Show STOP KH1SON When the professor asked tho student what would happen i an irresistible force came in contact with an immovable body the reply was something would bust We apprehended that that is what will happen when EDISON puts into operation his motor which is to move a railway train 100 miles an hour That will be going entirely en-tirely too fast faster even than the necessities neces-sities of this swift < age demand Think of taking a late breakfast in Omaha a mid day lunch at Cheyenne and an early supper in Salt Lake the run being made in eloven hours including the necessary stops I And then think of meeting another train on the track or of running run-ning against an obstruction You would better think of it now because after the train starts afer youll not have time and tme when the collision occurs there wont ba enough of you left to think about anything Besides the danger involved in-volved traveling will be deprived of all the pleasure of sightseeing A fellow will bo whizzed along at a speed that will cause tho most charming landscape to appear like a gray blanket on a stretcher and rivers and lakes will not have time to exhibit ex-hibit themselves Somebody should suggest sug-gest to the wizard of Menlo park that were a we-re going fast enough when we travel fifty or sixty miles an hour and induce in-duce him to turn his inventive genius in some other direction If he directon I goes on with this lightninglike motor of course everyone every-one will want to travel on the swiftest trains for nobody will feel that he can afford af-ford to be behind anybody else and then somebody else will try to beat EDISON in the matter of a speedy engine There should be a limit to swift railway travel and it occurs to us that the limit has about been reached when the run between New York and Buffalo is made within eight hours including four stops the distance being 442 miles I we go any faster something will bust |