The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04


short time and to have the larger por-
ton of the line completed by Jan. list.
1t may be possible that there will be
a slight delay in supplying the cars,
but if the line is ready for them, it is
not thought that the council would
throw obstacles in the way of the COM
pany. 1t is likely that the council
will be asked to pass an amendment to
the franchise to allow the super heated
water power to be substituted for
electricity as motive power.
1t was because the Barr Construction
Co. was assured that the enterprise
would go through that it notified its
engineer to stake off the streets the
last of August, in order to prevent the
franchise from expiring.
Three Connected Loops.
AS stated above, it is proposed to
construct street railway system in
Mankato that will give nine and one
fourth miles of track. The estimated
cost of the line. including rolling
stock, but excluding the power house,
is trifie over $10,0 mile. 1t is
proposed to build the country lines
later, after the success of the new
motive power has been demonstrated.
The plan adopted by the Barr Con-
struction Go. and the Storage Power
Co. is to have the city system consist
of three loops, more or less connected,
converging at the Saulpaugh corner.
The first loop will run from the
! Saulpaugh corner on Front street to
Hickory, up Hickory to Sixth, down
Sixth to May, thence back to Front
and on Front to the Saulpaugh, with
a spur to the union depot.
! The second loop will run from the
Saulpaugh ON Front street to Hickory,
up Hickory to Broad, up Broad to
/ Lincoln, up Lincoln to Parsons on
Parsons to Clark, down Clark to Pleas
ant. down Pleasant to Willard, down
Willard to State, down State to Mar
shall, down Marshall to Front, and
thence back to the Sauipa ugh.
The third loop will run on Front
street across the slough to Sibley park,
circle over to Ogle & Davis addition,
thence back to Front on the west side
of the slough, and back on Front.
All of the cars and equipment are to
. be new and first class. It is likely
/ that six motor cars and all the trailers
necessary will be sent on the first
shipment, to be followed by more as
needed.
The Companies Connected
! The Dominion Securities Co. has an
/! interest in the Storage Power Co., and
| the stock holders are largely the same.
| Wn. Seward Webb, ex-president of
! the Wagner Palace Car Co., is presi
! dent of the Dominion Securities Co,
and the prominent members of the
company are. John Jacob Astor, ex-
President Samuel R. Galloway of the
/ New York Central, Henry L. Spragae,
Arthur L. Meyer, ex-President Edgar
Van Ellen of the New York Central,
President Percy W. Clement of the
Ruthland Ry. Co., and Frank E.
Webb, a member of the New York
Stock Exchange
The capital of the company is ST.
| 500, 600.
The officers of the Storage Power
Co. are W. Seward Webb president,
Henry L. Sprague vice president, Ed
ward Barr secretary and treasurer,
| Wna- E. Prall chief engineer, John
] Bogart constructing engineer. The di-
reetors are prominent railway officials,
/ bankers, etc. The company was Or
ganized in West Virginia in 1898, and
| is capitalized at So, 0OO,O00
The New SYSTEM.
! The Storage Power Co. controls the
patents ofsWna- E. Srall, directly and
indirectly. for the Fundamental basis
of converting hot water into work and
its application through special mechan-
ical devices, 50 it's catalogue states.
Ample working capital is on hand to
establish the system, for street railway.
interur5an and branch line service on
railroad systems. This method of
utilizing super-heated water as 8
power will also be adapted to omni-
buses, trucks, delivery wagons, sta
tionary engines. marine engines, and
wherever the most economical power
is required.
| Under the conpany's system, water
is heated to high temperature and
pressure in generator consisting of
only a boiler to heat it and pump
to feed the boiler. The water is ther
placed in tanks, which hang under.
meath the can. Through the operation
OF a Tappet valve the water is ad
mitted in small quantities to engines
located on the trucks. AS the water
enters the clearance space in bhe high
|pressure cylinder, it Immediately
flashes into steam and operates the
piston, then passes into low pressure
cylinder, where it's force is expended
against the end of another piston. The
great advantage claimed for this sys
: tenn is its extreme simplicity and the
fact that the complicated machinery
: in electricity and compressed air il
not required either in the generating
! plant or on the car.