The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

five roads. each over 100 miles in length, are finished or in course of construc- | ton.
 a soo.riile road Is in operation between | Columbus, O., and Indianapolis equip ped with sleeping and dining cars of the most advanced type Extensions of this | line are being pushed through to WheSi- ing. w..va.. and to Pittsburg, and plans Cincinnati This ssa vice in aiIotEer year will cover stretches in various directions of from 200 to 800 miles in length. Solid trains are run, consisting of sicepers, most improved design and construction. the slecpers costing over s20,O00 each! State rooms with two berths are use 4, instead of open compartments. The stsntisily as as or, steaisi roads @ m and a speed of sixty-ffve miles an hour is reg ulariy made cn sorae stretches. Indeed, the Chicago. Elgin and Aurora Railroad
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 Trains leave the Indianapolis and Co., night and finish the 20 mile run at $ the read. has shown that there is TO smoke cinders 5r dust and that sleep. ing car passengers will be able to open their windows if Simmer. The charge cities is s. which is less than the day coach fare on the competing steam fail- tho development of the electric ra,lwas srs ans sfs Sas sss are sias n sess M improvements in the eqdipnent and it, tfngs ot the ordinary service cars are Keeping pace with those of lines in other town ana Gloversyiiie Railway has put on new palace cars, which are said t6 be the largest and most expensive sver seen. weisE forty-three tons High back rs. versible seats, finished in plush. with roll head-rests and foot-rests incre,ise the comfort of the passenger. Each car seats fiftysix l5sc,r. gs5sons Oyer sn eacf s pushblitton keeps the passenger in cfoss touch with the conductor. A telephons connects both platforms. so that the no. each other and salso with the general offices of tho compsny. The cars are gea-ed to forty-Hvs mics an hour.
 We have copied at some length from The suns editorial in order to show that running regular trains, thoroughly equip ped for any kind of traffic. Is no ionycl an experiment.. It will bc observed. tos that in several respects. these electric trains are decidedly superior to the or. dinary railroad trains. Among these ads vantases are cleanliness. comfort and the facility with which the passengers as well az the oflcers and employees can keep in constant communication. These are three advantages which all people who travel will appreciate. and whish will tend to make this mode of travel ing much hNors popular than any other.
 Now it must be remembered that the regions through which these roads are operating offer no advantages over Ala bama. Our almost UT limited wztef-pow- CT will genenate all the electricityA that is needed, and It is not at all an extrav- aEailt statement to say that every ral.- road train running in Alabama can be
 driven by electricity manufactured in
 the State without consuming a pound of
 coal or a stick of wood. And ali may do what has by man been done," said the
 poet, and it is as true in this case as in
 any other. What money and skili can do in one State can be done In another.
 and the time is rapidly advancing when steam power on railroads will be only a
 memory. This is a lightning age. in sev-
 eral senses of the word.