Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-24

and above board and there Is n very
genuine respect between the com.
batants. The attitude reflected by
the lower class comic journals TO.
ward America has mn more practical
significance than similar attitude re-
flected under like conditions In this
country"
That Fast Train.
The actual history Of the new high
speed electric train Is an excellent
Illustration of just this national Ger
man spirit toward industrial problems
and is the direct outcome OF the
spirit of organization for any specific
purpose that one finds written large
all over Germany. The first purpose
of the German educational idea, with
It's chronological schools established
and supported by the government un.
der n system that increases the salary
Of the individual professor and de.
creases the tuition fee of the indlyld.
ual student, Is to produce well edu.
Gated specialists in every walk OF life,
that Is to say, TO make n nation ef
efficient units; and the secondary re.
suit is the organization of small groups
OF these units into what are practical.
ly student clubs for the solution of
specific problems. Some years ago 1t
occurred to n number Of electrical ex.
rerts that trains ought to be faster and
the immediate result was a typical
German organization, the "Studienge.
sellschalt fner Elektrische Schnitt.
balm" or Student Association for the
Study OF High Speed Electrical rams.
rortatlon. This association readily ob-
tanned the financial assistance OF the
two principal German railroad cor.
porations and received from the gov.
eminent the use OF about Is miles OF
track not far from Berlin. The road
therefore is neither military road,
as It has been often referred TO In
cable dispatches, nor IL II primarily
the work Of corporation. II Is In
reality the work OF an association Of
German engineers with the coopera.
ton of the railroad interests on the
one hand and OF the government on
the other"
THE two cars, used on this Is
mile track--one car having been built
by each of the cooperating corpor.
ations-are very heavy. weighing 80
or 80 tons and equipped with the most
powerful motors They resemble In
q general way the cars OF an Amerl.
can elevated system, although more
rounded at the ends and carrying an
arrangement by which the rushing air
cools the motors and so makes II
possible to run them under the great
heat that would be otherwise de-
yeloped. There was no more move.
ment Of the car itself under the
strain of q speed OF 10 miles an
hour than Is noticeable on our own
trains when running go or 10. and the
noise OF the train was hardly II any
greater than that Of an American
elevated"
DR.. Pritchett made one trip In the
front and another nj the rear Of each
OF these cars and found the expert.
ence In both cases curious but not un.
comfortable Owing TO the shortness
II the track the journey from station
10 station only REQUIRES a few min.
ties. The speed Of the train. however,
was felt much more In the curious ef.
feet cf perspective produced by the
forward rash of the car the rapid dis.
Appearance ~ the landscape behind II
md the indrawing ~ air after the car
has passed. than by any motion Of the
car itself Owing 10 foggy weather
on the day Of DIR. pritchett's visit the