The Washington times., 1901-10-06

one In friction in the new invention. which
indicates large addition to the hauling
power, while five times the amount Of
| steam power can be used as would be
available on the common locomotive and
| In n moment of time.
| Twelve hundred tons Is a pretty good
freight, and 1t has been reported that the
largest engines will draw 1000 tons. but
II would seem astonishing, almost beyond
( calculations. to see an engine of about
the same size. perhaps two to five tons
heavier. walk off with 5000 tons. or 5000
tons. and move quicker and speedier than
the former. Such an engine would GER
fanny be far more profitable to the rail
road company.
! There would not be much difficulty In
the building of large wheels at the pres
! ent time. as new processes in the making
of steel and the working of metals are
amply sufficient to produce such as would
be satisfactory in size and strength. Large
circular saws, revolving at frightful rates
of speed and doing heavy work, are found
to be quite safe, and the large drive
wheel with much smaller number of
revolutions ought to be quite free from
the average danger.
The 1i-foot drive wheel would make a
feet in one complete revolution. To go
$50 feet 1t must make 12h revolutions Five
hundred and fifty feet per second means
$1,000 feet, or almost six miles, per min
ute. or about $50 miles per hour or Is rev.
olutions would mean $50 feet per second.
or over eight miles per minute or 4S0
miles per hour, speed that would fol-
low close to Father Times footsteps
No one would care 10 travel on SD
speedy a train until it had been thor
oughly tested but when fully proved to
be safe any train, then one can i'm
agine that If an old pattern and a new
pattern train were standing side by side
in one of the Minneapolis depots and
ready for Chicago, the passengers would
all make n break for the crackerajack
Seventy-five miles per hour would be a
triiiing gait. 100 miles per hour would
be sort of dog trot, and 80 to 200 but
moderate rate of transportation. Perhaps
they would all want to get to their des-
tination a little sooner.
The principles involved are. that the
power of steam is not confined to any
particular number of pounds to accom-
plish work, but it can be greatly increas-
ed according to the adaptability of the
engine or machine in which it is used.
This is the discovery.
Obtaining the full power and friction in
locomotives by causing both power and
friction in locomotives to be exerted from
the centre of the axle.
The saving of four-fifths of the amount
of steam and one-half the fuel. giving an
opportunity to decrease the size of the
firebox and making use of much of 1t
for other purposes. and the adding of
great strength to the boiler and the devel-
opins- of beauty and majesty design so
striE1ingly American.
The application of this invention to
steamships would have the same princi-
pies, though be of different design The
power would act at the lowest possible
part of the bottom of the vessel. where
the greatest weight of water exerts its
force of gravity.
Rapid transit is now one of the ac-
knowledged commercial needs 1t is
the growing want of today. Hours. days,
weeks, and months are wasted on the
highways in transit to reach places to do
business. Time is money earned. A more
rapid means of transit would prove a
boon to all mankind. Who has watched
the progress of events of the past but is
confident that the period of rapid tran
sit must come within very short time.
a few years at most. People who travel
will soon demand 1t, as they demand other
wants, conveniencss. and necessities.
The inventor of the plan of rapid tran
sit not long since submitted the princi-
pies of his invention. without details. to a
few practical men of knowledge. and be-
fore any explanation they were ready to
dispute any claims to its merits But
when they understood the principle they
said at once: Yes. it will work That is
all right" etc. And a capitalist who was
present became intensely interested. and
remarked to the inventor: Il will get you
any quantity of money on that"
The records of the Patent Office show
nothing similar.
A location for a manufacturing plant is
contemplated in the near future. 1t is not
claimed for the invention that such amaz-
ing rates of speed as spoken OF will be
attained at once. but that such rapid
transit will be reached will far exceed
any now in use, and that later on the
traveller can have as fast transportation
as he pleases.-Minneapoli Tribune.