The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-21
TRIAL Of new
CAR SUCCESSFUL
Motive Power Supplied by
Set Of Edison'sNew stor-
age Batteries.

New York. March 2l.-one of the
notable events last week was the trip
from New York TO Boston over the
New York Centrall tracks of an cleo
trio car with motive power supplied
from a set Of new high-powered stor-
age batteries Of tho Edison type.
The entire distance Of 80 miles
was covered in less stime than taken
by the local trains, but not SO short
= time az that in which the express
trains travel between the terminals. ],
perfect, no troubles on the line. no
SCOT nor cinders, and 1t is thought
the practical operation will be less
costly than steam.
The a Is to be used in suburban
service around Boston and was sold
TOR $4,000.
Mt a sixty persons comfortably
and it's cost OF operation ID estimated
atAI6 cents per car mile while the
operation cost more than five times
that price per car mile.
one OF the advantages of this type
OF car is that 1t will run more than
100. miles upon one charge of the bat
teries.
The state education department Of
New York favors the furnishing free
to the schools of all text books and
school supplies and a bill will be in
troduced in the legislature at Albany
to carry u this plan.
AS Governor Sulzer is in harmony
with the idea it seems probable that
he measure will become law before
the session closes. =
The expense Of the books and sup
plies Will be made a charge upon the
state or the school district.
The fQCf that tho i'm nnrtS of nrooi.
Gus stones entering this port in the
month OF February We're valued at
~$4.299.435, and that this was a rec
ord as to values in February, has at
tracted attention of jewelers. all over
the country. -
In February, 1907, the imports Of
precious stones reached $4,275,300 in
value. but diamonds today are bring
Ing much larger prices per carat than
they were in 1907.
1t is said that the prices Of the
nnest quality diamonds have advance
ed fully 20 per cent during the last
year. and although it is known all over
the world that the diamond syndicates
are marketing only a percentage of
the diamonds mined and have large
reserve stocks on hand, yet the peo-
pie continue to buy them freely at the
advanced prices.
1t is ul.oerstood that the large inn
portations VI precious stones last
month were made in view Of the prob
ability of higher duties upon such
articles after the revision; of the tariff
at the extra session of congress.
The report of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul showing an increase Of
gross income for January of approxi-
mately $4,000, 600. and in increase in
net of nearly $500, 900, was excel
lent but had little or no effect upon
the prices or railway stocks.
Even the soundly based reports as
to very large reserves of ali classes of
grain in the storehouses of the farm
ers We're ignored by the dealers of the
stock exchange. notwithstanding the!
fact that these reserve grain stocks
will furnish large tonnages in freight
to the transportation companies dur
ing the months between now and next
July.
The stock exchange dealers are in a
ideas of control and regulation of
their organization, and they are all
very glum mood over the legislative