New-York tribune., 1902-06-13
RIG PLAN TO SUPPLANT STEAM.
WHITNEY SYNDICATE. WITH AID OF EUROPEAN COMPANY TO
EQUIP RAILROADS WITH ELECTRICITY.


70 the railroads Of the West, where they can
be used until they are worn out
Mr Whitney and his associates have not
been making their plans in the dark They
nave been in communication with railway
managers and have learned that railways IN
the East are about ready to spend S2o.oro,o"
for the displacement of steam by electricity.
That enormous sum would not he expended by
the railroad companies unless there was rea-
son to believe that the investment would pay
The syndicate and the railway managers baVe
been informed by their engineers that the su-
perfority of electrical engines over steam loco
motives has been proved. and that CAM &
Co can furnish an electrical equipment that
makes a saving of Is per cent in the operating
expenses of a railroad
The electrical works of CAM 6, Co, at Buda-
pest Hungary are the largest in all Europe
Engineers employed there have brought 10 per
fectfon the science of applying electrlclty 20
motors They constructed in Budapest tne IlrSl
successful underground troleN hhes. Ih5I %
ideas have been adopted in the construction on "
electric reads all over the world Inc patents patents
of Carr & Co. for electrical motors cover HidiiS
devices The concern has been engaged III
recent wears in the work of converting steam
railways in Europe into electrical roads us
most important demonstration to the mindS OF
some railway men was made on the Valtell1na
Line sixty miles in length, running past LAKE
Como in IraIy This line was converted INTO an
electrical road by CAM & Co. eighteen months
ago The opera ton of the railway lot elsiiIeeli L
months is said by engineers to have proved lhdI
the electrical equipment saves 10 per cert VI
the operating expenses ..
The Valtellina Line runs through mountain
Gus country and has some troublesome 8Fduts.
Passenger trains over the road are drawn py
motor cars which take the electricity from
overhead wires. 1t is asserted that the S"iIt
moving trains have met with no accldehts Iol
eighteen months. while travel on the me hd7
increa sed because Il has been made more pleas
ant hv the absence of smoke and cinderS r OF
the ha uling Of heavy freight trains on the Ille
electrical engines of great power are used me
engineers declare that of these engines,
Weighing only thirty tons will draw the loads
and do the work of a steam locomotive weigh
ing l20 tons The advantage OF the hshler en-
CINE is said to be gained largely through Ihe
steadiness of its pull and its more perfect con-
tact with the rails.
When the work of converting steam ralHoduS
into electrical railroads is begun IN TINS Cou!l
bv the Whitney syndicate with the ald OF 'dhH
& Co. the plant at Pittsheld VIII supply u~s ~
electrical motors for the engines and cars III
is rot expected that the plant will turn out the
trucks and frames. There are at least nlteen
locomotive building concerns in the country thdt
can he depended to build the engines, anu
there are car building concerns that VIII tui III Il Il
ont the motor cars with the exception or the
electrical motors It is to be expected that III
the construction of a motor car, for instance
one concern will furnish the frame or the car
another will furnish the trucks on Whlch ttle t
car runs and the third will construct the
| motors The different parts Of the car Will be
| assembled and the equipment OF the car LOT
| business will be completed where the car Is ~
! he used The patents controlled by danz q %
in this country said TO apply oniy 10 tne
| new devices employed in the construction oI the
| electrical motors.