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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
May Relegate Steam Locomotives
and Heavy Coaches to the
Scrap Heap
Men of Millions Stand Ready to Test Practical
bility of Scheme of Howard Hansel Tunis-
Speed of $50 Miles Hour Is Among
Promises Made.

makes possible and because Of the
vastly diminished cost Of building and
operation.
Negotiations are under way to OBJ
tain the rights needed before building
| of the track can be begun and, al
though secrecy is maintained on this
point and the precise route selected is
closely guarded, it is understood that
the hackers of the company are ne
gotiating for franchise rights and ter
minal sites already possessed by an
existing corporation.
Easy to Lay Tracks.
According to an interview printed
in the Newark newspapers, the linking
of the new "mono-rail' line with the
McAdoo tunnel is possibility. Bion
L. Burrows says that it would be
matter Of the greatest ease to run the
trains from the "mono-rail" road right
into and through the McAdoo tunnel
without interfering with the operation
of trains over the two rail line. All
that would be necessary would be the
laying of single rail between the two
rails, and the installation of the neces-
sary overhead rails to preserve the
equilibrium of the "mono-raip' trains.
If this is done, it is asserted, pas
sengers can be carried from Newark
to the heart of Manhattan in ten min
utes. That he is willing to enter into
an operating agreement with the
'mono-rail' company, William Nc
Adoo, head of the tunnel company, is
quoted as saying.
This new "mono-raiT' system, in
vented by the young Baltimorian, is
totally different from the various other
"mono-rail" systems, some of which
are in practical operation in England,
ireland, Germany and Australian
gary, and others of which are seeking
a foothold. 1t is entirely unlike the
system, for instance, for which F. B.
Behr, an Englishman, has been seek
ing a franchise between Atlantic
Ferry, Brooklyn and Coney island. On
Mr.. Behr's road the cars "straddle"
single triangular rail. In Germany
the 'mono-raip system which has
been successfully operated is one from
which the cars hang suspended. In
Ireland there is system in operation
very similar to the Behr system.
The young Baltimore engineers
plan, however, differs radically from
all of these, and is, according to his
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men, which constitutes the distinctive
feature of the invention of the young
Baltimore man, and marks it's greatest
difference from the other "mono-rail"
inventions. The overhead truck ar
rangement, with the four wheels, hori-
zontally set and working on the inside
of the overhead tracks, steadies the
car and gives it its equilibrium. Pow
er is also transmitted from these over
head wires for the operation of the
cars.
One Of the claims made for the
Tunis "mono-rail'' is that trains run
ming on it will be practically noiseless.
One reason given for this is that the
guide wheels on top, which run in the
overhead rails, are of cast iron, oak
and leather and are so constructed as
to make but little noise. They also
have ball-bearings and this makes ire
mendous speed possible. The guide
wheels are only eight inches in
diameter and less than two inches
thick. Another feature of the car
which contributes to its noiselessness
is the use of the direct current motor.
Engineer Tunis claims that the only
proper system of railroad construc-
ton is the single track, because the
double tracks are in opposition to the
laws of gravity, and make necessary
tremendously heavy cars.
In his cars, Tunis explains, the bot.
I,a h,,4
rail, and thus the center of gravity
will be very low. The cars will havs
an almost perfect equilibrium, even
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without being steadied by the over
head arrangement.
Cars Will Be Light.
Then, the cars are to be extremely
light as compared with modern rail-
| road carS-another element contribut-
ing to high speed. They will not weigh
| over seven tons.
| referred to, is the great advantage
| claimed by the hackers of Engineer
| Tunis's system. Mr.. Burrows in de-
| scribing its advantages said that en-
| gineers had long recognized the fact
that the great sprawling cars of the
present, with their immense weight,
are theoretically wrong.
"These big heavy cars are in effect
houses set upon Wheels" he said.
"These wheels are placed four feet
eight and one-half inches apart, with
the center of gravity between them.
| The first and greatest essential to the
whole system is that the cars must be
| heavy in order to remain on the
| tracks. Here, then, is the whole key
to railroad inefficiency, that in sys-
| tenn whose only excuse for being is
the ability to make speed the prin-
cipal requisite should be great weight.
In short, having to overcome gravita-
ton, they start out by making it inn
possible. 1t requires no great mechan-
| ical ability to discover that a one-rail
track is greatly superior to two-rail
track, If one goes no further than to
see that one wheel will only have half
| the obstacles to overcome that two
have"
Economy in Operation.
Still another claim for the mono-rail
trains is that they can be operated
very much cheaper because of the
economy in power it is possible to
realize. According to railroad men,
from Is to 80 per cent. of the power
used to operate trains is lost in the
sidewise, swinging motion of cars.
The Tunis mono-rail trains, it is de-
clared, have a straight ahead motion,
without any side-swing.
Nothing which ever moved on
wheels can equal the speed claimed
for the Tunis "mono-rail" trains. One
hundred miles an hour is an easy mat
ter, and the cars can be pushed to $50
miles without any difficulty. And,
while the cars are going at this speed,
it is claimed that the motion is so
gentle that passengers are barely
aware of the fact that they are NOV
ing. The jerky, swinging motion of
two-rail trains is declared to be en-
tirely absent.
AS If all this were not enough to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19

| the building of similar roads all over
| the United States. The overhead
truck system used in the Tunis sys.
tenn is patented.
Much Interest Aroused.
How active interest in "mono-rail'
railroads Is, is shown by the fact that
| following the announcement of the
plans to build the New Jersey line,
| the promoters of the company have
been besieged with inquiries from per-
sons who want to introduce the sys-
tenn in other places. One inquirer
was a capitalist who holds the con-
cession for a 400-mile railroad il
South America, much of the route of
which runs through inaccessible coun-
| try. The Tunis "mono-raip' is es-
pecially adapted for use in a rough
country because of the fact that the
lightness of the cars makes it possible
to operate the trains up almost any
reasonable grade.
To all these inquirers the promo
tiers say they have replied that they
are not in the field for the exploita-
ton of the new system, or even for
money making. Mr.. Starin, the leader
in the enterprise, has announced that
his object is not to make money so
much as to put into practical use an
invention which he believes to be the
coming railroad system of the future.
No Stock to Be Sold.
His hope to have railroad which
will carry people from this city to
! Newark in almost an inappreciable
space of time, and to give an example
to other railroad companies in the
good treatment of employees. 1t is an
nounced that no stock of the new COM
pany is to be put on the market, and
that all the money that is wanted to
push the enterprise will be realized by
an issue of bonds at the right time.
A big Wall street firm has already
agreed to underwrite them.
Expert System to Be Popular.
That they ultimately expect their
system to be widely introduced the
promoters of the new road do not at
tempt to conceal. This, they expect,
will speedily follow practical demon
stration of its success.
Howard Hansel Tunis, the young in
ventor of the system, is at James
town, where he is experimenting the
running Of trains over the expert
mental half-mile track. Tunis wanted
much longer track, but it is said
that the trolley companies of Nor
folk were too influential with the ex.
position management and he was 70
stricted,
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NEWS NOTES,

Virginia. johnson committed
suicide in the railroad station at Iron
Junction, in a dramatic and highly
sensational manner. A number of
persons were in the station awaiting
the arrival of trains when Johnson
suddenly barred his breast and plunged
a long bladed knife into it. He was
placed on train and hurried to the
hospital here.
Springfield. - Charles Merkingler,
an electrician, was scalded by steam
from broken pipe and is in SER
ious condition.
Belle PLANE. His mind unbalanced
by worry over the illness of his wife,
Frank P. Rezek of this place com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself In
the stomach with shotgun.
Dawson.-A man named Acnter-
berg, a trainman, was critically in
iured here by being run over by a
train. His right leg and right arm
were so badly injured that they had
to be amputated at the Dawson hos
pital, where he was taken.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Green Bug Harmless.

st. Paul.-According to Professor
F. l.. Washburn, state entomologist,
the toxoptera or "green bug' has
made its appearance in Minnesota
wheat fields too late to do the grow
ing crop any damage. The wheat
plants are now so far advanced that
the bug, which sucks the juices Of
the stalks and leaves, cannot prevent
them from maturing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Malt Plant Burns.

Mankato.-Fire damaged the plant
of the Mankato Mailing company to
the extent of 10000, including loss
on building and malt. The insurance
is $63, 500. The fire started in the
cupola ninety feet above the ground
and worked down, but was confined
to the shaft, which contained much
machinery. One of the firemen was
overcome by the smoke on the roof.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
MINNESOTA NEWS
m Interesting Items Gathered In the een
~ Gopher State "
Two Children Burned to Death.


Warren.-Two children were burned
to death and another narrowly es-
capped a similar fate in fire which
destroyed the house on the farm of
NJ. Kjelve, who lives in eastern Mar
shall county.
The mother and father had arisen
early in the morning and gone to the
barn to do some milking, leaving the
three children sleeping. An electri-
cal storm came up and it is believed
that the house was fired by stroke
of lightning. 1t was some little time
before the parents discovered the
blaze and when they reached the
house the two older children, aged
five and seven years, were dead. The
baby was still alive, but almost suf-
located.
The older children apparently had
tried to crawl to safety as their dead
bodies were found near the door.
Both had been horribly charred.
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New York.-A young mechanical en-
gineer, for little more than three
years, has been mystifying and anus
ing persons living near his fathers
home at Windsor Hill, just outside of
Baltimore, by his experiments with a
single rail railroad that he has con-
structed.
Recently all the newspapers in the
city contained the authoritative an
nouncement that John H. Starin, who
has made millions in transportation
enterprises; Charles Stewart Smith
and Woodbury. Langdon, all members
of the Rapid Transit commission, were
to back a company which will build
this young engineers single rail rail-
road from Jersey City to Newark.
Formal announcement of the incor-
poration of the new "mono-road" COM
pany is expected soon to be made in
Trenton, and this, it is announced, is
to be followed in the next four or five
weeks by the announcement of deal
by which the new company has &C
quired a franchise and terminal sites
in the two cities-rights presumably
owned by some existing company. In
side of a year, it is promised, mono
rail trains will be skimming across
the marshes from Jersey City to New
ark, realizing the newest slogan in
modern rapid transit:
ITO Newark in ten minutes"
Idea Is Revolutionary.
If what the young Baltimore en-
gineer confidently claims for his
''mono-road" be true-and he has con-
WINGED such hard-headed business men
as Starin, Langdon and Smith that it
is true-modern railroading will be
revolutionized by his invention. 1t
will relegate to the scrap heap the
two-track railroad, the ponderous, coal
eating locomotive and the big, heavy
eight-wheeled cars along with the
stage coach and the paddle-wheeled
steamboat. His new invention, if his
claims are we'll founded, is as far
ahead of the locomotive-drawn train,
running on two tracks, as the flying
machine is ahead of the balloon.
That trains will run easily at a
speed of $50 miles an hour on single
rail in perfect safety, without vibra-
ton and the swinging side-wise mo-
ton of the present day railroad trains,
and that tracks and cars can be built
and operated at less than half the cost
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Judge Severance Dead.

Mankato.-Judge Martin ]. Sever.
ance died after an operation for a
goitre, from which he had been s,lf.
fering several months.
He was born in Franklin county,
Massachusetts, Dec. "a, 1926, moved
to Henderson, Mimi, and in the fall
of 1856 was elected county attorney.
He served two terms in the legisla-
ture as representive of Sibley coun-
ty in 1S59-61. On Aug. IA, 1862, he
enlisted as a private in company I,
Tenth Minnesota infantry, serving as
such until 1854, when commissioned
captain.
After the war he resumed the prac-
tice of law at LIE Sueur, but in 1880
moved to Mankato. The following
year he moved to st. Paul and form
ed law partnership with w. P. War
ner. The same year he was appointed
by Governor Pillsbury judge Of the
sixth judicial district to succeed J. idge
Dickinson, who was appointed to the
supreme bench. He was reelected
several times, serving until 1900. He
was one of the most gifted orators in
the state and a member of the Loyal
legion, He leaves wife, one son
and one daughter,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Perhaps He Was the One to Blame
A SMALL SECRET.
Couldn't Understand the Taste Of
His Customers.

Two men were discussing the var.
ious food products now being supplied
in such variety and abundance.
One, a grocer, said, 81 frequently try
a package or so of any certain article
before offering it to my trade, and in
that way sometimes form different
idea than my customers have.
"For instance, thought would try
some Postum Food Coffee, to see what
reason there was for such a call for it.
At breakfast didn't like it and supper
proved the same, SO I naturally con-
cluded that my taste was different
from that of the customers who bought
It right along.
ga day or two after, I waited on a
lady who was buying a Csc package
and told her I couldn't understand how
one could fancy the taste of Postum.
ST know just what is the matter,
she said, you put the coffee boiler on
the stove for just fifteen minutes, and
ten minutes of that time 1t simmered,
and perhaps five minutes 1t boiled;
now if you will have it left to boil full
fifteen minutes after it commences to
boil, you will find delicious Java-like
beverage, rich in food value Of gluten
and phosphates, so choice that you
will never abandon it, particularly
when you see the great gain in health
Well, took another trial and sure
enough I joined the Postum army for
good, and life seems worth living since
have gotten rid Of my old time stom-
ach and kidney troubles"
Postum is no sort of medicine. but
pure liquid food, and this, together
with a relief from coffee worked the
change. There's a Reason"
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" n
pkgs.
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NEWS NOTES.

Little Falls.-Eleanor Wieland, the
eleven-year old daughter of Herman
Wieland, farmer residing east of
this city, had narrow escape from
being gored to death by COW.
Moorhead.-The bodies of Miss Olga
Stake of this city and Vincent Vidger
of Fargo, N. D., who were drowned
in Lake Melissa, were found at the
bottom of the lake in thirty feet of
water.
Breckenridge.-The body of Ralph
Njka, nineteen years old, who was
drowned in the Red river about four
miles east of here while in bathing
with a brother, was recovered two
miles below the point where he was
drowned.
MISUNDERSTANDING respondent,
after suffering for years from con-
sumption and other illnesses, Jack
Ryan, an ex-sailor, about 45 years of
age, committed suicide by taking an
overdose of morphine in his room at
the Beaufort hotel.
st. Paul.-The board of game and
fish commissioners has issued a new
pamphlet containing the game laws
of the state as amended by the last
legislature. They may be had on
application to the Office of the board
in the capital.
Ulen.-Lightning struck the barn
on the farm of It. N. Wiger, living
north of here, killing seventeen
horses and four cows. The barn was
set on fire and totally destroyed with
all its contents. The loss will reach
81, OQa. with only small insurance.
St. feter.-Flood sufferers along
the Minnesota river valley are to
make an effort 60 recover from the
state for the damage that has been
done to their crops and lands through
the extension of the county drainage
systems between this city and Big
Stone lake. They hold that, as the
state has permitted the owners of
highland farms to improve their pro-
perty by draining sloughs and marshes
it should be held responsible for the
resultant losses along the bottoms,
ana 80 Uney Will ASK Une HeXU leglSla-
ture to reimburse them.
Albany.-The five-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Drimel of this
place was accidentally shot in the
forehead by his playmate, George
Newirth. The young boys were play
ing with a 22-caliber revolver which
they thought was not loaded. The
bullet pierced the skull just above
the right eye. The boy is in q ser
ious condition.
st. Paul.-The district judges of the
state met at st. Paul, as is their an
nual custom, at the state capital, and
with an almost full attendance dis
cussed matters of interest," 10 the bench
and bar at large.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Victim of Gasoline Stove.

st. Paul.-Lying helpless on the
floor where she had fallen in fran
tic attempt to reach the door, Mrs.
Eliza @. Reed, eighty years old, was
burned to crisp, dying before her
awful plight was discovered. A gaso-
line stove was responsible.
1t will never be known just how the
accident occurred. Mrs. Reed was
preparing the noon day meal for her
son, and it is thought quantity of
gasoline leaked from the stove and
caught fire, the flames spreading to
the thin summer dress worn by the
aged woman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Child Burned to Death.

Richmond. the result of over
turning gasoline stove the three
year-old son of J. Haffeley was so
badly burned that death ensued some
time later. During the temporary
absence from the kitchen of the little
ones mother the child accidentally
pulled the stove over on top of him.
The gasoline blazed up and the
child's clothing caught fire and was
entirely burned from his body.
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To Build Both bitches.

Tyler.-A final hearing on the judi
cial ditch in Lyon and Lincoln coun-
ties has been held at Tyler with Judge
Olson presiding. After all objections
were heard and the motion from
Thomas Davis for jury trial on bene-
fits and damages was overruled by
the judge, the final order was issued
for the establishment of both bitches.
Further proceedings for construction
of the bitches will be pushed with
energy and perhaps water will flow
in the new canals early this fall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Six Hurt in Collision.

Hibbing.-Six of the eighteen men
who were riding on handcar on the
Missabe road, were seriously injured
when the car was struck by string
of empties. The others jumped when
they saw a collision was inevitable
and escaped serious injury.
The men were graders who had
been to town for supplies and were
returning to their camp. About a
mile out of Hibbing locomotive
pushing string of empty cars
dashed into the handcar wrecking it
completely. The injured were taken
to the Duluth hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Bitten by a Rabid Cat.

LeSueur. Miss Mary Holste, of
this place, while alone in her yard,
was attacked by a strange cat, which
sprang at her, fastened its teeth in
Miss Holste's left hand and held on
desperately despite the most deter
mined effort to break its hold.
The pain was very great but Miss
Holste, instead of fainting, placed
the cat on the ground and knelt on
its neck till she had choked it to
death, and then took the body to
have it examined. 1t was found to
have been undoubtedly mad and Miss
Holste left for the Pasteur institute
for treatment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
His Pants EXPLODED,

st. Paul.-Firecrackers, matches,
potash and violent application of shoe
leather, by his mother, caused serious
injury to 7-year-old Henry Nichols.
The boy had some leftover fireworks,
which he carried in his hip pocket.
When his mother spanked him there
was an explosion. The boy was bad
ly burned and the mothers hands
were also burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Fail From Buggy Kills.

Harris.-Julius Holm, thirty years
of age, met with an accident which
has resulted in his death. While out
driving with some friends the buggy
struck hole and he started to Jump
out to prevent the vehicle from tip
ping, and in some way his foot caught
throwing him to the ground. He
landed on his head and he lived but a
few hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
Plague of Gnats,

Lake Crystal. = Horsemen and
chicken fanciers are at their Wits
ends for remedy for gnats that are
killing horses, especially colts, and
chickens. The insects bury them
selves in the horses and chickens
ears, which is the cause of the death
of the animals.
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MAN AND HIS WAYS.
Fertile Brain Has Evolved q New
Style of Cradle.

A new cradle has been invented
and by man. Which latter state
ment is dedundancy-for no up-to-
date woman would really ever think
of inventing anything so pernicious to
her infants welfare. Has she not be-
come enlightened to the dreadful ills
of that time-honored institution of
our ancestors? Dare she imperil the
intellect that is to sway the twen-
tieth century by untimely Juggling"
in it's embryo stage? Poor modern
babe! When colic's gripes assail, it
may not know the luxury Of steady
tramp swung across fathers Shout
der-strange to say, men do not jeer
at this dictum of the new mother
hood-much less will it experience the
bliss of being lulled to rest in q
wooden-slatted cradle or fluffy bassi-
net, swayed by the foot of won
drous being who swings and croons,
swings and croons, till baby woes are
merged in blessed sleep. It's maker
claims that sideways rocking is, in
deed, injurious to babykins, but to his
eyes, not his brain. Therefore has he
constructed a cradle that swings
lengthwise, and is shaped like boatl
Perhaps He Was the One to Blame.
Hicks-He first met his wife when
he was on a camping trip down in
the Maine woods, but their marriage
isn't happy.
Wicks-Ah, see. He mistook her
for q dear.
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the building of similar roads all over
the United States. The overhead
truck system used in the Tunis sys.
tenn is patented.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-11-28

It lying 12e It WY from block %.
Canon City. being SO II front In
Center OF Greenwood ave. and ex-
tending 1853 n to rear to center Of
alley, block 70. II extended WY
also s II by l26 II being the con-
tinuation OF the 81 Of alley
through block 20 II continued WHY