Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-01-11

nf the luNuries which the suhurhanitcs
eniov going to ana from the city. and
the railroad seems veritable gold
mine Cor It's owners.
Inc horse car has long since diSNp-
ncarrd. VIII the iron horse. the great
steam locomotive. hc supplanted also?
1uS question occurs to all who can
see the significance Of passing events
probably not for many years 10 rome.
as far rs heavy freight traffic Is con
ccrncd. because steam is especially ap.
rlicahle to the hauling of freight. But
tue action Of the New York Central In
elpctrifying thirty five miles of its road
lcadjng out Of New York. and the
popular agitation for similar improve
ment in uicagp and elsewhere. would
seem to point to time not far distant
when electric railroads will connect
distant cities and greatly shorten the
hours Of travel.
Chicago TO New York i'm Ten Hours.
In fact such a railway already is
being built between Chicago and New
\ ork hv the Chicngo-New York Elcc-
tric Mir Line Railroad company. or
tmcago. This company. headed by p
group Of practical railroad men. pro
poses to ran limited trains. making not
more than three stops. through to New
/ ork or Chicago. in ten hours. The
thought fairly takes ones breath away
M first. but the project considered
sohcrlV seems. practical enough. and
certainly is n conSummation devoutly
10 lee wished" The work of grading
hegan Sept. | near laPorte, Ind
As the new road will be an air line,
with few curves. the route SURVEYED
Is lrO miles shorter than the PennSvl-
vania short Line. and 80 miles
shorter than the Lake Shore and
New York Central, each of which runs
trains covering the distance in eighteen
hours. Taking into consideration the
shorter route of the Air Line. this Is
equivalent tn Il fOurteeu-hour service.
With low grades, Il straight track and
no grade crossings, the seventy five
hjieS an hur average necessary TO a
trlI-hpur service ought easily to be
maintained. Even on the first class
steam roads of today ninety miles an
hour is not uncommon for short dis
tancCS.
rhc Scientific American of Feb Is.
1909. speaking editorially of the New
ork Central experiment. says, THE
success of this installation. Of wnich
there can he no doubt whatever marks
tine first step in the gradual suhSti-
tuition Of the electric for the steam
locomotive in the operation of long dis
tance express trains The Chicago
New York project may be regarded the
second step.
Mr.. Sprague himself says that speed
is ~ matter of finance" What then
will determine the futurc:" he asks.
"ChiohH the financial factor. rs ii must
| the future Of any other great industrial
/ problem. When savings in operation
/ and the increased return for traffic
/ win more than pay ii fair dividend OH
money invested for electrical equip
mont. will trunk lines be operated by
. electricity"
/ Professor Charles T. Steinmetz. one
/ of the greatest authorities on elec-
4 trtcity, is quoted rs saying, There is
no limit to the speed that may be de-
vcl0ped in electric traction-that is.
there is no limit up to $50 or POO miles
an hour Higher speed than that the
car wheels could not stand. They
would fly to pieces from centrifugal
force. Not only can speed of 120
miles nm hour he maintained on Il
train equipped with electricity, but in