Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-02-14

sold to cities and villages aIeNg The
reite for lighting purposes. electricity
for power is sold to farmers. Trains
OF elegant cars run into Chicago at
speed which would have seemed i'm
wave good bye Ia steam trans on Il
paraIIeling railroad. which they pass
easily A parlor and dining ear is one
o. he Injuries which the Snburbanitcs
enjoy going to and from the city. and
the railroad seems veritable gold
mine for it's owners.
1he horse car has long since disap-
reared Will the iron horse. the great
steam locomotive. he supplanted also?
This question occurs TO all who can
see the significance OF passing events.
Probably not for many years to come.
"a far as heavy freight traffic Is con
c+rped. because steam is especially ap-
plicahle to the hauling Of freight But
the action Of the New York Central In
electrifying thrty-tive miles OF its road
leading out Of New York aud the
popular agitation for similar improve
ment in hicago and elsewhere, would
seem to point to 4 time not far distant
when electric railroads will connect
distant cities and greatly shorten the
hours of travel
Chicsx o to New York in Ten Hours.
In fact such n railway already IL
being built between Chicago and New
York Nv the Chicago New York Elec-
trio Air Line Railroad company, of
tllcago This company, headed by
group If practical railroad men. pro
poses to run limited trains. making not
more than three stops. through to New
ork or Chicago, In ten hours. The
thought fairly takes ones breath away
at first. but the project considered
soherly seems practical enough and
certainly is "a contamination devoutly
to he wished" The work of grading
began Sept. | near I.aPorte. Ind
As the new road will be AN air line.
with few curves. the route survey ~
Is Ito miles shorter than the pennSvl-
yania short Line. and go miles
shorter than the Lake Shore and
New York Central. each Of which runs
trasns covering the distance in eighteen
shorter route Of the Air Line, this is
equivalent to a fourtepn-ho,ir service.
With low grades, straight track ana
no grade crossings. the Seventy-five
miles All our average necessary 10
fa,L tn ha
maintained. Even on the first class
steam roads of today ninety miles an
hour is not uncommon for short dis
tances.
The Scientific American Of Feb. Is.
1909. speaking editorially of the New
York Central experiment. says, "Ile
success of this installation. OF winch
there can he no doubt whatever, MARKS
the first step in the gradual substi-
tuition OF the electric for the steam
locomotive in the operation of long dis
lance express trains The Chicago
New York project may be regarded the
second step.
Mr. Sprague himself says that speed
Is IA matter If finance. What then
will determine the futureT' he asks.
"Chehy the financial factor, MS II must
the future Of any other great industrial
problem. When savings in operation
and the increased return for traffic
will more than pay fair dividend on
money invested for electrical equip
mant. will trunk lines he operated by
electricity
Professor Charles r. Steinmetz. one
of the greatest authorities OH cleo
tricity, is quoted as saying. There -
TO limit to the speed that may be de-
veloped in electric traction that 10,
there is no limit up to l50 or 200 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 TO
miles an hour he maintained on a
train equipped with electricity, but In