The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-06

A MurrLEp QUESTION.

man Palmer made sure OF this minute
later
MUPFLED QUESTION.
This question need not appear In the
minutes, said he, but 1 would like to ask
whether your system can be applied 10
oil parts OF the canal AZ it Is now
Chairman Corthell directed the stenog-
! rapher to take rest.
Certainly it can said St John Clarke
and don't object TO having that taken
down iY the stenographer. We trmd to
solve the problem Of the canals a. they
/ we're We made the experiments with the
understanding and the hope that our system
| might be considered, even II IL were "A little
! late hope we are not too late now. The
machine is on working basis.
| hessrs Thompson ana Carke were sub
/ Jected TO minute questioning as to the ability
of the motor to overcome grades. how the
| grip worked &c
| Have you tested it enough TO know
bout its reliability
Yes said Mr.. Clarke. the device is new,
but the principles are old "
Have you taken into consideration I'M
favorable conditions and bad luck?' asked
Assemblyman Merritt. Mr.. Thompson
1t would be run In business like way,
rs railroads are run. said he, "and not in
the haphazard way that the canals are run
now These figures for the present canal
are absolute
Then said Assembiyman Palmer you
are tempting the taxpayers TO take for
about 100000 that for which they are
expecting to pay SOL 900, 600
That's it, said Mr.. Thompson
Mr. Van Alstyne remarked that a State
expert had calculated three or four miles
an hour "a he limit Of economical speed
on the canal
We ran as high a. miles an hour
said Mr.. Thompson. but think that "a
miles il the economical speed.
OTHER PLANS.
Mr. Lamb, whose device has been tried
at Tonawanda, explained it. He said that
a speed OF more than three miles an hour
in the present canal was impraclicable,
as the speed would draw the boat too far
toward the bottom. He is ia favor OF the
barge canal which he said would be Of
great benefit. because barges lowed down
the Great Lakes could come through TO
New York without breaking bulk
That is, he remarked 20 the committee.
If the Buffalo interests don't sit down too
hard on YOU
1t will be remembered that some Of the
Grand Appropriations wanted Ii barge canal
10 feet deep but had TO succumb To
the Buffalo elevator interests. who couldn't
think OF seeing the grain steamers 60 by
without stopping.
Mr.. Lamb had not prepared his figures
on the ton-mile basis, and the chairman
asked MIN 70 submit thein later In tQAt form.
MI Schat2's exposition Of his scheme.
which is a light motor on the electric-mule
plan though greatly different from the
Wood invention. took only few minutes,
and then the committee went into eNecu-
tive session.
There is nothing to say az present about
the result Of the hearing said Chairman
Corthell afterward. We will submit our
findings to the full committee
woop PLAN COULD BE GOING IN YEAR.
A SUN reporter asked Mr. Mitchell how
long it would take TO build the Wood sys-
TEN. elevated rails, trolley and ali
Two years at the outside he replied
1T might be built in year. for rails OF
the kind We use are always available.
Getting power is simple part OF the prob
lem with SO many sources of water power
through the State
Il regret. he added. that We we're I'M
able TO put forward this motor before tho
barge canal proposition was submitted to
the Legislature or to the people. | think
that If either had realized the economy Of
ii they would not have voted as they did
The trouble was that We did not have our
foreign patents at that time and feared TO
lose them through publication
Nothing was said at the hearing about
the revenue of the patenting company
Mr.. Mitchell said that this was nothing to
be worried about. a. the State might buy
or lease the patent or pay for II on per-
centAge basis at figures that would be small
as compared to the great economical result