Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-13
AERIAL LINE
With Wires as Rails Will Give Light
ming Postal Service.
Rome Cor. Chicago News.

Rome Cor. Chicago News.
Count Roberto Piscicelli Taeggi, I'M
known until lately outside of his native
Naples has suddenly leaped into promi-
hence. He has a cshene to work the post
offices of the kingdom on a new rapid eco
nomic system, a scheme which was large
II wired all over Europe and is attracting
general attention, especially in England.
The minister of posts and telegraphs,
Signor Galimberti, has promised to give it
d trial between Rome and Naples, and peo-
pie here are anxiously DESTROYS not to be
forestalled by other countries in it's APP
plication.
The new metal mail bag is very light
metal box, provided with wheels running
on an aerial railway of its own, at speed
ten times greater than that of Ameri-
can express train and conveying letters
from one city to another in a minimum of
time and at a great saving of money. This
is effected by placing high iron poles at a
convenient distance from each other all
along the line on which the metal box or
vehicle is to travel. The poles are connect
ed at the top by series of steel wires on
which the postal vehicle is to run propelled
by electricity.
Four wires are necessary to set the vehi-
Gle going, two performing the service of
rails on which the wheels move and the
other two supporting the miniature postal
tram car on It's progress vehicle starts
every five minutes from the upper story of
a central post office with it's freight Of let
tiers, newspapers and other dispatches, and
stops at either end of the wire at an in
termediate station, according to the electric
momentum which it will have received. If
1t is intended to reach the final station, say
Naples from Rome, 1t will travel on an up
per group of four wires: If it Is meant to
deliver its contents at an intermediate town
or village 1t will move on lower group of
wires. in order that on Its arrival at the
place of destination it may not block the
way to other vehicles.
Each group of wires will be double-one
for the outward progress of the vehicle,
and the other for its return voyage. From
each postal station on the main line other
poles and other wires will branch off to the
surrounding towns and villages The cleo
trio current, having a power of from 5000
to 500 volts. will be interrupted shortly
before the arrival Of the vehicle at the
place of delivery.
All of this will save time, as the post will
dispense with the railway and its time ia
bic, and Its speed will nearly rival that of
the telegraph. Money will be saved by the
way in which the letters are automatically
collected and delivered.
For the collection high, hollow iron COL
umns are to be raised in different parts of
the city, connected with each other at the
summit and with the upper story of the
central post office by means of the usual
steel wires. Letters are posted into a slit
at the base of the column. where an auto
matte apparatus will stamp them and send
them up to the top, to await the boxes
which start at short intervals from the
central office. make the round of the COL
umns, receiving the letters on the way.
return with their freight to the Office, where
employees will sort them and place them for
transmission on the interurban wires
Other dispatch boxes with the letters ar
irving from other towns and ready for de-
livery will leave the central office and sion
at each column automatically, pouring into
1t their contents to be received by letter
carriers at its base. This will evidently dis
pense with the services of a good number
of post office employees.