Show FIVE MILES PER MINUTE THE committee on site a and n d buildings of the worlds Fair which it is proposed to hold bold in new york in 1892 is in constant receipt of a large volume of correspondence in that which reached its office on the alth dinst was a letter from david G weems general manager of weems railway system baltimore md this is what its writer says at a meeting of the executive committee of our company tod today ay I 1 was authorized to communicate with the proper office in charge of the worlds pair fair which we have no doubt will be held in new york in 1892 in brief whit we desire to secure is the privilege of building an electric railroad to e encircle n circle the grounds of the worlds fair our mode of fast electrical transit would make without doubt a very interesting exhibit and will attract as much attention if not more than the eiffel tower 1 I 1 we have now at laurel md on the baltimore ohio railroad between baltimore and washington a circular track of two miles in circumference cum ference with numerous heavy grades and a special electrical plant thoroughly equipped for demons demonstrating trat and experimental purposes we have during the past year made wine some very important strides towards rapid transit the gauge of our track was about fifty four inches on which we have made with our trains two miles per minute which taking into consideration the heavy grades and the soft roadbed road bed temporary structure ac would equal about three miles per minute upon a business line we have however made so many important changes in the construction of our train motors ralls rails ac that we are now preparing to erect a line within forty minutes ride of new york boik city this line will be between four ani five miles in circumference with two tracks one for the automatic system which we have thoroughly demonstrated at laurel md and the other for carrying passengers we have no doubt that we will make five miles per minute under the new automatic system and expect also to carry passengers at about the same rate 1 I mention the above more particularly ticul arly to show you our progress and that by the time of the opening of theford the corids Word I 1 s pair far 1 we will 1 without 1 h doubt be able to carry passengers safely and in great luxury at about five miles per min minate tite 11 |