Show ON THE RAIL the list of accidents dished minor mention james meager a prominent eDt business manof brainerd Braio erd dakota was truck struck a lad and killed on oa friday last by a northera pacific train on dec 13 a colli collision aloa on the chicago 0 milwaukee road at winona 41 wis killed a brakeman named sura ban imir brooks and severely injured six bix other train men tae total number of railroad accidents in the united states during oc c tober includes 82 58 derail and 6 other accidents a total 0 ibl in which 1120 persons were kill killed and bd injured pueblo dec 15 A fort worth freight train was i akred arched today twelve miles south of this city caused bya by a rail having been removed by trac kmen who did not properly ai range arrange lor for flagging flig ging half hal a dozen cars care were smashed and the engine overturned the supreme court of wisconsin recently held that a broken ticket with the words not good it if detached on it was good if both pieces were shown to the cond nd awarded a ver diet again agai naffe sHwe fe 0 crabl wes tern road of 9 W for pul patting g a pasq passenger enger off under ander such ouch circumstances f 6 y A 0 mg c is quoted eted as sa sag jig 41 that it now mablean re d a mechanic well as a rel n to he be a br bra ir 8 pan an pu an a passenger train on ace C afif the many improvements in th the of couplers sir air brakes and the 1 ing ol of coaches by steam IK from 01 in tb b co motive which have bave lieen been of itte years haigler Hal gler neb dec I 1 i alite dyke of dakota county neb father of mrs james ferrier of this place was wa killed skilled by thelast the eastbound east bound baasen ir train this afternoon while walking 1 the track about live miles off hert e was an aged gen beman and deaf id could not apar the signal given by 0 e engineer before I 1 the be esain could he be was struck and instantly lied led cheyenne wyo dec 15 I 1 N shanks n 9 agent agen t at this place who has tie iteen en with t the union rik pacific company lor for t tafe past twenty years turned over h hafl Is poo position I 1 yesterday esterd to C Q W sweet h his Is assistant si t at mr shanks 1 goes to denver to take the position ef 91 agent for tte the rio grande grand e alex cgregor MG gre regor 0 or r road waster of the nebraska division has resigned to tak take a position 0 01 4 air A 1 superintendent dea aebi A dispatch from M matamoras Matl moras me mex bays advices advises from the city ot oj mexico x rd y the federal gover government nent is disposed 0 to do all that is possible to force the yearly early completion of the a and monterey railroad direct to the latter city also that there 4 is ia a favorable avor dr disposition towards I 1 the ahme eme tor a railroad line from 43 aggar at auth of the file lo 10 granai Gr nai t V I 1 1 and a good chance e t that a it mine e chuter for the same will clr 4 aff gr the id idea however fio wever of cl sons sona 1 etrell libre and all the frontier tier c d torn houses as far up as roer error is not looked upon with f rand dent diaz says saya that he baio ba constitutional tut ional right to take a e ages es of the river town t 0 01 ef Matala oras Rs the contract for the a tru the lake cit city branch dilme he denver e ver and rio grande was awarded recently but the management of the road will not say to whom it was riven given work will be commenced 1 1 in 4 a fe few days and pushed to corn p ik 15 the cost of grading and laying baym ws track will be fully already brading has bas been done on the line runs up lake fork tream stream leq in addition to 4 this the rio kio G grande brande will build a line from glenwood springs to rift creek a distance of thirteen miles it will run along the valley 0 the grand er to new castle a and penetrates tol va valuable lualle coal land an which lie in this section of the ata the rio grande has been ane inythe ing the construction of this ine as aa the benefits in the be way of coal bi ments which they will obtain will ina rho abort rt time pay for the building ot of it i ELECTRIC RAILWAY A the elector motor railway on the sew be w bridge has been in 0 operation six days and for six days this remarkably conveyance has been studied by tho thousands A of people than the mysterious ak power which gives these cars motion no less fascinating is the deep inter interest dat with which it all to is regarded bregarde d B since C the first day every train on trip has been crowded with th p passengers 11 9 era it is stated by an of bf the road in a position to know that during the past six days each trains hourly have averaged 25 these trains ins are usually made up of tw two q coaches inthe foremost of which wh to is situated the little yet very in gricate machinery which propels the train the crew to is com composed d ot of two men one is b honored awn othelle the title conductor the other s content with simple man the latter takes the place of engineer or gripman and manipulates the little brass crank located on either plAt platform forin of the motor car which turns on the lightning and sets the train in motion the distance of this line from tenth and douglas in omaha to its terminus inthe in the heart of business in coune council bluffs is four miles the time in which the trip is made has go far beep var vartanus taus one train on OB tuesday night the trip in sixteen minutes which would be IL mile io in four minutes itis it Is pretty Vate to estimate the ordinary time to be 25 26 though some claim they can with ease can make three single trips aa hour when the signal to start is given the conductor loosens the rope which holds the wheel bad rod above the motor car down from contact with the wire overhead the rod flies upward and ad the wheel on its eod end strikes lo in position position on OB the wire the motor man turns tarns his bis crank first slowly and the train starts off at an easy gliding rate similar to the birst start 0 of a railroad tL road passenger train wider and wider the valve is opened and faster the motor 4 oes so fco great is the electrical cur tent at that in the darkness one can see long along the wire where the tiny wheel touches it a plain flabb ot of lightning reminding one of the hare flare of a mat jacb c different far is its motion from a cable car on the latter as scon as the grip takes full foil bold of the cable the cars speed along alone at the highest rate of speed atta zable able the electric motor moves slowly at first and nd gradually faster mcd faster as the mood of the motor man may dictate it la is not difficult for a passenger to det determine irmine the locati locations pus of the powers that be the ride is rougher than that afforded by the cable this is explained tu by the fact that the grips catch on me e cable holds the grip car and thus the train firmly to the rail there is on the electric motor noab nothing big to ta hold the cars to the rail eave their own weight and speed from omaha to the eastern end of the bridge there is but bat one oae track ack at the list last bridge approach the track becomes double doable and from there to the terminus in council bluffs the trains have edve full and unobstructed sway the tr trip im across the hl bl idge is mado made at a M moderate rate rate of speed once across the fruct structure ure however the valve is dullea wile open and across the low and level land of bridge addition the motor and its mass of human freight flies at a rate equal to any aay freight train omaha worlds world dec 10 7 0 preal president ant millard B R jones of the salt lake valley eastern nebraska western and wyoming eastern in a recent interview after speaking of the surveying work of the past season says that work will begin lit at sioux city early in the spring and also at other points the newspapers have it that wo we hope to complete the line in two years it will be very much disappointed if we do not have it completed in eighteen months hum from the time we begin begia it will be much more e easily constructed than the other transcontinental limesand line sand then the distance b between sioux city and ogden will be g aped 1 10 0 miles by foi following lowing any 0 ree a surveys with a grade fifty teet feet to the mile and bilto jig 4 11 ca curvatures tures we will be prepared to bid defiance to all transcontinental e t appo opposition we will beable be able to junour ao our r trains r much faster and at agh er use than competitors can eap exp x operate erat on roads already be controlled by or run in 0 alb the illin djs central or cly no we want to and diepp e on terms of amity with all 0 g lines there was a time two years ago when the illinois central coufa have controlled this time dine but the opportunity is past 1 we build independent of u oilier mer railto railroad d influences we kupect our business LO be handled bandied as hastiness by other limes lilies the adv I 1 have stated olg aute oute and operating expenses make inake Aib JIB independent of their moonlight of wyoming makes the fal wing towing reference to use the project in anual report much peculation in throughout ie tOrrI territory tory regarding oe ne wyoming eastern tal thi i corporation prom to revolution t tho overland W in course 0 afla f Is Y a it is given maby thy h aleh a X I 1 oxil that the zoid load riu ae e built I 1 As afta a guarantee cy od faith ato company pd iveys maii ps the pur lot of the ag i a road B salt lake I 1 j tip coving covington toD a venethe route and in W shortest ham numo erot of miles the rome is through the val being I 1 through D gate ano and ps as T The e POW th platte kiver ai bi I 1 ohp of c on TA V vr rt I 1 la arh I 1 ge a area and of te ra d ke district w be tri butery ry t t ipg e ei well as ie gl ath of wy 0 indin r chec he d mapa k 14 rf d 1 IV l jopie be I 1 to 01 ta eu aag WN haw 9 noe w its ekoes the wa 11 Us pie 0 rr bojec ecta 9 the idan an a of tap compan w in a wj personally sit sapi iding ing ope they declare H n her the central pent ral nor north thi I 1 jackee ab e a tare ahei fated jr I 1 te backed babe roi ro by Y en W lie 00 men mea a coriey Y wd brachs bral hs sA neither either ot chica zo will g be spared d I 1 to end 81 1 tf 4 e me at le tae re a company bompa T harshad meef actively cwi at rifa ork on B novel knovel dlo the bicycle peo motives moti or so th three i q and although it iba fast nea R ebion consi considerable demb yet at rem remains fo be e done u upon on it ite boiler Is shaped Wout foat thesa the same ea as the common 1000 e boiler not differing I 1 er much in length but rather smaller lu in diameter than that ot of a railroad locomotive locomotive its flee fire box is deeper an and 0 the cab will be two st orles high the firemen occupy hd Jov and the en engineer the apper story it bu haa s two tw cyl cylinders luders ut 1 agape but a lit tie inalle the ordinary locomotive cylinders located quite close to geiner aguer bui ier the purl part ul the boiler farthest from the cat can then under the middle of the boiler is one giant steel tired driving wheel in is eight feet in diameter and was cast at ai the ibe portland companas Comp anys foundry last summer the tire is deeply grooved and on either side of the great driving wheel is a crank to take the place of the treadles tre adles ot a common bicycle the pistons of the cylinders ure are attached by means of a driving rod to the cranks and by the power of steam the novel railroad bicycle will bearo be propelled it is claimed anywhere from to mues miles per hour it will coat from to perhaps more and will weigh about 25 tons the inventor is E moody boynton and lie he is very enthusiastic over it and seems to have plenty of money with which to carry cany out his ideas the cars will also be made to run on the rail and will be two stories high to corre nond with the cab of the bicycle locomotive which will be 16 feet high to prevent t the whole thing from toppling over the track will be built aith a rail shove above as well as under der the train the upper rail will ut be supported by strong iron columns planted on either side of th the lower elower rail at al aduf a suf dista distance uce apart to allow the train space to pass between them grooved wheels of a small size as compared with the driving wheel will be fixed to the top of the cars and locomotives will be run on the upper rail it IL is claimed that by this arrangement tile the friction will be much fessand les less sand and tife the train can be prop propelled ellea fasteland fast aster erand and with less power the expense of constructing the ilie road bed will be much less than we cost of the roadbed of the railroads of the existing system a very narrow roadbed being all that is required |