The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-30
President OF Kenosha Street Railway
Company Finishes His Great Sys-
tenn for Electric Transmission
WILL REvOLUTIONIZE RAILWAYS.
New System as Planned by Mr.. Arnold Will
Result In a Great Saving for Operators
of the Electric Railways.

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nosha Electric railway company, "The
Wizard of the" railroad" today is the
center of all railway discussions on ac-
court of the announcement Friday
evening that he had succeeded in
working out new system of electric
construction which will revolutionize
the running of all railway trains and
which will place Mr.. Arnold at the
head of the electricians of the world.
His position is now second only to
Thomas A. Edison and should his
great system prove practical it will
placeshim at the head of his great pro-
fession.
Mr.. Arnold has been working on the
system for years, and is confident that
in time his ideas will be adopted by the
steam railways of the world, thus
doing away with steam as a motive
power in land transportation
The test is to be made on the new
Lansing, St. Johns and st. Louis
(Mich.) road, and, according to Mr..
Arnold, representatives. of the Danish
government and leading engineers of
the country will be present
Mr.. Arno1d's description of his sys-
tenn is technical, but the benefits it is
supposed to make possible are more
easily understood by the unscienti6c
mind. The system is known as the
"e1ectro-pneumatic," and it is prom
ised for it that it will reduce the cost
of equipment from 20 to 40 per cent.
Sub-stations are to be done away
with, thus effecting large saving in
Dor.
According to Mr.. Arnold his system
can be established on one"half the cap
ita1 necessary under existing condi-
tons, and yet his mechanism "will
drive anything on earth"
In brief, the system eliminates the
present rotary converter substa-
ton system" and operates "by means
of high tension working conductor,
carrying the current to single phase
alternating current motor by means of
which the car is driven directly by
the motor without the use of the
direct current"
Much of the energy which now is
dissipated through the stopping and
starting of cars will be conserved
under the new system, it is said, be-
cause the speed is to be controlled by
compressed air, and the energy other
wise lost is stored and may be used
later as if the car were equipped with a
storage battery.
This storage of energy makes it pos
sible to detach the cars from the main
line, disconnect the conductor, and
with the stored power do necessary
switching without the use of energy
from the power house.
Cars may be run also through towns
and cities on tracks not electrically
equipped, the working conductor being
taken up again when the outskirts are
reached.
In explaining one phase of his sys-
tenn, Mr.. Arnold said
By virtue of the speed of the motor
and it's constant load, either when the
car is in motion or when it is standing
still, and the motor is COMPRISING
air, the variable load now customary
in electric railway power plants is
eliminated, and the power station
works at practically constant load,
thereby eliminating large part of the
investment at present requisite in
power station and line construction.
Furthermore, by virtue of the air
storage feature each car, in the par
ticular apparatus I have designed, is
capable at any time, when the current
is on the working conductor, of
delivering to the car wheel a much
greater torque in proportion to the
capacity of the motor than is possible
| with any electrical system known
today"