Show electricity AS A MOTOR aw AN eastern journal devoted to the railway interest in giving an engraving of a new electric locomotive and explaining pla ining its principles predicts ewt ctet the time is near when all first class claga railways railway ij will be equipped with loco ioco motives driven by electricity it goes on to say that though no electric locomotive co bas yet been made which is entirely satisfactory progress and improvement in that direction are rapid and constant and tuat the difficulties now in the way are mechanical the chemical obstacles having been entirely entirety e u removed that is to say meth odd for generating electricity in sufficient abundance and consequent power have been perfected by the he chemist and now it only remains for the mechanic to do his bis part by constructing appliances by which the tremendous power ot of the electria current may be utilized for propelling machinery of cours course this has already been done to a great efte extent albut but not on a scale large buo enough agli to mee meet L the requirements of mil railway way trains and the machinery of large factories it is but reasonable to assume that in i n view of the rapid advancement that has been made in mechanical science since the discovery of watts the electric motor will be perfected much more rapidly than the steam engine was and consequently predictions to the effect that electricity will soon displace steam even in cases in abich the greatest amount ot of power la is required may be received as resting upon a basis of probability so strong that it almost amounts to certainty |