The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27
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Tho car In which tho "trip was mad~ Inks
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put on wheela. The car Ia dfty.fve feet
long.
Tho interior fittings are much superior
to iho~ II any Passenger coach on a train
propelled by . loco motiye. The air, water
and dust proof round window saSh has
been substituted for the square window
and affords q better protection against
d,st, rain or draughta. Entrance Ia the
car h through doors on the sides. The
car weighs hut 81, 200 pounds and II believed
IN be the strongest car for its weight ever
built.
Three years ago." said Mr.. Hartman,
Il got tho idea for this form Of traffc while
travelling through Europe, I was recover
Ing from an operation for appendicitis
and was making an automobile tour with
two cars for myself, members Of my family
and friends and a third for baggage. The
three bore some resemblance TO a railroad
train and / determined on my return to
adapt the motive power Of the automobile
10 railroad travel.
Il gave my IDEAS to the men in charge Of
our shops at Omaha and they set to work
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for passenger uses on our system. The first
car had but four wheels, like an automobile,
and was a failure, for the ~iostling and
bouncing was too lively for any passenger.
That, though. was my fault, for / had in
sisted on a car as similar as possible to an
automobile.
The defects discovered from the first car
we're remedied in a second car and defects
in that were remedied in a third, and so on. !
Th,a ta tEa aax-anfh f,,-Nal S,,t hty fhA ahADa
and has been in active service. Other cars,
previously built. are also In active service
and are giving good results,
THE cars are particularly useful on
tory. On such Branches il is absolutely
necessary for a railroad to run one. two or
more trains a day, and the expense Of opera
ton is very heavy in proportion to the re-
ceipts. One Of these motor cars v the
expense of about three men on the average
Of a train crew, and Ia able to cover the
route at the same expense twice as often.
It gives the public better service, better
accommodations and better time in making
a TIP! s1Pp. oor ia M, ,r,s,dsd for ,b,o.,v sst.
tied suburban localities where great fire.
quency Of trains makes electric power moro
advisable. But on a branch fifty, seventy
five or a hundred miles long, it is Of re-
economy to the railroad both passengers and
freight.
speed a trailer in the shape Of a baggage
car, freight car or passenger coach. On
many Of these branches Of the Erie, for m
stance, a few Of the cars could handle with
much better facilities to the public as much
traffic, both freight and passenger, as Is
transported by twice the number Of locomo-
tives. With the same expense the railroad
develop with much greater rapidity the
territory which the railroad taps
The car has an average running speed OF
forty-hve miles al hour. No attempt at
day, for there, were frequent. ~stoppages
by block signals, and most Of the route
was over heavy grades. The car started
from Jersey City, went over the Berg en-
Mr.. Hartman aboard. It then had the
hardest possible test over the Erie by being
run up and Town the steep grades to nd
from Newbursh. The motor took the car
up one or two grades Of sixty-iv We feet
to the mile at a higher rate Of Speed than
is made by the average Of the passe niger
trains on the same branch.
The Erie has ordered a car OF the same
general pattern as the one on which the trip
was made and also has a CAM steam car
wood figured out that he could use at least
fifteen OF the cars on bran ches adjacent to
this oity, and he is only waiting for a service,
test, that is a months test Of cars running
every day. to decide which variety to order.
A great advantage Of the car from the
ct standpoint Of the passenger is It's freedom
from dust. There is absolutely no annoy
ance from cinders or smoke. The motor Of
the car is overthe forward axles and the car
runs smoothly.
On the return from Newburgh the party,
with the exception Of Mr., Hartman who
got off at Arden, was entertained at dinner
at the Tuxedo Club by President Under
wood. Among those in the party were:
Via praaidenfs Chamberlain and Graham.
Special Representative Maddy, Assistant
General Manager Stone, General Superinten-
dent Bowron, Division superintendent
Elsner, Chief Engineer Stewart, Travelling
Passenger Agent Parker. Presidents Score;
Superintendent Williams, all Of Erie; Jacob
L. Greatsinger, former president Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and John Harris