The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-29
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NEW YORK, july 2S.--Making = 10000
mile tour Of the country in Il car which
It's originator thinks may reyolutionizc
certain branches Of railroad traffic. me
car Is run by u gasolene motor, ana
was built by tho Union Pacific Railroad.
It Is being tested to show It's endurance
It's speed possibilities and It's power with
Tic idea that some day 1t may solve q
large share OF the problems Of sub y;
ure among tic most difficult OF the rail-
road mans problems. for, though SUP.
urban travel is large in volume. the
profits 1t where u prouuicc ,,,
nny--are small by reason of the low
which must be made. At the same time,
branch line traffic In sparscly settled
parts Of ne Gounsry y =, trans
are used, because OF the heavy expense
OF their operation. !.
When the right Kind OF motor car g
Invented Say the ralrGad men nnca It. WI ~
travel which are now unknown. me 81,
men who manage the railroads are look
Ing forward to the time when the cur
shall run down to the nearest rallr DAD I
station and out upon the tracks OF the
main line, over which It VIII spin per
hnps forty or fifty miles and then; run. .
ming the street railroad tracks KS, o.
where YOU wish to leave it. The car
which WIN do these things may be run
ny q storage battery or by a gasoi ,.,t .
which experiment. are now being made,
orSby solne other source OF power.
While the railroads are waiting tor INC
coming OF this ideal service many o.
quirng elcctrG railways within their
territory, and even under present con
dlt!ons the Joint operation OF electric
gratifying measure Of success. Perhaps
there Is no better example OF the way
In which the trolley co-operates with tho
locomotive under modern American man
Of steam and electric lines which the
New York. New, Haven and Hartford
Railroad is building up In It's extremely
Important and very congested territory
about twenty years ago and within less
than ten years OF its general use the
New Haven system was using electric
traction, thus becoming the first steam
the new. power. It was the first steam
corporation to equip a line with the troll
ley system. and It was likewise the first
10 equip line With the third rail.
steam road purposes were tested at Nan
lasket Beach developing a sped OF sc
miles an hour. 2 On the last day OF that
| month the first trolley service on a form
er steam railway was put into actual
operation. Other experiments followed,
and were so successful that the company
son began the absorption of electric rail-
ways, and this policy has been steadily
pursued until to-day the New Hasen sys-
tenn controls more than 800 miles Of cleo
trlc lines. BY the union OF. steam and
electric roads It Is possible to make close
connections and through traffic arrange
ments, and to introdue many economics
In mana cement. When this policy was
adopted great sections OF the New
Hayen's, back territory had no transpor.
tnton service whatever, while others had
more than they could aprortably support
The New Haven engineers, having laid
out a general scheme for the working
together OF both Kinds Of lines have
been able to fill in the gaps inte1ligen tly
and the whole district involved rs being
systematically developed. Z
What the New England road Is doini
In southern and western New England
is being done to some extent-and to !;
greater extent every year-in other part.
Of the country. and similar experiment,
are being conducted abroad. The api.I
cation Of electric power and the use q
auto motors. especially on branch rail
ways, was one Of the subjects which tn,