Show ITIE I HOUSELESS AGE CLGCTRICITY TO THE AID OF OUH HQUINti FRIKNUS I i One lrmtr1 Mfhiilml 1rnMni Cf line I IVnlury In hI n < Stages of Solution I An Inlrle burs Itrliirrn tlilraK an1 Mllnankrr I = 7 1IB flltBATnBT mechanical problem r prob-lem of thla age la I I r trmiportatlon No 1 other qimttoD of a 1 > collar nature no closely alTcctt the m tho nclfaro of the people The COlt of 1 every conrchablo J r article of me la I govcrnM cry largely br the rot if trannporlntlon cither of the flnlahrd article Itrclf or the rruda tnatrrlala of I which It la made or of Ibo workmen that made It and often all three combined I com-bined Civilization Itself walls upon 1 the problem of trnniipartatlon It la I not I without reason that mien mm have aid Tho cMllzatlon of any nation I la I told by tho condition of its roads Aa the Itomnn Kniplro I grew rolRlity road were constructed Compare tho clvllliatlon of Iuropo with that of Ada In the former you hfixo the broad smooth roads In tho latter you find only footpaths bridle paths and almost nothing of ho western high 1 O T way These but Indicate the primeval condition In which tho whole transportation transpor-tation queitlon there remains Goods ore carried nt Croat expense on ills backs of camels aaaea and coollea Civilization Civ-ilization In thoio countrlca la waiting for a better Interchange of product both of the hand and of tho brain Till that lime barbarism In Kuropo and In the United Stales learned men of many tradea are delat log their cffcrta to various problems of transportation from swimming under un-der water to flying In the air lllcjclo doecrlbcd riding ls dcBcrlbcd na being ho next thing to flying Tho wonderful development de-velopment of that means of locomotion Is but an earnest of what U to take place In tho other branches Horscleas carriages are the next In order to experience ex-perience oho effects of Inventive genius I t P l r t A few yearn ago wo first began to hear of electric vehicles belnu ueeit l In Pun peon cities first at the playthings of the rich and then as tho servants of the tradesmen and mechanics They were soon used for delivering groceries and other merchandise to customers They became quite common In London In franco various kinds of vehicles wero made a few to run by electricity but moro to bo driven by steam blower and by gas and oil motors The firms that manufactured them Increased In numbers and wire encouraged en-couraged by numerous orders for horseless horse-less carriages These wcro seen to of great advantage over tho old ntvlo that required hones to draw them Tbo advocates of them enumerated the follow Uc aupcrlorltlea The homeless I e t f 4 Q made carriage can be maintained and made to ilo more work nt less I than half what U casts to pay for the feed housing and scare of a horse A Rood average horse cannot travel more than 3000 miles a year It coil Jo keep him from 112510 10O f COO n year A horultu I ccrrlige can niRko 3000 mllM it an expense 6f Pot i more thin 10 for motive power awl I no hdfller or coachman li reelulfwl I The horMeaai carriage has iinllMHM staring qualities It Does not gel tlwl It Is I not poaalble to Ira cruel to It It U ready at any and all times and does not setter from InHnenia DrUo a horse thirty or forty mllM one day nnd ho must reel two Drive n horselen for rlage seventylive miles one day And ZW the next If you choose and the htimsno society con enter no protest The hortelen carriage has the greater Ion Kovlty The lire of a horne does not much exceed eight > ears The horselew r n v t I to i i carriage dora not get scared 1 and runaway run-away U ran be managed by anyone alter two hours study It takes yens of rxperlence to learn to manage borau and the beat drivers arc Ibo one who moil frequently eel hurt The horse less carriage takes up lens I room Its Introduction will almost double the capacity ca-pacity of a street for trafflp The horseless horse-less I carriage will almost eliminate the Item of street cleaning The rare of streets la one of the great municipal problems and tho horse la I the chief offender of-fender The substitution of the pneumatic pneu-matic cushioned l tiros at tho horselet carriage and motor wagon will make It poiwlble to keep n street In repair after aft-er It haa once been paved Trance has taken the lead In tho manufacture of thee horselew carriage car-riage and hnd oua on exhibition at 11 World Fair The motive pow r of this ono was cltctrlrlly It did not r r J s e 4 f i l 1 on r r i Oil I e r r e ra r DAILY BCINI IN PAKIB however attract wide attention A road rare for horseless vehicles was arranged ar-ranged last year between Iarls and Itoucn a distance of eighty copes A preliminary trial look place about the middle of July 1S9I Them were 102 entries and about onohalf of theo turned up nt tho trial which wits over a distance of about thirty mite The result was tho election at twentyone carriages to take part In the race at Rundny July 22 U9I Of tho twenty ono carriage entering about oiirlhird were propelled by steam motors of some LAnd the remainder being propelled by ell motors There were no cntrle of either compreeaed air cr electrical vehicle The designs were of all descriptions de-scriptions but the type most general carried four passenger though one carried car-ried ns high as ten Ictigeol Trtres bad fivo carriage entered all driven by all engine 1anhard A Levauor iad t 11 u r r r V lM four engine entered also driven by oil motor and M U lllnnt tail two team carriage entered The first carriage commenced the Journey nt 8 oclock I Sunday morning followed at short Intervals I In-tervals by the other twenty The restrictions re-strictions and conditions of Iho rare were somewhat peculiar as It was not designed to test tin speed and for this reason It wile calcinated I at about eight miles per hour no allowance being mad for any greater speed The ob ject was primarily to lest the control and comfort of the conveyances and also tho freedom from breakdowns rather than Ibo speed Two hours atoppago In all was counted upon mil It was estimated that Iho Journey would I bo accomplished by 8 oclock In the evening I that la twelve hours to make thin rut of clubty l miles with I lr two hours I v deli forf for stoppages making tho overage about eight miles per hour Tho race attracted a great deal of Interest In-terest and the results obtained were ao satisfactory that efforts wcro made to secure another race under more dim cult conditions Some of Ibo competitor competi-tor of the previous race and a number num-ber of subscribers Including James Gordon Dennett collected about MOO for prize and arranged 1 for the trial I which recently took place Thla race was from Verasllles through Orleans niols Tour Toltler to Uordeaux and I back to Paris a total distance of about 740 miles This was a far more difficult undertaking but was suceeMfully accomplished ac-complished by about onehalf of those competing The stoppage lwe I educed e-duced to the utmost limit thai a > deaux being only eight minutes In one case There were fortysix entries and twentyone vehicles prtually made tbe Mart twelve completing the Journey to Ilonletux and ten returned lo IMrli within the time prearrlbed The tart wa made on June 11 and the speed 1 made between these two rides wsea high a A tlslten mile per hour on hf average from Parl to Dordeaux aM fifteen miles per I hour on the return rip the carriage driven by petroleum motor proving the beat The eleetrli arrltRe dropped 0111 of the nice oon slier leaving Parli There la I little doubt that eleetrtrlty will flnall all perieje all other motor power but at that lime Iho atorago battery systems were too Imperfect to compete with the better I i nderstood systems of using ell g aa and tenm Through the eourtety of the Chicago TlaiMllerald we nre enabled tn Illua tale on Dill final pare line nine vehicle that look tbe prize In looking over the resulia of tliln I competition It la I In retting lo notice that the deem ear age failed to make any r howls F eumpared lln a the iwtrolum motor aisle that the electric arr are compared very unfavorably wiih either of the others It Is I staled that the cost of op etalon of the petroleum carriage will not exrred llwo cent n mile This with the convenience and much greater 3dI t 1 r I Jt 11 J t1 r t4t r gp amount of fuel It 1 Is I 1lhle to curry should rertnlnly count ary much In Its favor One ran hardly Jml > from the reiilt aa published bonevir for there are ro dotll given as to whether the tbratlon wits serious or whriher there wu an objectionable smell from the furl The results obtained must bo con slilt red remirkable from a purely mechanical me-chanical standpoint ae the fact that nn engine ill compact al the requirement require-ment demand should be capable 1 of frotnairfort continuous operation of from forty cluht houm to Hilly hour Is n remarkable remark-able The fsrl that an oil engine II I an economical motor cannot lie dlipulnl Homo eats made by Pro fewer Irwin show that a motor Indicating Indi-cating six to eight hone power can don liver do-n break hone power with an equivalent consumption of about ono and lwo tenths pound of coal per horsepower I horse-power hour Thin being equal or slightly slight-ly superior to Iho prrformaorc of the best steam engines of large size I The Chicago TlmcsHeraM has offered f ClrnOII1 f 1abr fered le 15000 In premiums for a oo of I liorsee carriages to be held Nov 2 1S95 This will be the tint of Its kind to be held In the United mites end will 1 doubllcM be tho forerunner of many more The course la I to be between Milwaukee Mil-waukee and Chicago n distance of eighty mlloa The question Is I now being debated It the race be not made from i Chicago to Milwaukee and return a distance of ICO mile I Already a number of entries bare been made The race Is I open to the world The money will be divided ns I fellow Final prize 2000 and a gold I i J I t1 i 4t v fI I medal the same being open to competition com-petition to oho world Rreoad prune 100 with n stipulation that In the event of the Ural prim being awarded to a chlclo of foreign Invention or manufacture the prize ihall to to the most successful American competitor Third prize 1000 fourth prize wo The Tlmeillernld has adopted the term raolocyclo lo be used In place of horseless carriage There Is I no doubt that many Iuropenn rblele will bo prcfccnt and make tho run Tho result of thin race will be beneficial bene-ficial 1 In many wa > s not the Icoit off which I will I be to call attention to the condition of our road With the coming I com-ing Into use of motocyclcs on a grand calo there must of necessity to 1 Improvement Im-provement In our highways When the I demand become emphatic tbe work will bo done The formers Itovlcw doe not with I to take Ibo position of nn nlnrmlsl m1 throw 1 out the Impression that we will henceforth II bows no use for horses On I the other ham It cnn but advise horse I breeders to keep n sharp e > e on tho I iltuatlan Wa see the Inroad the ule > cl a has made on tho LuslntM of tho liveryman and nlo on the bUll newi of producing the family horse The coming of matocycle will doubt less I wurl romcthlnR of a revolution In oho equine world The Drat effects will 111 felt In Icescncd demand for carriage trout The last to feel the effects will bo heavy draft horses and the common farm work horse Ultimately even Ihwe may fee the effects of competition competi-tion from motors but It li I to far In the future that tho sale of draft bones being bred and reared now will not be ureatly curtailed Hence draft horse breeding would stem to bo Mfest for the farmer It take five ear to produce a draft hon and the market Is I not like if I to be overstocked As to the speed wh which mechanic will supplant muscle we can only conjecture Tho uieycle was In lisa for twentyfive years wore It really became n great factor i In our economics Only within the last six year has It exnandod beyond all anticipations and bVome what Is I denominated de-nominated n craze Hut raotocjcles I will doubtless not be thus slow In winning win-ning their way The bicycle has broken the Ice so < o speak and the firms that can manufacture at a rea aotmblo price motocycle family carr I car-r 6c that will cost only n few QeDt per hour to run them will t > ir3 with order from the fir t ion a how the construction r lines has Increase fjam n r f Yo a few yean m iiaf rmc lopor tlona Jr j jf I tlve f oil uo 1 roqu Iit10 Ie tn ex did the I I J r rVVill vs A t b as i 1 tc1 ao f ttU tit irf keelly ante to f j invention that will In f t a comfort or meet their ne t t v and like the Athenians of old run after every new thing Incredulltv giving way to progtet Farmers wvlevr i I |