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New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
STEAM ROADS BLOOD SUCKED.

With passenger traffic between terlnini. or dis
tant points. tho steam railroads in this country
can still defy competition; but they are readily
shorn Of their local business by the trolley lines.
which can start a car every ten fifteen minutes,
even during hours Of light traffic it would be i'm
possible except with great loss the steam road
20 give similar service. even witt: the most econOm-
tcally made up 'acconnodation." for this must. at
LEAST, have engine, tender and coach, with fui!
train crew
But the 'tro;leys" have their trials and tribula-
IONS, and their limitations well Although their
operating expenses not great as the steam
Lc4ds tneSe alone are, quite generally. enough 70
keep their business from showing 8 profit,
more c less fhics1ly populated districts. incoR-
sioeraole tax beiIlg levied by the having provide
tno maximum power that may be required, and the
consequent necessity for keeping their power house
machinery always moving. and ready 20 meet
emergencies However, their cost of Installation
y LaSlE heaviest burden-so heavy, indeed, that
to@ns under 2Scc0 cannot afford them for urban
transit 10 heg1n with, there's the power house
tne capacity OF which has 10 be figured not against
present but future demand: and changes ia ma
calneFy have 20 be made from time 20 time be-
casse that In use becomes obsolete. Then there's
tAs oVeFheao equipment. such poles fnsuiotors
bEschets trolley wires feed wires etc; rails also
EnFe 70 De bonded-wired together. And their
equipment needs constant repairing II the lime
exceeds eight or ten miles in length. there's frA
added cost Of sub-stations. And whether the troll
Icy siEeS cars are moving not. the power house
must always be at work. even IN slack hours.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

BY the addition of the battery the full benefit Of
the heXblity, reliability and economy is gained IN
this combination Furthermore. when desired, or IN
case of necessity, the may be run for ABOUT
twenty miles the battery aione-thiS makes Ihe
Strang practically dual system.
For running on a level track, under ordinary con-
ditons. the current goes directly from the gener"
ators to the motors, but when coasting down grade
taken up by the batteries and furnishes the extra
power necessary for acceleration and for ascend
ing steep grades. This arrangement is entirely
automatic, and does not require 10 be watched by
the operator may be explained. for the benefit OF
the layman that the OF direct connected gaSo-
lene engine requires which is large enough Tor
time at one-third OF its normal power, is discon
nected when the is standing still or coaStlng,
and only its full power for very short periods
making regulations difficult and wasting fuel In
terry enables the engine 20 run practically at the
same speed at all times, with the air and fuel ad-
justed-once and for a-for the best possible COM
bustion The battery acts as balance or eq9alizeF
The system is in line with first class power
houses, where the peak of the load is similarly
carried. The battery is OF small size as II is rarely
called upon 20 furnish current for more than few
minutes at q time. Ordinary improves and is
necessary 10 keep in good condition storage bat
terry and Il Is entirely practicable 20 build battery
of small capacity with long life
Then too the engine is provided with automati
regulating devices for the econoniZng Of fuel and
for fully protecting the battery from overcharge or
depletion The switchboard IS placed against the
reach of the operator It includes Voltmeter, am
meter. starting rheostat and spark control. The
ma ximuYn speed of the which can be maintained
is fifty miles hour its average gasoiene con-
sumption is 4o-lO0 gallons per mile One hundred
gallons of gasolene carried, which gives mile
age radius of 225 miles The is capable of any
desired speed; ii is merely question oS gearing,
i. low gearing for freight and high gearing for
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
THE GAs-ELECTRIC MOTOR.

A description OF the 'Ogertas'' motor equipment
will sufficiently explain the Strang system. The
advantage IS that il require. an engine only large
enough for the average power. The accompanying
diagram shows the general plan OF the system
though the almportant feature, the regulating ap-
paratus Is not there TO be a gas engine with
a direct connected generator. electric transmission
and control, direct connection between generator
and the truck motors, and a storage battery.
The engine is Of the four-cycle type, and has six
sx10 cylinders, which, secure short crank shaft
and reduce vibration the minimum. are
partially opposed. three on each side. and are set
angle OF 90 degrees TO each other. Bearings
and wearing surfaces in general are much larger
than customary but the engines weight. in its en-
tirety, is reduced by steel and aluminium conSuuc-
ton. The vaporiZer is arranged 70 work with Ut
most economy with all kinds of loads; with slghS
may be used: The ignition s Of high tension or OF
Jump spark type, with coils OF especial design
rupter. An oil reservoir is placed beside the en-
gine's base, and pumped 70 different DearlhSS IL y
centrifugal pump forces water through the cyHhoer
Jacket and 10 radiating pipes upon the root IN
cold weather the passenger car Is & aT '
stored, in absolute safety in tank underneath the
car floor. and is pumped 70 an overnow cup az the
another pipe to the tank. The cells or the storage
battery are placed cradle, underneath the cen
OF the car BY the OF $50 voltage, instead OF
the usual 500 the number Of cells is reduced and
more reliable Insulation Is secuTed IN -,
The electrical equipment consists OF a 90 XIV:
25o-voIt DC generator 400 p m. directly coupled
70 the gasolene engine; two 90 n. p series woGs1o
motors OF regular street railway tyne; two k-l3
ing 200 ampere hours capacity.
sine to the driving wheels is the most efficient.
under all conditions, OF any N practical use az
present; and. by means OF the series parallel
versing apparatus is secured. without additional
gears. clutches other mechanical appliances.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
TRADE MlRK VIOLATTON.
Many Ways IN Which Purchasers
Are MiSIed by Cheats.

Investigation Of the work Of the Trade Mark
Protective Company, of No. 141 Broadway. re-
voals an interesting phase Of the pure food
question. Three detectives are kept constantly
busy in this city alone by that organization.
on an average they unearth one violation OF the
Trade Mark law every day. The frauds are
found everywhere. They are not confined 10 the
poor and uneducated small dealer. for the pro-
prietors OF some Of the largest and most fash
icnablc stores and restaurants in town are not
above it, In the nature o. things cOunterfcits
OF we'll advertised ana well liked brands of
merchandise are the most profitable and there
fore the most frequently met with. On account
Of the large margin oS profit and the ease
with which a colcrable imitation can be pro-
duced. liquors and cigars are favOrite objects
for the attention OF vioa5ors OF the Trade Mark
law
There are two methods by which the counter
feiter proceeds. He either exactly copies the
package whose reputation he wishes 20 nraat
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
RAIL PROBLEMS,S0LVED.
3 MOTOR CAR ATCLAST.
Withstdnls ,Se0en Months Continu-
ous Hard SerOice Test.

Chicago, Aug. lo.-The Strang gas-electric car,
ssA1arEt.e.ites which. reported in Tuesday s
Tribune lefs Philadelphia last Monday Cor Kansas
City. by way OF this city. over the Baltimore &
Ohio and the Chicago g. Alton. and which reached
nere az $50 this morning reports making the
last seves hundred miles in twelve hours. with
out eyer stopping cr engine. This is said 20 be the
longest continuous rails. She will remain
here Gor two or three days exhibition She has
not consumed the tiTae since leaving Philadelphia.
ln the straishtaway journey 20 this city. but has
made several side trips for the benefit OF railroad
officials, such the from Baltimore 70 An
napolis and return. when she carried i. c Potter,
president: T. Fitzgerald, general manager; j.
Z. MuhIfeld general superintendent oflmotive pow
er; c. w Bassett. general passenger agent, and
c. w Galloway division superintendent, OF the
Baltimore & Ohio at maximum speed or sorty-
eight miles an hour. The made particularly
good showing when negotiating the Aleghenies, be-
tween Cumberland and Pittsburg. where it encoun-
tered 25zq6 grades and I00 curves.
Early IN the year THE Railroad Gazette" COM
menting upon the many experiments with the
rail- motor car, photographed the then existing
situation thus: They interesting experiments
but, as yet. Of little practical value for actual
service" A little later. The Tribune reported the
starting OF a gasolene-electFic rail motor car
about 10 undertake experimental trip 70 San
Francisco-a trip which. though undertaken IN the
season. proved IN every way satisfactory. and
which gave pretty strong hint as 70 what might
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
NEW SYSTEM REVOLUTIONARY

AS the rails speedily build up a countryside the
uninitiated might easily wonder why more are not
laid. The above's the answer-but 1. is predicted
that Il viii soon cease 10 be- The Strang Gas Elec-
tric Car Companys system will. experts think
bring about a railroad renascence For a road so
equipped, though il runs for a great distance
through q sparscly settled country. be oper-
ated without loss, and 50 can keep the district
alive until lt builds il up. And too II Is tust suited
% cities too small 10 afford trolley systems and
ye. quite large enough require urban transporta-
tsca- Besides doing. at a profit. the steam
roads accommodation business. fits main line
ana branches. at economically serve its feed
eTs' as yell Again. the first cost OF building and
equppng road with the StraDg will be from 10000
"a $500 less per mile than with the trolley"
Owing 20 its Independence OF power houses or
stations. ana TO its hexibity-there's no power so
neNlhIs as eioctricity-and reliability OF operation
~ "slt as 20 lts cheapneSs, this combination sys-
se1n is protean IN the services IL can render
Even IN great cities IL be used for inspection
cars private. theatrical and club cars. emergency
ears repair cars. and for owl cars-subsfituting
them, for the latter would permit the shutting
Gown OF The power house, IN the hours when travel
% lEntest. % clean Up and make repairs. And
when tho beautiful" has tied up the PASSENGER
cars II would gjve the power house a rest ls the
strang we're utilized as a snow-swee2er; Then too
" ~ol-d maze an tdSal wrcc<ing car. fer properly
esesggcd VIA hosting apparatus. electric and
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
TRANSFORMATIONS VITAL NEED.

Space VIII not admit OF an exhaustive enunlera-
tion and description Of European attempts ut1I-
ize. on the rails the urgently needed rail motor
wagon but the following excerpt from an article
by A Heller in the Berlin Journal of the Club OF
German Engineers" will shed good deal of light
on the subject:
Experiments on Hungarian side lines shcw cost
OF operation OF motor trains TO be one-half that
OF ordinary trains
All the experiments above alluded 70 have been
made with steam. But the Hungarian State Rail-
way. after several years experimenting with
fash boilers, safety boilers. gasOlene, etc. has
az last found a system. something similar 10 the
subject OF this eketch which has resulted so salts
factoriiy that, according the English ''Tramway
and Railway World" il has ordered addition OF
ere hundred and fifty to its present equipment OF
nfty cars a few years trial is said 10 have shown
L two-thiTds reduction OF expense and y ouadru-
pling OF PASSENGER traffic.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
THE TRANSFORMATION OF ST, HELEN

St Helena was n barren volcanic Vas-e ,,--ss +,
time Napoleon was sent there. The - - 81
We're there. however 10 stay and l0' - sgs'T
though they had 20 send 10 St HeieilA bs1ls-
drop OF water they used. they SET @ol-, la,l
ming OF making something grow to'-I- --.s (irlis
life. or at least Tnodifying its ssfi5rts ~
ally. by slow degrees but surely tl.o'b mi Ntl.
successful Kindly nature requires ~ ~--rvs,al
cOUrageIGent and the dewS IeA 49, and
trees took ro1t ana shell their seed antse an ~ il
tain in the long course OF years .-srerlcls ~
covered until at last this one-till ,Ir7n0
OF waste products Of a hfeiess 49, al s. ~
able 70 provide millions upon tli-l.s---rrs ie-.-i
OF water. which is stored IN Us 100 Cl \.
ships that pass 20 and from thc, rro si
Hope and TO Australia; and hesleAt,-, -91i a
unn0ra geOUs terraces. hiGh uP N 49, " Orl
invGlided soldier from tropical Al.-s0-i1
and the Orient fnds restoring ~ ,v--7rr . ="
has brought back 10 health ana ~ 49, 'I,sa,
soul and stricken body Truly ga -1s'~
sne rain and healing in the -
Aa-IzlDe
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

Summarizing the foregoing. il will be seen that
in tho OF the steam railroads there is a vital
need Cf sonle cheaper way OF handling local pas
sensor traffic tlaa by the ordinary train service
and that even its rival. the trolley road which Is
draining il OF its valuable accommodation busi-
rsSs, needs. in the iltegcst OF SUBURBAN develop
C.eat TO be supplanted by something more reliable,
:Aore efficient and more Economical. The Strang
system would seem 20 I'LL both bills II has neither
t.le sisat cost OF tho steam plant or the trolley
res DEbt investment, their very much greater
axreEse of operation. The troey's cost ia always
sSia8 on: the individual cars expense stops when
20 car stops. Sesaec, in both the steam and
teey systems there is the constant danger of their
esl3g nut out of commission a whole. With
tGso St:ang only ore car be thrown out
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
RAILROAD EXPERTS TESTIMONY.

That the system is ali that is claimed for It is
amply attested in statement made by Mr. c. A.
Alton Railway Company who after riding about
one hundred and seventy-fve miles on the "Oger-
ita," said 81 was surprised the work done by
the gasolene engine. Apparently no attention was
given II during the entire run. and there no
oil can and monkey wrench work during the trip.
From practical operating point OF view. the car
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
Mr.. SINCLAIR'S COLONY.
Plan for Co-operatiUe Settlement
Has Had Mana Predecessors.

Some one said recently that Upton Sinclair
In writing 1.-The Jungle" meant TO touch the
hearts Of the American people while he sue
ceeded in landing only their stomachs. The
plea for wage slaves interpreted as a
warming to consumers against tainted meat If
indeed the so-called New Uncle Toms Cabin
has failed in it's purpose. the author has an
other and perhaps likeier bid for lasting fame
as the founder of a cooperative home colony"
Since the announcement of this scheme more
than 115 candidates have applied for member
ship and $4,000 has been pledged.
Shades Of Brook Farm and Fourierite pha-
ianxes and celibate Utopias! The social geolo-
gist finds their bones strewn over the country
and across the border of Mexico. They were
established in the early days Of the Republic.
had the support of philosophers pietists, busi-
ness men and poets. and included every ideal Of
the human mind. There were free love and cell
bacy. atheism and fanatic religion, life of ag-
riculture and Of aesthetic occupation. Nathan
iel Hawthorne MIXED COWS and Emerson helped
to hoe beans Elsewhere martyrs gave up their
wives on principle. and civilized men went 10
live in frontier wildernesses. The average COM
munity lasted about three years.
But this record does not dismay the new colo
nists. They say it does not apply 20 them,
since they have chosen 10 realize a single and
simple purpose instead OF a thousand heaven
soaring fantasies. NO reI1glOuS enthusiasm,
anti-social freak or industrial rebellion impels
them It is not an experiment in socialism.
They expect merely TO improve existing
conditions OF home life, to build a central hotel
and surrounding cottages in the country within
business reach of New York, having slight ex-
pansion OF communistic features that now OBJ
tain in private ownership, and dividing the
profits that go TO a hotel proprietor. 1t is
presupposed that the members continue to earn
comfortable salaries from the outside world.
Instead of being supported by the colony they
will support 1t. This feature is believed to
guarantee success.
No problem of idle workers. improbable fac
tories and agricultural failures arise. With
every one paying his way on a business basis
and just enough sentiment to make association
pleasant it is argued that there can be no COM
plete or irretrtevable disaster. The colony will
have permanently valuable assets in it's prop
erty and resources in its prosperous members.
The practical management will be in the hands
of experts, not OF the historic inspired regener-
atorS OF society.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

auxiliary to which this country owes so much and
the. the trade IN which can yet greatly augment its
weaIth-especially as the product IL handles is so
Eich in virtues, and makes for the health and
happiness OF the Individual
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

The religious establishments came first were
largest and most successful, while the Fourierite
were most brilliant and the secular most varied
and numerous. The early American colOnists
were somewhat communistic. At Plymouth and
jamestown some Of the land held in
Johann Kelpius colony. in Philadelphia, the
bunker celibates and another colony were COM
munist enterprises founded mostly in the
eighteenth century
The Shaker colony, at Mount Lebanon n. Y.
is now over a century old, and until lately was
steadily increasing In wealth and prosperity II
is said there is little left except lace factory
and a hotel for outsiders. The next oldest
colony is that Of the Harmonists followers OF
band from Wirternberg in 1903 They sold the
colony they established in Harmony. Ind, TO
Robert Owen. in 1924. and started another at
Economy. Penn. They are religious celibates,
few in number, and very wealthy.
ZOar, Penn, is the home of the SeparatiStS,
established in 1917. They have a membership Of
about four hundred, and, despite religious views,
believe in marriage. Their wealth is estimated
at 5000 per capita, as against the $1,000 per
capita of the United States-and. Of course, this
per capita. applying TO communists who share
alike. is not figure Of speech. Another pros
porous religious colony. said TO be the broadest
and most attractive in the country. IS at ArnaHa'
Iowa. There is a community Of seven villages.
The members believe in marriage. The sect
came 70 this country under the leadership OF
Christian Metz and settled at first near Buffalo.
The Oneida Community OF PerfectioHiStS was
established by ]. H. NOyes at Oneida, N Y, in
sO-called pure. holy and scientific basis, inter-
preted by the outside world free love and
pOlyandry. wrecked the alleged religious feature
of the establishment and left only Joint stock
concern for the management of the fairly sue
cessful business enterprises Not long ago
disciple Of Noyes wrote a book which was a
tender eulOgy Of the inspired marriage refOrmer.
and described the old idyllic life of the Perfec-
tionists which assailed by Artemus Ward.
the Presbyterian Church and state authority.
Fourierism all the rage in 1874. and the
idea of phalanxes was backed by such men as
George Ripley, Charles A Dana and Albert
Brisbane. The first phalanx was that Of the Syl-
vana Association at Lackawaxen. Penn. with
145 members and $500 acres Of land The plan
failed within two years. The North American
phalanx at Monmouth. n. j., was the most sue
cessful lasting twelve years At It's height there
were seventy-seven members and $4,000 Of
capital Dissension and fire destroyed 1t.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

search" light. it would, for all intents and pur-
poses. carry the power house and repair shop 70
the wreck
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
COMMUNITIES IN THE PAST

American communism is historically divided in
three parts. religious. Fourierite ana secular
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
THE SITUATION SUMMARIZED

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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1906-02-09

Den gerie al originale 8ibras,
fo1n bette 8lao for nogen Sib ii6el1
begDn6te nreo Ben MI afi1,tte6e opIp.
ien6e % beifribert6e Mrtifel ON rDet
npe 2ano" at gl6er 8. S. Sal,gen,
8obine, g. g., fortiattes mi meo
De 1rorionrnre @rin6ringer al Mr.
@oIfrnar sSobnien, Chicago, betttlet::
SO n g eileber 80 &ig-
sins (aIias rabree Singer sssacf J.
S6lg nreo fra 8egbn6dien % gibr
Deres Benner % 8efierrbte op11tarf-
sion11te berpno; enbber bill fna baabe
Gle0e % 6orn6ielie af mr. ssobn-
ier,s lille @ult1rbiIIeoe i et lipligt og
forngieligt Sprog.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1906-02-09
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Gil sen itore Songerfejt, oel Snt
i 9faffer, lont BET 11oropeitlige ifa,,.
oinapiife 5anserforbl,11b aibnlosr
ira 6te til 8be Suli 5. SC. / Ga Gros.
ie, gipres omfattenbe lSorbereoelier,
% 2ofnlfon1itee,l er i oisie Gage /
trapl girtionbeo ,neo at reiie ct Ga
routifono paa 1000 Collars. Gen
er i bette glrbeiDe blebe,, lngot meb
megen Opmllll1ring al Bpens Tor-
ret11tllgsmRno.
&oneerterne oil blipe afbolOt i
empire 9fil1f, ct ubDre 2ofale, beligz
genoe mibt DDcns Centrum, Ser
magelig RUNNER 1000 Menne|fer.
@n 5eiltur op ao Mislislippi CT
p1anloot for gpnoao @iterlnioooa
oen 8oe Sl,li, 80 en- al Sc itgrite
Tlob6anpere ! gelten pil 0enne Mne
lebni,tg bliue bragt til Ga Grosie.
3il oe1ne 1ur er life alene Sanger-
ne i1,6bubt, men alle og enhper, Scr
! Sioe lifrer fig 8labs.
st Drfelter pua 40 Mnn0 bill Of
fsn1pagnere Mdsieforet / oe ltore
&orlanae. Mlene l1ogiiten bertil on.
laaes til 600 Collars.
Gn 8anfet ItQar ligeleoes pan 60
petct.
5ait9ere ober belle Mor6peiten irnbr
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sllbentpif blfbers It afs sc Itgrlte 1,os
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I 2anoet. <De bar meo @lRDe moo
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teen bar grunbet Saab ON at fire
Jig @alfban Ro6e / Rriltia1ia. Nor.
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Iige aoriange. l1noerbonoIinger mco
andre ligelao eminente 5oliiter fore
goar, men CT life ifrebet laa lanst
fre1n, at Nabne ter n9pnes. Man
fan i1niblerti6 bore trpgt forbislet
ONT, at f1n fgrite 8losles 3olellter
pil blibe engageret.
Opimoo 80 Soreninger tilbgrenbe
5ongerforh,,n6et bor oIlerebe til
fienbegibet bereS 9l9t at fom1nc til
Stepnet, % flcrc pil fplge eiter.
Set er oerfor paa 9ibe for 6e Gang
for, ser gnifer at oeltoae % iom
bibttl bar u6iat mes at inomelbe liz
| Gorbun6et, at yjgre 9llpor at bette
oeb at 1,n6errette Sen forreip. 5efrc.
tar, ST. 5anann, 2718 1859 slne.
g., Minneapolis, Minn., beron,.
S Gebruor-G -Girfulpret til Gore,
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9plDsnin9er ON &otelforbolo, Sern.
baneprtier etc. Set forbet,tes at balp
Bris poa alIe Baner bill blipe in6-
rp1nmet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1906-02-09

@tnieb Moboers og Benners 0p.
mprfi fiombe6 pao bette Mob, big benz
bore liberale 9ilb,1S, fre,niatte ber !
BIa6d, og foribg at ftdffe % I np
lMbonnent.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1906-02-09

81 ri minbe bore 2eiere og ngr
Mbonnenter ON, at bi Dor q Hort
Eager al fntuffe Htrnier for forut-
betaIenoe Mbonnenter. San Sc Iabe
et iaabnnt SiIbub qua Gem forbiR
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1906-02-09
Song sllfons af @panien blep

Gfteraaret forlobet 1neb en- engelff
Nriniesie, Gnu al 8atterlberg, en-
Riece af Song G6tparb. 8rpll11pet
bor faltiot til ti6lig Soroaret, %
fori11ben fl1I6e Song @6nar6 ofl9gge
ct officielt 8eipg i Mobrio. 8oa
@rln1b al Song Gbriltians Dp6 %
SEN 6erof fdgenbe 5org be6 set e11-
gelife &of ct Song gb1parbs 8elgg
opgibet, og 8rpllupet nbint til 2be,1
Sum-.