Show 1 L 1 ft 1 CONDUIT STItKLT RAILROADS 1 I I I j ii 7 I 11 jl t Last month the News hall nn article q l I 1 l I 1 arti-cle In reference to the possibilities In 11 J I f s the way of electrical power for transportation JM It I 11 I ift P 1 ij i trans-portation And other purposes In this I t I State The article met the eye of an j I 1 4 1 Inventor named George H Alison lei l 11 le-I fldlnB In Muncie Indiana and he has 1 I forwarded to this office n tracing and if Ill description of a conduit street railway t1 system Invented by him wI the request I I ol I If I llil 1 I 11 quest that It IIP submitted to some person I per-son Interested In electric Improvements Pursuant to this request the tracing t I 1 t I I waa shown to W r Head Ksq super I i I I InKndent of the Salt Lnko City Hired I railway who gave It 1 us his opinion that any conduit Pystern would Its too I r p I ptlipn lv < to be adopted In any city In V Utah for II long time to Came I I i Mr Head courteously favortil the 1 News with a copy of the Strict I Hallway Journal which contains nn elaborate description Profusely Illui f q trated of the conduit street rallIlY I recently put In operation In New York If t j I city by the Metropolitan compans I V 11 J I A perusal of the nitlcle and nn examination I I 4i I 1 examin-ation of the Accompanying drawings 1 and engravings phovv that the cost of I I 1 venry I such a rand Is necessarily i I ery heavy and that only such n Irafllc I f as Is afforded by 11 large I city I would tll yn itI i I Justify the outlay u does I Away wllh poles and overhead wires I which In n I = I great object gained but It the I cities ot the Intcrmountaln states went to forbid tho construction In their streets of tins I I but a conduit ssstem most of them i I would remain without rapid transit for 1 I ld7 I 41 I i a good while t I The conduit may ic described as afoot i i I I I I Cylinder of Ion Plate Irom n foot to a foot find a half In diameter lying mid I I was between the rails and rival two find a half I to three feet b low HIP surface l I sur-face In Its upper side li a slot extendIng I extend-Ing Its entire length through which f t I the mechanism 01 the car to connected I I It f Itle the wins which are laid within I 1 f the cylinder These I vv Ircfl I are property 1 1 Insulnlrd aria In connection with them I 1 i 1 Is I other necessary apparatus The ex > i penno of constructing Hud laying the I I conduit proper though great Is I Ire I Quentl less I than the cot of Providing I necessary drainage for the ulces In it the conduit must Its protected from water all accumulations otnhkh mum I i I 4 be 1 quickly draw off VMieii comilettd and In opeiutlon u conduit road resembles a cable road I t lJo a beence ot the 1010 and overhead I E A A R In 1 k wini Is I a great Advantage Mit this III x try is too xpcnsUe for any except 1 the larger cities The broad Ptrtx or this City and or mot tit 11 It towns at ford plenty of room for the preent l1erhM1 ylcm without Serious Ineon enlr t6 tiny one |