Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-09
A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR

destined to revolutionize all existing
methods OF transportation have recently
been perfected by Gordon J. Scott, Of
Philadelphia. They consist of electrical
apparatus which, the inventor declares,
increase the speed of an average train
of cars to over 100 miles an hour, cause
the cars to ride much more easily than
SOY system now in use and save the
operating company at least 80 per cent.
of expense.
Ooe ofthese machines is new motor,
which involves at least dozsn patented
inventions, and includes discoveries al.
legged to be of so startling nature that
they have not been equaled in interna-
tional Importance or interest since the
invention of the telephone. The most
advantageous feature of the motor is
tbs fact that it is not connected d rectly
with the gearing, but propels the latter
Indirectly by means of an electro mag
uetic driver and controller, flexible
connection existing between the axle
and the gearing, which allows the
sDring. supported wheels of the Car to
move in any direction, with relation to
the gearing, thus preventing all jarring
the Jolt while the car is in motion.
This controller is also adapted to
govern another unique creation II the
field of electrical engineering, namely,
single phase, alternating current
motor, which is load starting and runs
at a variable speed. 1t is the only
motor of it's kind in existence, and in
perfecling it Mr.. Scott has developed
an entirely new principle. 1t is an in
duction motor, pure and simple, de-
pending upon what is known as the in
duction director principle, and causing
motion to be established ana power de-
veloped by means of the opposition of
an induced current OF electricity for the
magnetic field which induces it.
Possibly the most remarkable dis
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 is
this system gasoline engine and the
electro driver and controller
are Jointly employed. The length of the
road which can be operated with this
system and absolutely without power
stations of any kind, is unlimited.
These motors are adapted for street
railways, long distance railroads, steam
boat propulsion, horsele S carriages and
NAV be used to great advantage for
heating and lighting purposes, and one
OF their principal advantages lies in the
electro magnetic driver and controller,
which is now in active operation in
Philadelphia. 1t is attached to troll
lev car running on a loop line in one
of the suburbs. The motor itself Is
much smaller and lighter than the ones
now generally in use, and yet devel-
OBS, at a speed of but four to live hun
dred revolutions per minute, from 12O
TO $50 horsepower, as opposed to the
80 horsepower developed by the con-
mined forces of the two motors with
which nearly every trolley car IN the
country is now equipped.
The motor, which is known as the
direct current railway motor, is fasten-
ed to the track and geared to each axle
IN such a manner that the car may be
started or stopped with such ease ana
smoothuess that its occupants are not
aware that its motion has either begun
or ceased. In fact, its effect upon the
running of car is analogous to the et-
feet of rubber tires upon the wheels OF
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 result tneFe
| is no friction.
Its most peculiar feature is the fact
that in exact opposition to the motor
now in use, the new one runs coAtln'
uously from one end of the trip to the
other. The car itself, however, ls stop
ped or started by means OF the electro
magnetic driver and controller.