Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-28 | Page 3 | Monorail to Rival Bullet

MONORAil TO I. I RIVAL BULLET I American Said to Have Perfected Per- Per Ii k f I Ie Invention e tiO That Will Make Pr of Trains at 20 Miles an Hour Washington ton Mn May 27 An An American Inventor has hus so 80 far ar perfected the tho mon orall rail system of or railroad transportation that hat ho has Imas succeeded in convincing ordinarily conservative and sano gov- gov authorities that n n. revolution re In n transportation methods Is impending which will vill hardly bo be Ies less significant than ban which was caused when the tile steam took look tho tIme place long held heM by tho the stage tugo e coach and time the canal British American and Gorman German P specialists In science and mechanics ha have liu e for or years been at work on tho the monorail Idea dea and an Irishman named Drennan has hag ms demonstrated to the time satisfaction of or orthe the scientists that his project will v. work vork It has until now been merely a question of oC whether It was worth worthwhile while or whether it would not cost so o much as ae to be of ot no commercial I value This element of ot commercial utility is believed to have havo been put gut into the time project proJect pro- pro by tho time American Inventor ly y he ho laid his plans before a m mer of the interstate commerce commission llon and explained what ho had hind dune done and proposed to do Briefly ho lie convinced his listener C that t tho ho 10 could send senti a train across this continent continent con con- at ot the rate o of miles an hour I with less Jess expense than would bo be n ri ed to haul a train of similar wel weight ht I Ib b by present methods In five days days- that thai t I his il plan was perfectly safe cafe that It H would operate on a railroad which cost about two-thirds two as os much per mil for tor cost and maintenance as a n standard Id I'd road and that his system 8 will haul lIl freight quite as well as s passengers passenger The Time possibilities of such a u s My havo have naturally attracted a n good ilon leml of ot attention among people who lm I hll known of ot this tills Incident Int That It ha e made mado a real Impression slon on a It nn mm n I accustomed to lo deal with cranks crank and Cor forget et their projects Is tho the unusual feature of or It