The sun., 1900-11-23
THIRD RAIL TRIAL TRIP.
sLsCrRiC NorOR sAHs oS sg,osD ArS-
Nr TfIiATrD
the Nsv sr-,m VIII shor,cn ,ho r,re ia Vsr-
lem ffor sv'o 80 w,rvts' rrd wotr rt'ins
VIII Hs Run ta'-to he Heated ,rd tish'rd
h, IIeetnrit, 4 sncne-NoI IsE,.

n"orioi1l triad ~ tho rrv o. Ic~ifucutal "I"c-
tfir train - tho Munhort .u elevated road
wns mad" ,",t,Jd1y prd rt"'od 'ttir"lf auo-
"'4s'ul Six tr'ps wer" mad" between Fft"-
, fourth street nnI siuct r-s"ouud street on iho
Sccoui rnua liuc and 'h'r' was not q hitch.
quite number ~ gentlemen ir'"f"s'cd IN
New York and Brooll,n trnction companies
ani various representa- vrs ~ tho w el"c-
tri"a companies w"rr pa, scncers "r ~" train
AM Apparently they wm" all highly p,oascd
with the tr.t,
Anon. tlo,o who worc passengers ~ one
tr.p or anothor ~ guest. II the elevated road
vcr" II II Nrcaand President ~ the Metro
poIitan Street l;a.lwar company: i star
rrtt. chief engineer of the Metropolitan. " A.
Picrson. electrified eng ucor Of 'hr Metropolitan.
and Potter C'ici engineer oi tho rail-
road depa tmcnt 81 the General Electric Com
pany.
The first trip was scheduled 70 he rlado ne
10 O'Clock Uutil that hour tho train stood
IN the SiNtv-sevcnth street yard Those who
had invitations went u the SiStv-rfth street
station and were permitted 70 wnla along tho
TRACKS into the yard whore they could board
the train The third mil which carries the eec-
&c current ran right along the footpath aud the
cxpectant passengers were warned hv the
station hands 20 hc mighty careful about step
iinE uI"n !, q 'he' expect I'd tp rii" - ihe
Train alive There was De- greet need for
special caution a. the heavy timber guard
rails on both sides - tho steel conducting rails
insert once foot b"twenn tho timber. ia order
70 come In contact with the current Even
then there would be no danger unless the foot
Ma on another rail. CONF letting the circuit.
Ih's was time. NJ ore OF the electricians
rcm mlrked. when strtdde would b~ dangerous.
The train consisted If six cars. motor car
AZ each end and -four intervening coaches. lLs
coaches look much the came "a those now In use.
have "a cab ~ one end. The car at the front Of
The traln ms tie cab az the front end The
car a. tha rear taS ~ cab AZ the rear and the
re't of the spac" in the motor car is devoted
Those used Yesterday were $50 horse power
Those with which the road fs 70 he equipped
will be Of i!0 horse power.
The advantages claimed FOR the new system
as compared with steam traction arc that Il In
possible 10 make higher sueed between stations
aud that owing o the possibility nf starting and
time NAV DO lowered AID more trains run during
rush hours one OF the factors IN stopping the
,rain NOR quickly is the adoption Of tho ar
brake. Tie vncuum brake Is In use on the
When tho train pulled out OF tho yard az 10 |
along down 70 the Slyty-ffth street station, |
whore 4 Was switchnd TO the middle track 20 |
avnit the passage Of an uptown train. Then |
hi1imed away 20 Niuety-sec" nd street without |
stopEinR Coming tack II, ran clear 70 Firv-
tnconds at Eighiy-sixth street ana made the
thrive, Sht blocks IN four minutes. This was
MIR Hn1eltnn told tho reporters who we're on
The train that when the new system was IN
opera lion local trains In rush hours would make
az least fourteen miles an hour a. against eleven
or twelve miles an hour now made by the stea N
trains. whereas IN rush hours IL now takes
fOrtv-nine minutes for local trains 70 20 from
the Battery TO l5ith street on the Sixth avenue
line. under the new svstem they will make II in /
forty minutes, and there will be an increased
number uf trains. There will be no Increase in
the speed Of express trains which already run
at n thirtv-tve-rile rate
The new cars are heated and lighted by elec-
tricty. The system will be IL working order
within a wear.
A n'ee'ing of the Just-in-Time Lodge Of
the brotherhood ~ locomotive Fi-,rnen.
composing the Arenor on tie Manhattan Ele-
ya'nd roaia was held last night IN the Horton
Building. 10 East i2Sth street. at which n.
coming change in the pofive power on tie
elevated roads was informally talked over |
II was decided to take no action until It WIS
nearer rho time wien the electric motors viii
officer. ~ t'e lodge, which bae A number 81
arrlneore As well a. frcmen In its member
shin said,
"Wc antic,netA no trouble any reduction !
u wnses when fir now evstem Ross into effect |
L has hesn int,rnIted that suck ~ the engi- |
'eers as become rrotorrren will receive the
,arne wages AZ thpv are now receiving. The :
,rril eors will receive tho first c1ll X therc 10
,nlv ono rrotorrN m 70 each train and tho fire.
nen may bo Discharged II there are two
= o'oTTren 'or each train the hreInen Will also
N enpoved
6 m. Alfred Sk'. of the Manhattan Ele-
'atnd said yesterday that there no tuIth
n The statement that any employees had been
,Otincd Of anv reduction IN wages