
s ssfyshi nSssSl working n limo that might be
i fssao eyiiedrica lh tube carbon a6Snt 5 so feet iSar. S %eia an
Ing about. 45O pounds, and carried on wheels
above and below, This carrier was sent through
to TIE Initial, point By suction. severai
s speed, " sna made e sa to t Sstssmi That The The rate Ious Of
trip of 2,4oo feet one way was made
II i5l nifty seconds or at the rate Of about thirty;
that the return round trip in the other direc-
tion by suction was also made in about fifty sec
the rate OF speed whether the carrier was pro.
PEELED by pressure or suction.
"The motive power was furnished by the
twenty.horse power engine at sixty pounds
pressure, A special test was made by sending
through three carriers successfully. one Mt an
third at an interval of fifteen seconds. All three
went through in about fifty seconds. and upon
was noted that the interval between their sue.
cessiye arrivals was in accordance with tho in
tervSis allowed at the departure.
nnal test OF speed was made with the on
carrier was sent over the round trip in thirty.
W oeonuo III pcilB az tuo rate VI OVCT MY
All the tests made were very successful, and
that the tubular carriers were not operated
first place the tube was laid upon the soft
ground. and was therefore, subject to such
reflections as would be caused by frost. The
carriers had also been roughly constructed
we're, therefore, MOTH the best condition posi-.
Die for fort, the best results: However, noswitnstand-
0nfrit of fQfFnaaa the ANhihitiOu ahoNred that tho
plant of the Pneumatic Dispatch Company could
NC! aESSoomPlish all that was claimed for it:
tho opinion or their experts s'A that 81 such was a
tube could be operated without relay over a
. distance as ten miles. although he did not
slain Cd That a tube Sst q any 'r reas %llssi d ia eteG
speed could DO obtained. this being a question
merely Of the power used. We. therefore. rec
ommend Its adoption and use.
examination Of this plant, proceeded to New
y SS Sohis s9a on thu shS m %T r Of tn, hSo s5 r.nI inst; had
Nh. -, the gentleman who made tho PROPOSE
ton to The department to build and put
the o Se~ York an Post stS9 oaies and spH tbe Of sToof,
Ign Post Office via ths Brooklyn Bridge. at
years. q as" or an is annual II rental snaiYe Of So Sc .oo seI for G 9we e1ty
SEsasr; During ths conference the committee
representatives understood the pneumatic tube
system thoroughly. and that they would build
and tender to the department the use of O
tine capable OF performing the service necessary
between the offices named; putting in tho plant
at their own expense and without expecting the
them until they demonstrated to the depart
ment that It would accomplish, what they
claimed for IT; in fact: that it would prove en-
ttrely satisfactory to tho department after re-
-" Your committee. in view of this fact, has
sideration and careful examination 1t believed
the proposition made by Mr. Is practical
favorable confederation. It seems necessary, in
Wow OF the future great possibilities Of the pneu-
i%sISve sSysft s%s91,.i and for ns rsn : maj; Gt com p5oTidiing
between the New York and Brookiyn Post
than eight inches; but 1t is understood that
this dimension Is absolutely, restricted by the
mi ius q heavier Sa Vie WEREN'T Moisht to nE Be im ITsstfe up % P tho
bridge structure Very IEssPsctfully'
JAMES E. WHITE.
" General superintendent Railway Mail Service.
"superintenaePPt Hallway Mail Service.
superintendent Railway Mail Service.
w; SULLIVAN.
CHARLES w. DAYTON.
- Postmaster. New York.
WILLIAM l. WILSON;
General"
Inc company TotcTTou 10 II tnlbr report ROC ono
1t dlckered with the Government for
q contract to build the lines Of tubes that the
Dispatch Company has since built.
The SUN is informed by officers of this company
the company volunteered to build the lines
and to lease them to the Government for $75 900
q year. that is, q very, little more than half
of the amount that Milholland's company Is to
receive for the tubes; but the difference in
difference in tho tubes that are in now and the
tubes that were to be put in for $75. 900 a year.
These tubes that were to DO put In were
IN N TWO fAAf annAFAs IhAV ln ha
ablo to carry the, largest sack OF mail that the
Government sends out from the Post Office;
they were to be capable of handling 8. 900 sacks
of mail q day between the General Post Office
the Grand Central Station; not the Grand
Palace. but the railroad station. They
TO be sufficient to carry not only the first
class letter and post card mail, but the second.
third. and fourth class mail there was to be no dis
elimination. At the time that this company was
with the Government about this con-
tract the amount OF mail to BIO .arried was gone
into ca refully, and 1t was decided by the Oiii-
cials OF the company and agreed to by the Gov.
eminent officials that two-foot tubes would
Garry the great bulk OF all tho mail. Mr..
Nailann the Sapnnd AsaIsIant pDStmnS-