Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26

says: We are In the beginning OF an
era when cancer will nave no terrors.
In the last year and a half / have
treated over so cases OF cancer, in
Guiding many forms Of the disease,
and have yet failed to find a single
one that would not yield readily.
am of the belief that the disease can
in the future be broken down quickly
and surely, even when treatment
does not begin before the disease is
well advanced. The Roentgen rays
are OF great power in the destruction
of disease germs. have found them
OF great value in killing the germs of
tuberculosis. The X-ray pours light
and electricity through the cancer and
destroys the germs, at the same time
stimulating the activity of the starved
parts. The medicines which / give
during the treatment, and which vary
with the different patients, supply the
material, lacking in the system, for
the restoration OF normal tissue"
Anthony n Brady, who rebuilt the
Union railway company's lines in
New York and foresaw the supplant-
ing OF all other systems of surface
traction by electricity, has written a
most interesting article on Electricity
In the service OF man." which ap-
pears in the November number of the
North American Review. Mr.. Brady
ts practical electrician, and discusses
his subject with full knowledge OF the
various ways In which this new power
has been made to minister to human
convenience and necessity. and OF the
vast aggregation Of capital invested in
the development OF It's uses or Its
application to surface roads, Mr..
Brady says
There are 200 miles of inter.urban
electrical roads running out OF In
dianapolis alone, connecting the prin.
cipal cities Of the Indiana natural gas
belt The 40-mile electric railroad from
Albany to Hudson is In commercial
operation. So is the Chicago-Joliet
line, OF about equal trackage Years
ago the Pennsylvania railroad, and, TO
n greter extent since the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad,
successfully introduced the overhead
trolly on their suburban feeders. The
Cascade division OF the Great North
ern, the Illinois Central and the Chi
cago and Great Western have made de.
cided advances In this direction re
Gently, The consolidation OF trolly
companies in New Jersey. resulting
from community OF interests, tends as
elsewhere TO the operation of electric
trunk lines between large cities. Sim
liar consultations OF electric railways
out OF Cleveland and OF trolley roads
in many localities on a smaller scale
look toward the same end. An electri-
cal trunk line passenger railway Is
projected from Salt Lake City to San
Francisco. Indeed. the practical
operation of these systems of subur.
ban shorthaul feed lines tends di.
rectly TO the draining of surrounding
territory toward central point. from
which a long-haul by the steam line to
another central point facilitates dis
tributlon.
R:iiroading is. after all, writes +. J..
Sprague in the Engineering Maya.
zine, the problem of getting traffic
and transporting all that can be got
quickly and safely at minimum cost.
Oftentimes. from an overzealous re-
gard for operating expenses. a man.
ager loses sight OF what induces
travel, There are two classes of
trafiic-one forced and the other
coaxed. The latter Is generally needed
TO Gil trains at light hours. and Is
competitive. The most cogent ap.
peal to this class OF passengers is
promptness and speed OF service. as
well as comfort. The ideal service. so
far as the passenger alone is. concern.
ed. would be by single cars operated
at high speeds, and following each
other at the shortest possible inter.
walls. The conditions of tunnel service.
however. aad the heavy character of
the traffic at certain hours prohibit
this. These requirements and the
consideration OF many practical
ANhtNiNS VI iuAiodNitE III uNuulllS
frequent trains and n congested serv.
ice have led to natural and logical
development In modern electric trac
development in modern eectric trac.
ton, now generally known as the
'multipleunit system" This is
method OF train operation and con.
troll by means OF which cars are
equipped with motors and motor.con.
trollers individual to these cars. so
that they may be united with any
number ~ other cars similarly equip
ped, or with any number which have
no motors. into train of any length.
and operated from as many points as
desired through controlling line
common to all cars.
A cat was the cause OF a great deal
OF trouble TO the International trac.
ton company and the Niagara Fails
power company a short time ago.
Puss climbed trolley pole on the Buff
falo and Lockport electric railway at
Hoffman, a small hamlet west OF Lock.
port. N. Y. and tried TO walk on feed