The sun., 1900-11-23
THIRD RAIL SURFACE ROAD.
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M DsON 10 tTUiNi
Dir. Rail ws, ~ TIE Mind IN the world f"'
Ivrisht sns Passenger franc ~" '"""r
10 Ron the D'ns mo. T. ob'"'n'f 't"m
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fIftygOS. " nov y %" r"''IN ''II
raIl,oai nrnod and op"tIt"I T., 'N" N'h.n'
and Hudson rlnlsay ami i"""f Con p'u' w.
formally npnn 4 'hls afternoon whom train =
fSo cars. carryitp q cDmpsnE - N"w i"fk 'Il~
,u,ll,,s and rsllrpad rnsn. made round trip
b.,vs-o this nt,v and Rrn,rlacr. forrnSrlr
c,,Ioi La, Npany the sou'H~rn terminus -
,h. rpad Tho h,r'nai opening ~ tho I'm" really
amounted 10 n tour ~ Inspection. and moro
than ordinary lntcrc't attached TO tho ev"nt
among railroad Ueu. b""lIs" ths i' the ftt
surfnn~ railrosd IN 2e rid up"t1'ed hy cleo
iricity which IL intended "a serve the public
a.. a common carrier m the sarns way ~ steam
railroad II "A il4o 'he first railroad IN tho
world aatsr,ng for both freight and pls1eng"r
,rafic whose moLiv, powe IL supplied through
tn. third rail
The forna ton NJ tins company was renly
due IN Charles Iopper of Brooklrn. who was
the founder of the kh3Ts COUNTY Electric IigIt
COMPANY Mr Coysr has a country place
at Grsat Darlington. Mass. and II has been
hls custom for scverd years 10 drive across
countr; in the autumn 10 ship his horses from
Hudson TO New York 10 making these trips
he had 10 pass Stuvvesant Falls. aaput ten
miles north 81 Hudson. on Undertook Crces
These falls wers fret ntilised bv the late /,
r Stewart many wears ago 10 furnish power
To operate woollcn mills which he built a short
d,-tarce below the falls
When Mr. Coorer frat saw those fall' the
thought occurred 10 him that tho power from
their fall Of water might be used with profit
in operating All elpstric railway The of'"ner
he saw the fails the more impressed he became
with the feasibility Of his original idea. lie
made soruo Inquiries and found that dead-ani-
alive concern. officially styled the kIndeThook
and Huds on Railway company was operating
q steam railroad between Hudson and the
haml.t Of Nivervile a dozen miles or north
Of Hudson ne also learned that a company
called The Greenbush and Nassau Railway
Company was operating IA line between what
was then East Albany and now Rensselaer
and the hEmlrr Of Nassau, a few miles north
Of NivervlIe- Both OF these lines we're freight
and passenger feeders for the Boston and
Albany. the New York Central and the Ieb-
anon Springs railroads.
Mi Cooper had been assooists.d. and Ia now |
with Alden NJ Iouna. who has been the big !
man In Brooklyn electric lighting for several |
wears Mr.. C.prer told Mr.. Young that lie |
Thought there WAS money 20 be made In ac.uiir- |
ing S'uyyrsant Falls and the two sinll rail- |
roads mentioned ABOVE and operating al cleo !
trio roai from Hudson 70 Albany. by con- |
Meeting the two lirsss at Niverv.- and making |
u tranc arrangement with the surface lines
Mr. Young wen. over the ground with Mr.
Cooper and agreed with him. but he SAW that
L would be necessary 10 acquire tho franchises
II tho surface roads In Hudson the franchise
for lighting Hudson. and tho franchise for
ishting the village OF Rensselaer,. II the venture
should be a profitable one Having come To
ils conclusion. MIR Young said he wosid try
70 get the necessary capital lie suco eeded in
interesting K. A. {, Smith Of 100 Broadway.
Sew York: Henry g. Eunklo and a few others
power. tho steam railroads mentioned. the
surface roads Of Hudson and the gas and electric
lght companies Of. Hudson and Rer lselaer
we're acquired and the new company began the
building Of the new railroad about ten months
ago. The work was completed about month
During tho period Of construction. tho Kinder
hook and Rudron Railway ard the Green
1riidng the piece of road from Nassau 20 y ivcr. |
vile. This having been done. = brond-Jnure
abroad, Tinnins betiween1 Hudson and Rens-
70 tho nncst surface railroad power station
n tho world was butt in valley on the s'c
y ;ho old stewart ndllS. about half mile be
From the fnlls 70 IN. power station two great
y 3;inch s'4ol pipes were laid and connected
ipon which the piped water from the falls was
e iall and SET In motion the giant dynamo~
smaller pipe~ were laid to feed the seven smaller
turbines The distance the winter was tlus
'arried wss 1900 feet and the fall secured from
he crest OF The dam 20 the turbines was i0I |
eet The volume Of water thus falling upon ;
he turbines was i,:do gallons per second To
provide for any contingency resulting from
he failure. for any reason Of tho water power
m engine was installed, capable Of develop
~ 2,5qc horSe power. ior the generation Of
lad a plant Of $500 horse power in the three
arse dynsnos and l.;vo horse power in the
even smaller dynamos. or 5000 horse power
I1avi7g b'hlt the buildings and installed the
plh,t the c2Inpanr proceeded. after having
ton, as aprli-i tn IN electric railroad Intended
for both freight and passenger trafic to eIuip
Us line from the central u"wor station a' Stuv-
yesant Ftls 70 short distance south Of Rrns-
reller with the. third rail nrd 10 connect mis-
trictv from the third rail, as well as dhr ovor-
bead trollev pole Tho la,tor was to bc used
Fnl.s and from a point short distance south
oi RenSseloer 20 that vlaE" II also rrade
Rensselaer, and Hudson and run the electric
cara in the latter civ. Il also established euh- !
poycr stations ot North ,chatham. at Nassau
and et two othe- no!utS along the line !
All this work wa coniIleted about ? month
ago at cost of ahou's 10000 Tho COMPANY
s capitalized nj present Tor s2.i0ooOo. and az
much Of the construction as has been roccstarv
10 pay for thus far has been paid bv tho snle VI
about s.. oooo," of the first mort gase bonds OF
II, was this property that company Of ahou,
z hundred capitalists and rniroad men of Nrw
|
New Workers were the t,liosts of Messrs r 4
7, Smith. Henry q Nnkle nd Alden VI Young |
tho three men who are most heavily Interest cd |
IN the company They weta brought to llud- |
son on special .raln which left The Grand Gem
'ral Station at s45 O'Clock this morning. In
he party were the following
FN-l icut Coy. William : Shoehnn WHO ia
llso i7tor-sted IT, the company. Lx-Gov David
B. itlli C"nns"l 20 the con, panT Z. p, Bryan.
Nlv Constuic'ion Company: John Il. McDon-
Nd tho but der of the tupnsl. 7. F. Devoe
'hc' Engineer ~ the RAJ id 1rlrsi. subway
'on-t7lClinv Cumyanv. and 7 y Stilwcll, !
lsctrtral Director ~ tho ea'ua contain. Cspt |
Nilim Henry Wuiie, the ga,, and water worLs !
,0gine"r. W II Baliwi1. prosident - the
onc Island Railroad lonn u Hal prosidrnt
y Nh" New York Nov Hlv"n and u irtfnrd
i Al road, Co \ u. ny, Ehiof i.octric / Er;
Nrna,"r Of 'le Long Island krilrtd: ,tlrlrs
\, Moore, 81 the railroad supplies Arm 81 Man
'l'c Maxwell 4 Moore. Charles " i'ri,a. |
.dIior OF the Rectrrcdi Rsrew. c A. Conn
prcsd"n' ~ the Gcnornl Electric Company:
L 4. CnwleS OF tho Ans0r.a Brqss ComIauv. |
s Y P"hirson " the hrlcrlcan .Brlgn Com
lenv. John l.. Borne, Prcsii'-t of - e Colonial
r.~lst tGTp"nv: r {. Martin, editor OF The |
'iocfric World Charles " Hemtrwnv. Nr
'ranc Ch!'f EnSirrcr Il the hihrnv and Und-
,2n Rmiway and Power COMPANY. MaYIioe
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