The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-24
TO CONNECT
BIG CITIES
Manchester VIII Be Brought
In 20 Minutes Of Liverpool.
ARE 81 IL MALES APAR,L
Behr System as Projected Recalls the
Dunton Bicycle Road on Long
Island Mono-Raii
Track,
ARE 81 IL MALES APAR>L

Recalling somewhat the Inflated Dun
ton system, which came to be known ns
the bicycle railroad while in partial ope-
ration on Long Island. says the Brooklyn
Eagle. is the Behr mono rail- track which
Is about to be constructed betwee:, Man
chester and Liverpool. In It's essential
features the Behr scheme differs but
Gttie from the method of propulsion
which was called the Boynton system in
the United States.
Speed Is the characteristic feature OF
the Behr scheme. The distance between
Manchester and Liverpool is thirty-iour
end one-half miles. Express l,nin. on
trip between these points in about forty
three minutes. Under the Behr system.
It is claimed. tn trip can be made In
twenty minutes.
Prominent engineers have testified be.
fore the Parliamentary Committee which
investigated the project before permits
sion to construct the line was given,
that trains can be run at the speed OF
ITO miles an hour without danger, or
even discomfort.
Originally Mr.. Behr confined himself
to the use Of steam On his road. and
there are several now In operation In
various parts OF the world. One con-
Meeting Listowel and Ballybunion. in Ire
land. Is fifteen miles long. The engine
and carriages are SO arranged that they
are supported by the slrgle track, which
flts into cleft In the middle. The top
Of the rail is about three feet from the
ground. Obviously derailment Is I'M
possible. unless the engine or cars break
In two from their own weight.
The Irish line Is a single track. with
what are called points. or sidings to
permit the passing OF trains running Ia
the opposite direction. In the Manches
ter-Liverpool line there win be no
points" through service. withour
stops. Is contemplated,
HIGH SPEED.
little while ago, In connection with
the Rrns:.els EXP osition. Mr. Bekr butt
an experimental mono-rall on which
high speed was attained. The cou,mIs-
sioners appointed to report on the line
by various governments EXPRESSED their
opinion that speeds Of 100 rifles nm hour
and over would be quite POS i!h!e N eur h
a track; that cars could run round
sharp curves with no possibility OF Dc
ratlment, and that the passen:A.s would
feel no III effects from such rapid travel.
Mr.. Rehr's notion In building the Nan
chester and Liverpool mono-r,il Is to
show the railway companies the n.lviva-
tracks solely for the express traffic, thus
leaving tn, present tracks for slow pas
ssnser and goods traffic.
Engineers are agreed that average
speeds OF over seventy miles an hour are
Ing railways. The construction OF spe-
ctal mono-ra1l track would enable very
high speeds to be reached with perfect
laid alongside the existing two rail- ground
tracks or the cars could be run overhead
II so desired.
The mono-rail electric car is slung very
r. Nr ho tync Ia p4t1 tt,ay ,>,,J
sion being. obtained on the top rail by
upright wheels. The side rails are en-
ployed to steady, the car and render de-
The proposed road will run through part
OF Eccles. Warrington and Garston. but II
Is not intsnded to have stations at these
points. There, will be two lines Of rail-
an up and down line-on which express
ANOTHER SCHEME.
Still another scheme OF rapid transit Is
lean citizen Of Danish birth. who proposes
to construct a locomotive capable OF run
ming 300 miles an hour and carrying a
ra al OF cars at the t sane n rate; ia
motives One is the dead weight of the
engine and the vehicles behind It,. The
other is atmospheric pressure: DR.. Albert.
ma gnets attached to tho columns OF the
cars In such way as to overcome the
attraction OF gravity and make pom
deFOuS railroad carriage as uBut on inc
rails as toy.
At present sixty miles an hour Is the
maximum speed and to accomplish this
the weight and drawing power of the 20.
connective have been increased until a 5000
horse power engine must be attached to
the front of the flyer
The limit OF weight. power and speed
has been reached, and the railways ac-
knowledge themselves unable to sm-
prove 1t.
Now comes the announcement that there
has been discovered a method OF ABOLISH
ing the dead weight OF the train. leaving
only atmospheric resistance to be con-
tended with. If this can be done, as Ut.
sAlbertson asserts. half the battle Is won:
and the public may yet be able to travel
on the earth's surface at the speed OF
hundreds Of miles an hour.
For many years the great prlnclple OF
magn etism has been known to electricians
and used in practical work BY laymen,,
Steel companies have found the maEnet
useful In lifting huge metal glrders.
At one end of their lifting apparatus
they have placed magnet Wh'cn, %n Is.I
charged. grips the steel nars and Ltits
them, no matter how great tnelr WEE ~,
II has been noticed that maenet Wou!d
move to come In contact Wlth the ssee'
bar a soon as 1t arrived within tne uIaW.
Ing radius carrying any amour! oi we!snt
with 1t which happened 10 De attAcHeo az
the time ~, A,harteo,
It is this principle which pr ApeFtson
proposes to make use o.
CHOOSING A POPE.