The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-24

and air shafts sets fire to other COM
bustibles, the whole building is heat
ed to the ignition point. The horizont-
al Roadtown house, only two stories
high, cannot be destroyed in this
fashion.
ANY building material may be used.
but we will here consider cement
poured into moulds. as a standard.
Thomas A. Edison, whose efforts
at perfecting a method Of moulding
complete houses by pouring cement
into moulds has attracted worldwide
attention. has donated to the Road
town the use Of his cement house
patents.
"The Roadtown. like the railroad.
will get much Of its building material.
such as sand and stone, along the
right Of way. md haul 1t to its place
In the structure on the railroad which
will be the first part Of Roadtown to
be constructed. Thus the expense will
be greatly reduced.
"Of the various systems of trans
portation now available, believe the
Boyes Monorail to be the most appli-
cable to the needs of q continuous
house, and ! have prevailed upon Mr..
Boyes to donate the use Of his patents
to Roadtown.
This wonderful invention was per-
fected after many years of intense APP
plication by q thorough mechanic and
electrician.
1T has been demonstrated and
found to be thoroughly practical and
is far In advance Of either the present
two-railed electric railroads. or the
Gyroscopic types of Monorail cars
able attention because of their SEEM
Ing disregard of the law of gravity.
"The Boyes monorail uses the prin-
ciple Of the gyroscope used in the
Brennan monorail. with difference
that where the Brennan gyroscope
acts as 9 top the Boyes monorail is
kept true by the heavy drive wheel
which acts on the principle of hoop
or rolling wheel. The Boyes train is
made in short cars or sections rigidly
coupled together with rubber padded
couplings. Each car or section rides
on q single concave leather faced
wheel that runs on . broad convex
steel rail. This wheel is set up with
in the body Of the car. this permitting
the car to straddle the track.
There Is . door on either side Of
each eightfoot car or section, which
10 opened and closed electrically. On
~ six people enter at a doorway. thus
eliminating all delays and jams at
crowded stations.
THE leather faced wheel grips the
track to such great degree that 1t is
practicable to build the cars as light
per passenger as Is the bicycle. thus
giving great efficiency and power. A
train OF Boyes type to carry the same
passengers as the subway cars Of New
York weighs one-thirtieth as much.
The power Is electrically fed to the
train from a small third" rail.
The Boyes monorail train will be
able to attain a speed averaging 100
miles per hour.
THE Roadtown transportation sys-
tenn will be the cellar. This idea will
at first seem strange. and many peo-
pie will suggest that 1t be put above
ground. thinking thus to save ex-
pense and have the ''view." A little
Explanation will show that the base
ment is the only logical location for
the Roadtown transportation line.
II II is above ground it will have
to be fenced off or elevated to prevent
loss Of life. II it is fenced 1t win keep
people from the land. II 1t Is elevated
the stations will be expensive and an
eyesore. AS for the idea of a view,
We can say that the Roadtown rail-
road is not for sightseeing any more
than an elevator in a hotel. II placed
beside the house line 1t would destroy
the natural view" and privacy of the
home. and the roof is reserved for .
better use.
The basement is clearly the only
logical place to have the monorail
where It will be absolutely conven-
lent and yet free the house from the