The Washington herald., 1907-05-26

by an outside agency would upset the
equilibrium Of the Brennan Mono Train.
But this Is to make a great mistake.
You can push the car on one side, and
Il pushes back You can load il with an
unequal weight on the rght-hand side,
and the right-hand side goes up. while
the left-hand side comes down. The
Brennan invention is indeed as contrary
as was Mary in the famous poem. II is
an active rcsister 90 all efforts TO rob Il
of its balance. Nothing but the act Of
God such as thunderbolt or an earth
quake, could disturb the serene equilib-
rum Of this amazing train. And it is the
principle Of the top that is its triumph.
Future Possibilities.
Its triumph. too. can scarcely be meas
ured at the present moment. Its balance
being assured there is practically no OBJ
stacle which it cannot surmount.
A single rail can be hung across ra-
vines and across lakes. A single rail
placed on piles can traverse rolling
prairie, the equatorial swamp and the
ruggedest and steepest mountain. Along
this mono-rail Brennan's train might fly
across the chimney tops OF thousands Of
cities. from the pinnacle of one church
10 the spire of a neighboring cathedral
II is the nearest thing to flying that man
has so far devised. It is the halfway
house to the kingdom of the air.
Moreover. Mr. Brennan estimates that
tire length or the breadth of the vehicle
will in no wise affect the principle Thus
in flash it is obvious that the travelling
of the future will be vastly better than
the travelling Of the present.
The countries vie one with the other In
producing the most complete and luxuri-
Gus railways. The railways Of the world.
with their two rails. will not be able to
compete with the railway which has only
one.
There will be no jolting, no jarring. no
lateral oscillation; and with all this great
increase in smoothness there will be an
even greater increase i'm speed on the
mono-railWay man will he able TO travel
at rate which makes one dizzy even 10
theOrizc upon now.
The carriages Of the preseut-day rail
ways are utterly different from the rail
way carriages of fifty years ago. Mr.
Brennan anticipates that the carriages Of
the mono-rail will not he railway car
riages nj all as we understand them now.
They will he immense affairs.
Hotel on Wheels.
The whirling gyroscopes will enable
houses on wheels To be sped along the
mono-rai The ascent to Mount Ararat
could he 1'Iade in a Ritz hotel
The carriages Of the mono-rail will con
tain every pleasure Cf the material kind
that life can give As trains rush over
the wire OF over the rail. at fully go
miles an hour. there will be music and
dancing. or skttles or billiards One may
be able 10 breakfast iu New York. read.
write. or amuse oneself I'm any way one
pleases, and arrive AZ San Francisco in
the evening. not worn or. tired by the
racket and tho iostle of the journey, but
rather refreshed by the exhilaration Of its
perfect facility and smoothness.
But the principle OF the top. which is
the secret Of the mono-train. need not
only he applied 90 trains. as the word is
understood in its general sense. but TO
motor cars. cabs. carriages, carts. and
lorries. All the vehicles in the world to
which mankind is used can be made sub
ject 20 this wondrous, newly captured
power Of the top.
Moreover. there is no restriction as 20
motive power. 1t may he steam, petrol,
electricity. gas-any motive power. in
fact. that exists One can see in a flash.
therefore. the advantages which would
accrue to villages anxious to send their
produce swiftly into towns; to pioneers
opening new paths for migrating human
itv. and - armies needing means OF
transport on their line of march.
No curve. however sharp need deter the
pioneer mOnO-rail, as the wheels beneath
the new vehicles can be pivOted not
merely for horizontal curves. but vertical
curves Of every grade. Hills need not
dismay one. Chauge-gears will make a
mountain side as easy Of passage as the
plain. To stop the train, even when pro-
ceeding at full speed. would be but the
work Of few moments, for each wheel
will carry ifs own brak