New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

Is similar to that OF the steam roads ara -.
palace car companies The run of one hundre.3 a,s
ninety miles between Indianapolis and colun,bp,
IS made on palace car electric train between
midnight and O'Clock a. m The sleepiny cars a.
superior IN some respects to those OF tba s+.,
ROADS Their ingenious construction admits =.
their being converted from chair cars in d,v,,r
TO sleeping cars at night There are unnsr 80
lower berths. each fitted with electric contriva,c.
ior controlling the lights and ventilation Each O.,
is operated by four motors, with an aggregate =,
COO horsepower. -
On the New York to Chicago trolley routs sow.
OF the ordinary day coaches are built at cost =,
N0.po to sl2,1o- In some OF these there are -
seryation compartments seating twenty perzo5s o-
aa & wneae tne tram is made up of several coaches
other> --''i 0ne car 10 an
tance service and modern equipment Would Ss
isseo lts MISSION II IT nad failed benefir ma,
our rural population Away from the steam TaiIS
safes eaa centres 4bsy syer IN ,he Middle and Easter
great possibilities awaiting the touch of new ds
car has cone TO the rsce eieTgenfy tns trolley
Of towns and cross roads and their contgnouus,
Under the new regime the farmer Is relieved a.
town He labels his goods for the nsrtot gG,hs q
name of the destination and the consigree anS
rural car With compartmsnt }or 6sda ahs ,nsxs
picks up the labelled parcels carrying to the near
not 50 much as obliged to wat for t e farmer Is
profits by being able TO secure quick dfsnafcb -
for comparative plttance to the nearest cresmer e
or cheese factory. This arrangement also obviates
there is milk in plenty and to spare in the Country
Future cheese factories and Creameries viii 6s
situated upon trolley lines whenever possible Tbi,
will effect a notable econonya the cost OF trans
portation of milk by wagons having been the caTsa
When the trolley freight arrives at the Mat.
form or rural station 10 collect the farmers milk
morning paners and also the mail to tbe ne
postof1ce. The passenger car: which follows an
schoo-not to a dfngy, crowded. One-room building
but a centralized school worthy Of the namess
Geauga County Ohio from SI5 and $50 to "a and IA
acre following the introduction of suburban car
came valuable with the rest. it's price being gov
erned by its distance from an electric line.
Still another phase OF trolley evolution is reTrs.
sented in it's relation 10 outdoor life and an,ze.
ments. There nearly three hundred street rail-
trolley parks a trolley park IS usually free pic
mic ground. with a speakers stand. nerry-gO-
round, pavilion and boat house built at pict@
uresque spO: between two towns The railrOad's o
compensation for the outlay consists in the IN
the New York 10 Chicago route many Of these
parks building, and. besides. there ars
Short side lines which lead to summer resorts ana
camps. especially along the shores of Lake Erie.
Records for speed far exceeding those of the
steam railways have been made the trolley lines
Elgn & Chicago line the distance between Chicago
ana aurora HIi in,,tss - and 20 sscons iaS is,gi
the necessary slowing down for the crossings %
eight steam "a an3 rawsy erossnrs Is ONE ne
are four Thousand Ave hundred such crossings IN
the United states On the lines Of the Lake Shors
Electric Railway between Toledo and Cleveland a
half mile has been covered at the rate OF eighty
has been maintained for three miles A speed Os
sixty-ive miles an hour has been made between
| short distances. one hundred miles an hour have
| been reached and exceeGed.-Van Norden Magazine.