New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-02

- ,esr-rD TO COVER THE ENfENob
A TALK WITH MR.. SAGE
.,-.o,ors Of the Manhattan Railway Com
IL" meeting yesterday took important
pa! ~ the direction Of euipping the elevated
sfu0" ,,,es with g system Of motive power
fs'"1 nan steam. and arranging for the raising
Gun. Great sum. es imated as high as Sl'-
o. 'ae oo r,,oh will be required for effecting the
.,.r,ioY The meeting was fully a'tenueu
..s Board was unanimous In It's desire 10
sNU &C soon as possible the installation OF 'he
81 Constitute for steam as motive power
..,sior as 10 the respective merits OF mo
~ eystcrns being largely left to president
george Gould. -.,o,,. Tho
0eO'sr SAGE last night spoke freely about the
ord ,he conclusions arrived at ana the
.oten by the Board Of Directors lie
SAID: .,.o President Could the
- o., ahead and ascertain which was
n..,sr motor. electricity or compressed air
u u s,s not determine TO equip the road Win
,..,. The Board did not determine on
-.o,i,e rower The tests with eiec''lclH
s'' ,o.,ssac,o-v rs far as they went ou' we
w.. o,he- ,c-ts and testimony from eng'neeIs
.,,,-,-eesod air s much more easly nanuieI
.- s.-re-~-s and cheaper. II Is for fresl-
cor,s -a determine which. after thorough
otn' O'-.- .A.-ps "a the better motive
e1anlAS''0'
power 80 oov.r the ex-
I'VE W." ''0 - ~ -ood with what
psnse o. "' '4~'' - eo~ e.ee- II will
~ as,er5 on what the plans and specifications
- tor ,- this respect The Board was unari-
~ a.. ,,,trr the new stock issued TO cover
the improvement taken bE 'he
stead Of being taken by OUTSIDE sy"u'.@,sS :"
short. we thought 1t would ne eooo 'Ue" -
have our stockholders form a synalca'e III 'Ni'
uat,er themselves. and II there was any '"''is
10 be made out Of il the s'ocKho'oe'' "ou'u
make it themselves. j. P Morgan "1i''o
0, the stock as did some o'her pe'P'e' 'O'
decided TO raise the money among ou'SeI,e
Whatever the new motive power CoS'S' '''''
amount VIII be raised. and as SAID oelo'e' II
vii al depend on what the plans ca" ioi' -
cannot be stated now what IN round NUMBERS ii
vii cost as IL is not yet os'ef''i'i'eo "Aa'
motive power TO use.
REMARKABLE EAii-l'l-ai IN 10
.,-r-,t,. .,eo--,.i., eo-eals 10 most people, It
""-. -, -. ~..-,yerlA exneri-
Is really WoAle.4u4 "'I' -
nents have been made IN the matter O' o0'''
pressed slr received letter yesterday from
the president Of the DsIa"S's anu
Jany relative 10 some experiments 'l'"' an @
ci-.er NJ rfe road had made with compressed
80 --s. ~,s,,.s - these exrerlrnents are really
S'' ss 49,. ,....- % Nv skitt 70
"o"uei-N- nan -, ~ ie..er
hand 70 MI 1oull ItiIi7''''V' 4-' |
Il stated taat the experiments showed that elec-
t-icitv was 72-1OO cheaper per mile than steam
,,,- ro,,rrsssAd afr 40 100 cbesner uer mile
-" - ~, ,.l,ls ,,..-,,r.s... .,r raor,,,
'iI~' ,S.'S[ - -
s-A ''i"es '"7"Pv' <4'-~ ---- '''-0' a.
that 'o'hp'esSFu ai was more e"70'''V ''""
eectYlcitv This is IT, line with the many state
roer.s tbs+ nave been made concerning the re-
-. ,,-.~,-~e-.s ,,.,.h co-,,-assod air NJ
- go. 1,at...s 80,
isiAeS ol '"e O"'O1So 0Uee' nan o@- Yin
pany 'a.'o On me ls, week a''u lou M SUN
r,.A ...1--e.sas a,~ uo Gaia ~ vo,id call on
r..-.,. -.,.. ,,.ssl, and bri~r soroe statements
tro,, BE e,r.,ear and nerhans the engineer
b,r,ssr
we -.ss ,,,,,r +bs T-,.cbburr -oad an on
s,esr s,g.oed ,- coos.-ucti,e the 11ooeac Tim.
''' -. .-a.,s
IT. Ma1a some experiments WI" OoiHp' 9SS00
air This engineer Is stil at work on the mat
tsr T. stated % me once that Il placed
tank o. compressed air al the South Ferry the
motors could oe h-ed from IL, aAc lhe n4lht
nl1Il occupy out sHIa-i 1.ACtIoA 81 I'M, a,lu
tN5A nave enough power 10 carry Ile4n 10 t'T
enc o. me r'a-
!As mai,ef OF eiecUic.'Y seems 70 ne 10 De
lalher unceT la-n. no one seems 10 Know so very
nuch atoLt IT, w g nave three hIncIeQ ensIne-f -fS
o. ;ae read now, 70 whom we pay 50 day
They know how % handle steam, and II We put
en electricity We may have 10 educate them all
over again With pressed air the handling
simple and rOt dangerous Now there is an
esment We must take into accountable danger.
man climbs pole 10 fix a wire. He processes
ukrov all about electricity. He falls dead He
d9sn't know as much as he thought he did.
Think the public would be Interested in the
erJsr.Yrevts - the engineer Of The Delaware and
Hudson Cr-1-a-v The letter was written TO me
masked for and me ir formation is rcallv strik-
Ing think compressed air Is the coming motive
power and so ~ rra7, ~ the members OF he