El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-31

which allows the spring supported
wheels of the car to move In any direc-
ton, with relation to the gearing, thus
preventing all Earring aud jolting while
the car is in motion.
This controller is a'so adapted to
govern another unique creation in the
field of electrical engineering, namely,
a single phase, alternating current
motor, which is load starting and runs
at varia BILE speed. 1t Is the only mo-
tor of its kind in existence, and in per-
fecting it Mr.. Scott has developed an
entirely new principle. 1t ia an In
duction director sprinciple, causing
motion to be established and power de-
veloped by means of the opposition of
an induced current of electricity for
the magnetic field which ind uces it.
Possibly the most remarkable die
covery of all is one that has resulted In
what Mr.. Scott terms the gaso-electric
system of propulsion. The term gaso-
electric is derived from the fact that
in this system a gasoline engine and
the electromagnetic driver and con-
length of the road which can be opear-
ated with this system and absolutely
without power stations of any kind, is
unlimited.
The motor, which is known as the
direct current railway motor, is fasten-
ed to the truck and geared to each
axle in such q manner that the car may
be started or stopped with such case
and smoothness that its motion has
effect upon the running Of car Is
analogous to the effect of rubber tires
upon the wheels of a cab. The motor
is SO constructed that no metal comes
in contact with other metal except the
wheels of the car upon the track. AS
q result there is no friction.
Its most peculiar feature is the fact
that in exact opposition to the motor
now in use, the new one runs continu-
ously from one end Of the trip to the
other. The car itself, however, Is
stopped or started by means of the
electromagnetic driver and controller.
These motors are adapted for street
railways, long distance railroads,
steamboat propulsion, horseless car
riages and may be used to great ad-
vantage for heating and lighting pur-
vantages lies in the electro-magnetic
driver and controller, which Is now in
active operation in this city. 1t lie at
tached to q trolley car running on q
loop line in one of the suburbs. The
motor itself Is much smaller and light
er than the ones now generally in use,
and yet develops, at q speed of but four
to five hundred revolutions per minute,
from 12O to $50 horsepower. as opposed
to the 80 horse power developed by the
com bined fore of the two motors with
which nearly every trolley car in the
country is now equipped.
The new street cars to be used on the
interurban line between St Paul and
Saltwater will be unique in their
equipment. They will have compress
ed air for brakes and whistles, to be
supplied by small motor operating an
air pump. The air whistle will be used
in the country, where the cars will be
run at a high rate OF speed. Each car
also will be equipped with a telephone,
with so feet of wire and q switch plug.
At intervals of a quarter OF q mile
there will be p aces where the conduc-
tor can cut in on the telephone wire
between ST. Paul and Saltwater and
communicate with the power house or
car barn.