New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
RAILRoADING
The Monoran May Shoot you TO Chi
caso in Five Hours.

with the present competition OF trolley
lines and the coming one with airships.
steam railways viii have 20 make great
improvements within the next year 20 re-
tain their passenger traffic.
Tn the past the struggle Tor supremacy
among railroads has been An speed. luxury
and comforts FOR the travelling public. In
THO future the contest thar Win most IN
interest their patrons viii he that 81 safety
IN travelling by ran. II is now prophesied
that trains may have a wireless device
which VIII warn the engineer OF any OH
structicn on the track or n tho approach
OF another locomotive.
A properly reinforced concrete tie may
ne tho coming economical substitute Tor
wood ar steel ties. especially were condi-
tions are adverse 90 the life ~ wood or
metal In a recent test made ~ the PERCH
val reinforced concrete ties they were found
20 be most durable under heavy traffic and
even wrecks.
The smoke nuisance viii be done away
with entirely by the general use OF cleo
trfosl engines as now contemplated by all
Dig roads. An trains % the New York
Central roads are taken out az New York
city by electrical engines. H. their sub
urban trains each car has its own electric
motor. On IT'S through Pullman trains there
10 one electric motor. the same as an tn
sine. for the whole train. These electric
engines viii soon be In use on all roads In
the cites al least and In the mountains
Motor cars viii be used on the rails more
and more. especially on branch roads
The real novelty Of the coming year.
however which may soon come into gen
eral use. Is tho gyroscope monoran car, in
d "A
England. Mr.. Brennan has been al work 20
develop his car 10 practical dimensions.
The present model Will hold forty passea-
gers, and is operated on a circular track.
II maintains It's equilibrium so perfectly. 50
sensitive Is Il 10 the shifting Of the centre
81 gravity. that when passengers crowd 10
one side the car Immediately rights itself.
The car e u feet long. 13 feet high and 10
feet vide A Fasolone engine Is used 20
keep the Fyroscope spinning and also 10
uronei the car. one advantage or the
nonorail car = that Il costs less than the
present ones 20 maintain and run, while
the speed possibilities are tremendous II
Is said that a kind OF monorRn road is
under construction now IN New York.
Tho rrophet who peers FAR into the future
p-edicts that IN che wears 20 come travel
nv rhn VIII he no more. The cars 81 the
future ne saws. VIII he shot through tubes,
held IN Suspension as they tourney by the
rower 81 attraction and repulsion Of oppo-
site magnets. School children viii be shot
% school IN pneumatic tubes. Says Chica-
60 architect. or II may lie that we shah
travel IN niidalr not by the use az motor
propelled air craft. bur kept IN suspension
hv some subtle law OF attraction and re-
pulsion between earth and air.
The roads are not only trying 70 econO-
rrize time. hut space also an travel. For
nnt jewellers who would Otherwise miss
thcir cosev quarters. and collapsible and
concealed furnishings. there is a new type
of sleeper with SIS purpose OF existence
,arefullv hidden. n appears 10 he a par
Ior car. with observation and smoking
rooms furnished with comfortable movable
wicker chairs. Al meal time folding tables
Gro brought forth from mysterious closets
.nd spread with ful dinner service az
-aina and silver After dinner these things
disappear and tho porter lifts up a trap
focr and turns a crank, WheTeupon there
rises fom the ho0r an upper and lower
berth. longer and wider and higher than
ga, usual berth. Chairs and hand baggage
.ra stored IN tho cellar while the sleeper
~ arranged Cor The night