The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-09-21

for the solution Of il, then it seemed
probable that these qualities could
also perfect apparatus and control
natural forces so that the railway
managers nf the United States would
De able to say eve have at last sys-
;em which will supplant steam for
long hauling service.
At about the same time the two
great electrical scientists Of the nit
ed States seem to have perfected ap-
paratus by which the alternating cur
rent may be employed for the trans
porta,ion Of railroad trains. \ fine
demonstration Of the capacity Of that
apparatus is now daily made through
| the operation Of electric train service
between Schenectady aud Balston
f. Spa, village just south Of Saratoga
Springs. This road is road is sixteen
miles long. By the utilization Of
this alternating current very high
speed may be obtained and maintained,
| lhe SoblloI VI luC tidIH 10 bo ICIlcCL
that the starting and stopping of it
are almost imperceptible and there
are incidental advantages and econo-
mics too technical to explain in let.
ter Of this kind.
BY the perfection Of apparatus Of
this sort the eleotrifcation of the en-
tire system Of the New York Cen.
tral Railroad 10 brought 30 near that
the important features Of the fnan.
cling and the industrial relation of the
community to this electrifcation are
now under serious consideration.
The Brotherhood Of Railway Loco
motive Engineers is confessedly the
model organization Of skilled arti.
sans. That it should be brought at
this time if not into irritating OF fric-
tion.like relations with August Bel
mont and his rapid transit system, at
least into relations that are entailing
prolonged and intense conferences,
must not be accepted elsewhere as in
dication that the locomotive engineers
| are preparing to initiate their less
wisely guided associates among labor
organizations-that is to say, are
menacing Mr.. Belmont and the sys-
ten with strike. Far from it. The
locomotive engineers have perceived
quicker than the general public have
done how imminent and how radical
are the changes caused by general
electri6cation that is now in progress.
If it were mere question as to the
details of the rate Of pay which motor
men are to, receive in the subway, or
whether the standard by which wages
of the engineers upon the elevated
system is to apply to the subway,
that difficulty could be ended after
few conferences. But the railway
engineers have for some time per-
ceived that as body and within few
years their vocation is to be seriously
Threatened unless they fit themselves
to serve as mortormen. Furthermore
they know that electri6cation Of rail.
ways involves vast economic changes
as we'll as some that are to be Of tIe.
mendou5 moFai and social Importance.
Eleotrifcation is to proceed until much
of what is now the rural portion Of
the country is to be urbanized or
suburbanized. Furthermore, since
from the scientific point Of view the
use of electricity has largely changed
the service upon engines, since the
power is furnished from without and
not from within, therefore the relation
Of those who have hitherto been FIRE.
men to this change is Of very impor-
tant character.
| AS Mr.. Belmont's subway system,
combined with his elevated system,
makes by far the largest employment
Of electricity for the transportation Of
passengers, and is within two or. three
years to be doubled through a dupli-
cate subway system, it seemed to the
very clear headed leaders of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
that the opening of the subway sys-
tenn offered gooo opportunity for
reaching an understanding as to the
relation of the great body of men who
are now locomotive engineers to the
motor engines that arc hereafter to
prorel all Of the local and, ultimate.
ly, all of the railway traffic of the
country.
Therefore this consultation with
Mr.. Belmont represents the industrial
feature Of the change. as the tower.
like chimneys now erected or in