Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-02-22
TROLLEY CAR ITS
OWN POWER-HOU
NEW IDEA IN ELECTRIC TRAFFIC
TO REvoLUTIoNIzE SYSTEMS.
so INVENTOR EXPECTS
Claim Made That II Can Speed So
Miles an Hour all Day Long-ln,
ventlon That OF a Western Man
Gas Engine Used.

New York, Feb 2l--A new idea In
trolley electric propulsion In the way
Of car that eliminates the present
powerhOuse. the overhead trolley, the
third rail system and the storage bat.
terry Is reported It Is claimed for
the vehicle that II can maintain a
steady speed Of liGty.eight miles an
hour and can Keep it up all day and
night. The car is known IN the cleo,
trical world as the Strang electric rail.
way car
Lars G. Nilsson a western man, in.
vented the system, which briefly de-
scribed consists OF gas engine with
direct connection 10 dynamo, and
which generates It's own electricity to
run It's wheels test car was re-
Gently turned ont at Philadelphia by
the j. G.. Brill company 10 test the
now idea. II has been quietly run
ming on the ladenburg branch Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad system for scy.
cral weeks ana there made It's record
Of nfty-eight miles an hour
Wilson's patents were secured by
William b. Strang, Of No IL Wall
street, this city, who was Interested In
Southwestern Kansas He controls q
twenty-milc trolley car line there,
known as the Missouri and Kansas In
ternrban Railway Company which
runs over tho Santa Fe trail from
Kansas City to Olalhe, Kan
Not wishing to put in powerhouscs
overhead wires and the usual plant
Of trolley line, Strang developed the
ldea Of Nilsson, and IN confident that he
has powerhouso, overhead wires.
third rail system and storage battery
system all combined In the car, the
"Ogerlta," which he has had built and
equipped with tho new system
The gas engine IN the car Is sit
uatod forward II II Of special design
and Is about S0.horsc power 1t is of
the fom-cycle type and has six 3 by
10 cylinders, TO secure short crank
shaft and reduce vibrations to the min
imum the cylinders are partially
opened, three on each side and are set
nj an angle Of 90 degrees to each
other. The weight Of the engine Is re
ducod byq using aluminium AS far as
possible,
The vaporizcr s arranged TO work
with the utmost economy with all
kinds of loads Kerosene, alcohol or
crude oil may be used instead OF gaso.
line with slight change of adjust.
mcnt of the rapori2er The gasoline
Is stored IN safety tanks beneath the
car floor The cells 81 Il storage bat
tory are placed In Il cradle underneath
the car. so that when the car Is at rest
the engine can still be running, and
the time, aud when running the car
has the benefit of the WORK OF the dyn
amo. and OF the storage nauery aS
well II grades are heavy, So that
enough Juice" Is always on hand to
run tho stcpcst grades and do SO at
the highest rate OF speed
Power IL usually transmitted from
the engine to the driving wheels by
means Of direct electrical connection
between the dynamo ana controllers
aud motors For running on level
track under ordinary conditions the
current goes, nv has heon said, direct
to the motors from the generators, but
when coasling down grade, slowing NJ
or standing still, the surplus OF current
Il taken up by the batteries, and gives