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RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Buffalo. RorteSter and plttsburs:

Buffalo. Rorteyter and pntshurs:
t,u,.sxo, .I,s,',,. In ,Si; ,u oha.9s,,
From juiy i.'. ,.i;s@, .is, ISIS, Inc :iS5si
Canadian Paciac:
lst week Nov. $4,000, ss<T 900 Inc. tG3 u NJ
FROM July d.. ijt7s,.s5 lsoG3,iS3 Inc. asa s'J
i,i wers nov ~ "" ss,i'so, .ssa sno Inc. sss",
from jay l..... e5B.soi G+73.ip lac. ssio
liock'ng Valley.
i, week No''... slosss, .i@...s Inc. soi
From July i..... ?iss,i2O isJo.sts Inc. ?s5 ~
=. Illinois central:
Month October. 81 a97 s?I - 1872 ysi Inc S?l5 ipO
FROM Juy i..... lasl?i6 is7se,5,o Inc. 7No76
International and Great Northern:
ist wrca Nov. SlOip7U sloJ3a Dee. sl.3,I
From Juy e., i'oSISis i's55,Iss inc. iiiiTi
Missouri Kansas and Texas;
lat week Nov. s353si5 1853 51t Inc s6aii
IRON JHy L.. Gs?is6I C.Saj.77O Inc. ?7'.rsi
Northern pacinc:
Nouth October. s. ?95 05l - 6t2 .63j Inc tdJ3.3lf
IRON July H.. i''e,s.lsl i5.s7s.,do Inc :,?d~,'.i
F. From ssSs 81 ~ - ): $50: SOL I%s Inc: @ s.
NabaSh.
It. week Nov.... ..os7:, ss7s.los Inc. ,l7ols
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
The Illinois Central Railroad Company reports
;n.s GT.s, ssnans, a.%;,s s..;s:;s Inc .sSIs;
Net earning. sl,ois@, sl.oo;.oss Inc. $3.50
Gross earning $40 ,sta,i sa.ss,.2o Inc. s.ea ,se
oprT. expenses. 1854 7.o0i.os7 Inc. g7l,327
Net earnings ,?5os?7i $3.50 II? Dec. 7Isii
Tho Erie Railroad Company reports for tie
quarter ended sept. 81
Gross earnings 9,iIO!i SO o?s, isa Dee ssi: .o5
oper. expenses s.:io.isi 6.2li.l2i Inc. 1904
Net earnings ssie,s,o sssi2 sss Dec se47 5sa
other income i0l.tOl 80 395 Inc th,2oj
Total income ss2s 40 ssss, 7O3 bee. s59s s3a
Charges .......... ?.57i.OJ 2.597 500 Dec 257s'
Balance sssi.s2l sI.2s7 3s7 Dec. s57? 5,e
BOSTON AND MAISR.
The Boston and Maine Railroad Company re-
pofS Tor The quarter ending Sept. 30.
lPO? 1901 Chdng'S.
Gross earnings. ts,9Ss ssj g. 6s0 ~? Inc s2os 2?3
oper expenses. 5.b7i.?Si 5.soJ.slG Inc. ldi,il1
Ne' earnings. .ss7., IS. 81 s7os,s Inc. ss.c
Other Income. ~,7ss Ili,s7? Dec 1903
Total Income zoe. .s3.,s7 253 s2as?.5 Inc. sa7si
INT, rent taxes. 2."?b.5st shn.sil Inc. 2c ;53
Surplus. sroioceo ses2 7o' Inc. si7oo?
HUDSON VALLEY.
The Hudson Valley Railroad Company rcpur
for the quarter ended sept. co
Gross earnngs....., tlO3.stl slO7 1i3 Ice. tJiU2
Oper expenses. 1888 a2soo Inc. .0?ss
Ne; carnlnvs....., s?OsiS susi3 Dec s?,ls5
Other income. l7.:s, 81 Inc. 1878
=. To,al ncome,,., s97o,? s5as. Dec. 80?
IIicd chargc''"r." 5i?7? 3a5js Inc. ?n7i'
Dehclt............ sl7.3so surslo7a6 Inc. SIS i?s
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sold on fractionally. In the last hour, h -
ever. there was a fresh outbreak OF sellinE
orders. and prices broke anywhere from TO
over per cent In the stocks. while the bond
market suffered "A severer break OF TO 10
per cent; The heavy liquidation In the stock
lisrket during the last hour was respons bls
ior the heavy selling movement in the out .
side market. The final dealings were at the
lowest point, although insiders in some OF
shares
The heaviest declines were shown in the
paratively light offerings tho stock declined
, per cent while the ~ SHOW an extreme
loss OF 10 per cent. Al the close insiders en-
deavored TO turn the market In this issue,
Out the response was very small. There
Was no stated rea son for this sharp decline
OF the list
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The curb market at the opening showed
decided strength, There was less pressure
to sell. although the demand AZ the opening
shown N the stock market had considerable
effect on prices here especially in the more
important shares, which rose from to ~,
After the first hour. however, the market
became dull. and prices for the most part
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They Who Love Horses

Read THE SIN, because II prints the best
and the latest horse news They who love
horses buy them, Any horses to sell? Ad-
Ado. -
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FINANCIAL.
DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
Twin city Rapid Transit COMPANY.

New YORK 31th Octohtr, 1902
The Directors Of thiS COMPANY have this day
declared a quarterly dividend ~ nuc and one
quarter per cent. on the common stock 90 the Com
pany, payable on and after November Is.
The transfer books for the common stock will
close on November =. at O'Clock y VI and VIII
reopen on November " a. ~ O'CLOCK. \. NJ.
All dividend CHECKS VIII be mailed
{. g. GOODRICH. Secretary.
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once ~ Norm SiNth So. Philadelphia.
The my fourth consecutive monthly dividend
OF One and One lla' Per Cent. has been declared.
pay able Nov. lj, 49,
JOHN H. kILBI-RN Treasurer
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DAILY TREiSl RY STtTENENT,

wAsHIsoroS, Nov. II. Receipts and eNpcndl
lures OF tho Treasury to day wcrr.
7hiS dGy. 7his month. Tt,cal Ie1-.
Receipts. 81 OOs lg5 slGujl.ilG S?l3a3l Gt
Expenditures. 'lPi.Snj lN.3.0,.n 80. Gii s7o
Denci... .... 81 is6SO 81 27s - sur siI ~ 5qi
National hank notes received to day Tor REDEEM n
tlon. tS5 N52 Government receipts from Internal
So 1871
:. The cash statcmcn, OF tho I. s. Treasurer for
Nov. H. shows:
RESERVE FtNp.
Gold coin and bullion. ... ........... si;0eooaa
TRUST PUND.
Held against the notes and certificates
issued. ......... $500 2a2 800
GENERAL PUNp.
Gold coin and bullion ......... ....... saO779.-a
tulu ccrtHlCatrN. ............ .i.j>Gr.n
standard SILVER dollar',.. ilSNa7
SlNfr CctllrhlcN a.ifnOlI
silver bullion .... ............. .9;,.E
ntcd States note, 80.
Treasury notes OF lS'O .............. ipp 3OH
National bank notes. ........ 70 az. 2ip
subsidiary silver ana minor coin ......... 7Cii S0i
Total. ... .............. sIi,Gai ~
In national hanks. ........ 10 ,ii5l2
Awaiting reimbursement. ............. 40 t.j
Total. Observation-Disclosures. s2a, $40 800
ilablh'lcs'' .....,.. 80 Hf1 I2l
Available cash balance ............. ,?oi 90 500
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The decline IN cotton was due To- nnc wrn,hcr
large tecclutN. lower cables, dcurcNSed SPOT tnnr
change and heavy liquidation set down to larCc
oncra;ors IN Wall street and New Orleans a. well
as Liverpool. The liquidation was NOT only h"a'v
hu II was general and the opinion Is that II must
continue and prices further decline unless sumc-
thlnv '"fL drrlN'N" happens 10 give tho marb"'
an upward turn A. for Instance n change for IL,
In the rc~eiptS. N"w OrlcanS--1f no ton cron
II rcoorSi - having meturcd In all sections
favorable weather. tho araihy Of Sninnrrs and
the large accumulation OF stocks In tho Interior,
country. vho were offering freely ri concrsSiou>
While sentiment continues hulllSh there l. no I'm
mediate prospect Of any marked cnhnnCcnlont
under existing conditions. The demand Tor Sp1;,
aud rrco!ntS. however. Will coniInuc To govern
Nvood. Violet & g. had despatch from New
Orleans ihat saId: Large freight ensae, mcnts. .,
cameron. Tex. write to col lrn tho C.n>u,
IN their rerort OF cotton glnned in TcSss | feel
IN" rcnSr =" near To- focts IL ~ nnss,c w. sc
aud can be relied on The crop viii hc 10 :Oo no
Mr. l'uHnn Is moro than milton on Texas i
ln Texas than cver know hrforc. rhCrc viii
hc y storm uhcn the facts are known" Florence
= C. Sine" my letter To you some time seo /
can only repeat hat rs to n top crop in three
four'hS ~ our STATE II anouniS 10 nothing and
u practically not worth mentioning. The Coy
"rnmcn' r"p"r n' rr''"n clnncd M TO da'" of their
IVAN ro pcr rrrt N our S'a'r I an sn'iSrcd ,b,t
IS '"r """'. ~ lca> is glnncd Mr. Nc1l'> cs'ir,s'c
of n So an 10 t2is" 'DN bales is absurd RroLcr.
tho COTTON FtchaNr" rcpnred Their
cno-.'nU' selling here and It Is thought to tc Tor
tho P-lr" account"
CorrEP. Vlp tho e1N' vas ru'"' >, 5i,~ for
Va. !. Sales 200 Maracaiho. Futures closed
steady ,,nd tencruN Unclaimed Sales. =
lIanhu-r advanced 4 10 = ,fs American ware
house deliveries il.5o' bags no declined -
y Nd. Santos declined lU rclV rccclr's roui
bags. stock GO 0oo. Prices here a. follows
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1VE TSIDE MtRkET.

iLi-dividend. :lI-tlehtS
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Oats were fairly active. Sales. ia5.gno hu>A No
2 white. SIC. No. 3 white, &C Futures closed
"a. iowcr. December. 35,,C. Rye was STEADY
No 2WcStcrn. So. g. T. Buffalo. car lots Jcr'"y
and state. 81. TO 5rs'. nominal track. CON
was steady. Sales 06oDo hush No. rlNrd
In elevator. Gtc.. No white. e',c3 No. yellow
GSc. Futures closed A.. higher to sc lower
Sales i!SpoJ bush. Prices aS follows.
OpSH. High Lou Cios Last
rg est, est Wg, NtgH
pecembcr....... 5". IS a.. 81, So,
May. .... ,as ,Bi, i6', WS Il
This shows the grain movement,
New YORK, Wh'd.. earn. DgS Ryc. BIrIt. |.
Receipts .,..., 2ni Ii5 l0joD @aj,tn ls5?j 20. $50
ENportS ......... ij.y1 70 % &c..
Chicago.
Receipts ..... ?Ts,Oo0 i75 gp t3s.UO N.gp ~ OGo
shipments ...... l3t.OD JIJsS 3sy,WJ lpD 49,"
Hufalo.
Receipts ........ 81 ,Vp i3i.Up 3j.su .... "5np
shipments ?Da.OoO 5000 iSO.ND ... Sn."
The news In wheat to day was IN the main OF a
bulllsh nature aud prices advanced. The wca, her
was unsettled smaller receipts were predicted
outside markets were stronger the Northwest
reported 4 good demand for -four and cash wheat
and the cables were rather better than expected
The onerings were light, leading operators a. the
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A TELEPHONE THAT
RECORDS ITS MESSAGES

patent just issued to Peder olut
Peterson of Copenhagen. covers method
of using the telegraphone in such a way
as to record a number of messages on a
single steel strip and to reproduce each
message without interference from the
others.
The telegraphone is the invention of q
Danish electrical engineer, Valdemar
Poulson. and is, as the name implies, a
combination of the telegraph. telephone
and the graphophone or photograph. BY
the use of this device telephone or tels-
graph conversation can be recorded on a
steel wire or tape and reproduced at any
record deteriorating
In this apparatus d steel wire, or a
steel band, is moved by any suitable
means with considerable velocity betwesn n
the poles of small eiectro-masnet On
speaking into telephone darsm,ttsr
joined on the circuit, the uLdulstory CIR
rents set up in the transmit:er react upon
the electro magnet ana cause Z C stlnu-
Gus variation in the direcuon and IN ths
dc gree OF magnt tiSE at the noiss OF tie
electro magnet. H
These variations are permanently re-
corded on tie steel wire as IL iuzhs by,
ard whCn the message is complete th5
Gtsei wire retains d definite record o.
what Aas taken place n TIE shap- Il
continuous series of transverse Eagne-
uzed lines varying Throughout in thlir
polarity and in their strength On con-
Meeting Il telephone receiver 10 the dec
tro-nlasnet. and aBain starting the wire
on its course. says The Telegraph Age"
this magnetized wire generates electric
currents in the coils of the superimposed
magnet as it passes between its poles,
and these electric currents. which are the
exact counterpart Of those generated by
the original voice CAUSED the telephone
to repeat what was said in an Almost
absolutely perfect manner.
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written copy" is arranged by an as
sistant in the stenographers' room, who
hands it to messenger, and the latter.
mounting his bicycle, starts for the Gov
ernment Printing Office, several blocks
away. Generally, it reaches that Office
about 9 o'clock. though in cases of lignt
sessions. the last of the copy may not
be delivered until l O'Clock a. II.
1t is interesting to hear Mr.. Shuey
tell how the Senate corps of stenograph-
ers was established. and how it used to
have its headquarters in the office of
the Globe" newspaper, on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue. now occupied by another
Journal. In those DAYS there were no
typewriters or graphopnones, and the
reporters had TO stay IN until the wee.
sma' hours transcribing their notes.
The paper, OF which the Congressional
reports formed the principal feature. did
not cone out until u O'Clock the follow
ing day, and. of course, by that time
another session vas "on." In fact, as
Mr.. Shuey said, the Globe" was more
reliquary than record.
1t was Richard Sutton. an English
Parliamentary reporter. who had sat
beside Charles Dickens in the gallery,
and who became associated with the
elder Bennett upon the Herald" who
established the independence of the Sem
ate reporters. Before this was accom-
plished. however, there was a battle
royal between Mr.. Sutton and Messrs
the Globe but the Government hap
pened to agree with the views of the
first named factor in the contest. and
the result was the establishment of the
corps upon its present basis. In 1873
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is practically for life." inasmuch as
they are dismissed only for cause and
by resolution of the legislative body
to which they belong.
There is. perhaps no other branch of
shorthand work requiring such expert
ness as that of taking down Congress
sional debates. The swift interjectional
remarks made sometimes from various
quarters at once, the heated reply. The
call to order, the storm OF protests, the
sharp rattle of the hammer upon the
Speakers desk-all occurring simulta-
neously. are often sufficient to distract
the mere spectator; but when it is re-
membered that every word of insstence
and protest must be recorded verbatim
by the reporter. and the babel of
sounds rendered in their proper order
and sequence. ii may be easily imagined
that the task becomes almost Herculean
1t is fortunate that the strain upon
each individual lasts but a few minutes,
or. in the case of the Senate reporters,
hall an hour at time. AS soon as one
mans turn is done. he hurries below to
the room devoted to the use OF official
reporters. and, his place upon the floor
being taken by one of his associates,
proceeds to talk the stuff" into a
graphophonc. The record OF the sound
cylinder is then transcribed by an
amanuensis upon the typewriter. and so
the shorthand characters pass through
the shortest possible transition into
clear type. BY this method at least two
reporters always remain upon the floor
of the chamber, the one who is taking
down" the speaker, and his associate.
who is waiting to relieve him
At the close of the days session or
rather few minutes after, the type
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MUSEUr1S OF ROCK
FOR CHlLDREN'S STUDY

The late Mrs. Erminie Smith, the dis
tinguished geologist, suggested for kin
dergarten use the formation of little
rock museums, in which should be put
specimens of the leading kinds of stones
and minerals. Her suggestion has been
acted upon by educators in various parts
Of the country, but more especially in
the Western and Pacific States, where
mining is much more prominent than in
the Eastern and Central sections of the
country. The collections are made of
the commoner rocks which obtain in a
neighborhood.
A typical New York collection owned
by teacher up town has in it pieces Of
trap from the Palisades, of dolomite or
Westchester marble. of gneiss from the
vicinity OF Central Park, of mica schist
from Harlem, OF soapstone from Staten
Island, of greensboro from Hoboken. Of
hog iron ore from Richmond, peat from
Prospect Park, and pudding stone from
the riverside OF upper New York. In
addition, there are samples of the more
familiar types of building material, such
as C-oton brick, Milwaukee brick, Con-
nacticut sandstone. Ohio limestone,
Quincy and Aberdeen granite, Carrara
marble, Vermont marble, Ohio and New
Je, sey limestone. New Jersey oliyine.
Vermont slate, Pennsylvania slate and
eucaustic tile. Belgian brick, enameled
brick. and speckled brick.
The finest collections are those which
come from Denver. They contain sam
pies Of galena, FOOLS gold, peacock cop
per. silver and gold ore plumbago, rose
quartz, red zinc ore, malachite, aZurite.
and ruby iron. The prettiest rocks in
New York are those found in the Frank
lin mines and quarries OF New Jersey.
These are red, white. yellow, orange
gray, brown. and black, and contain
ores OF zinc, iron. chromium. and manga
nese.-New York Evening Post.
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the first number of the Congressional
Record was printed at the Government
Printing Office. By that time Mr. sutton
had died. and his place as head stenog-
rapher to the Senate was ably filled by
d. F. Murphy, who was regarded by his
associates as Incompatible in his line.
An extraordinary illustration of the per-
fection of method employed by the Con-
gressional stenographers. and the ease
with which they read each others notes.
was furnished the writer when Mr..
Shuey called for an old bundle of the
late Mr.. Murphy's notes, with the dust
lying thick upon them. He read the re-
port OF debate that occurred twenty
Ave or thirty years ago with as much
ease as though the MISUNDERSTANDING
characters were clearest type.
Messrs. Edward " Murphy, brother
of d. F. Murphy, and T. F. Shuey are
associated in charge of the present corps
Of Senate reporters. but. contrary to
the custom of most chiefs in Govern
H-Sht SHipioy, tneS w fui'e 80 A''AN'i
work as their subor6inates. The other
members Of the corps are Messrs. H..
]. Gensler, D. B. Lloyd, NJ. w. Blnmen-
berg. and. assistant, L. II. Mcxiey.
The House reporters are Mess-s. De-
vid W. Brown (the oldest Congressional
stenographer in point CT service), John
Fl. White, A. C. Welch, Fred Irland, and
Reul Small. For House committees the
George c. Lafferty.
The entire body Of Congressional re-
porters are. it is said, for excellence of
method. celebrity. and precision. GER
tainly unsurpassed by any stenographic
body in the world
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porter is expected to tone down and pol
ish up until they can be safely intrusted
TO the pages of the Record" In addi-
ton to this, some of the honorable gen.
tlemen are said to have a fatal ten
dency to making quotations in moments
of poetical fervor from divers sources.
and as these same quotations occasion
ally show striking differences from the
author whose aid is invoked, the knowl-
edge of English literature alone. requi-
site in the reporter, is something stu
pendous.
1t is stated that within the past few
years several of the official stenogra-
pliers of Congress have died from sheer
nervous prostration.
In the House each reporter has only
to write at one time a sufficient number
of words to fill one page of the Con
gressional Record" when he is relieved
by one of his associates. Those who
take the proceedings in the Senate are
required to fill six pages of the Rec
crd" at each turn" amounting to
something over 5000 words, and con-
suming usually about half an hour.
The work of the Congressional ste
nographer is divided into two general
lines-debate and committee reporting.
The House employs five reporters on
debates. and two on committees, while
the corps OF the Senate, consisting of
FIVE stenographers and an assistant, per
form both kinds of duty. The Senate
corps is under the charge of Messrs. T.
+. Shuey and Edward V. Murphy, who
employ their assistants at salaries al
lowed by the appropriation for each ses-
sion of Congress of $4,000. The House
reporters are all upon the same basis.
and receive salary OF $5.Qp0 year
The position OF Congressional reporter
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Compressed Air to Take the
Place Of Horse and Man,
and Letters and Documents
to Be Whisked Underground
in the Twinkling Of dn Eye
from the General Postoffice
to the Postofflces Of the
Senate and House.

A wHIFF and a puff: and 10! the
n mail is to be whisked from the
Postoffice TO the Capitol. This
quick method of operation is to
begin sometime in 1903. The contract
for the service is to he let next month,
when the particular system to be en-
ployed will be determined.
Postoffice officials, though sanguine in
regard TO the advantages of the pneu-
matte tube. judging, as they do, from
its operation in other cities, are more
or less disposed to regard it as an ex-
pertinent. Should it prove all that is cx-
pected, the system will be extended. At
present, there is bill before the House
for the laying of pneumatic tubes be-
tween the Capitol and the Government
Printing Office. The tubes between the
Postoffice and the Capitol will, it is
said. be laid in the fall, so that the OPP
Grafton will not impede traffic.
The largest company engaged in the
business of making and installing tubes
is the American Pneumatic Service
Company, with its headquarters at Bos-
ton. This company is the owner of
great many systems which it has sold
and installed under leases through COM
panies in different parts of the country
which it owns.
This company proposes to offer to the
Government to install pneumatic tube
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systems in the different cities in which
the Postoffice Department proposes to
Introduce and extend the postal system
already in part constructed and oper-
ated in the last three or four years in
the cities of Boston, New York. and
Philadelphia. The American Company
controls through its ownership of the
local company the Boston postal system,
and it has constructed likewise in that
city for the local company a large and
extensive system for the carriage of
parcels which reaches out into the sub
urbs Of Boston.
The company owns variety of sys-
tens, varying from the smallest tubes,
two and one-half inches in diameter, up
to the largest. The largest one so far
constructed has been a parcel system
in Boston, which has a ten-inch di-
ameter tube. Other systems which have
been constructed by the companies
owned by the American Company for
the Government are in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, which is a system with
tubes three inches in diameter, and an
other large and beautiful system con-
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Contracts to Be Let Nexs
nonth and tReNew System
to Be in Operation Next
Year-How the Tubes Are
Laid and How the Mail s
Carried Through Them
Plan in Operationin Boston,
New York, and Philadelphia

tubes radiating from the general post
office covers the business portion Of the
city, connecting with all the subpost-
offices. Most of these tubes. however,
are but two and ne-quarter inches in
diameter, and none are more than three
inches, and they are used only for the
transmission of kilograms and messages.
various other cities in the British Isles.
Paris was not far behind in it's adop-
ton of the system, and today a network
of tubes covers the city. Berlin, also,
has some forty miles Of pneumatic
tubes. while Vienna and Brussels have
followed with similar systems
In 1868 the Pneumatic Dispatch Com
pany, of London, projected a Pneumatic
tunnel railway, by the use of a very
large pneumatic tube, and in 1876 the
late Alfred E Beach, we'll known as the
editor of THE Scientific American" ex-
perimented in the direction of such a
line in New York city. but no satisfac-
tory results were obtained in either
case. The European service, although
far more extensive than that of this
country, is decidedly inferior. Several
stations are located along a line. but
the carriers must stop at station, be
examined, and II destined for another
station, they must be redispatched. Nor
has the European service the advantage
of the unique timelocks which prevent
the collision of carriers and give the
receiving apparatus time to do its work.