Show WIRELESS SYSTEM FOR INTERURBAN INTERIM F r Method of Propelling Electric Cars a Novelty in inthe inthe inthe the West I 1 WOULD PAVE CITY STREETS r r J Mud and Dint t t Only I Foe to Syi y has Proven Pro a n SueI Sue Suc- v 0 I V o 1 cess In England t A.- A. ri In the tho opinion of ot local business q men L. L who are familiar with the he develop develop- k J I ment of or the Interurban electric railway ralli railI rail rail- I i way a. a business of or the East 1 and Middle I t j 1 West cst In the he last live years the sue sue- 7 cess of or the promoters 1 of or the InterMountain Intel Inter t Mountain l Consolidated Railway company com com- pang pany am In Utah will mean menu one ono of oC the lie greatest c strides In the tho advancement n of the thc business Interests of ot the state made In iii recent ye years are By means of or hl t road some omo twenty or of more towns and cities In Utah will be C c cOn cOn- con con- n f f j t. t h I I I Xo No Danger From Contact t by hy freight h t a and n passenger s service ser ser- r t. t vice that will give o the service of frequent fre fre- flUent quent cars at convenient con Intervals ls and fares that will Ill In all nil passenger s probability probability ability mean an enormous sa ln saving In money mOlle as well as time As to the effect of a general electric railway connecting th the Li Important places In to the thc s state it will If IC effective a as It has been In In Indiana lana Ohio Michigan and parts of ot other Is Eastern states cause cam e what haf hat amounted to almost a revolution in vi r business circles As an un Illustration of L the effect o of or the express and parcel freight on one class of ot business where I a complete interurban s system lem Is In op op- crat oration on carom commission set n 1 1 apolis sa say thc they have ha had an Increase In their thelt town out business of more than per cent that thal is directly traceable to the facilities of or quick transportation of oC freight afforded b by the electric lines Means 1 to Retailers t Tho The retailer In ho a town thirty miles mlle distant from Crom a a. distributing point can order his two crates of oC strawberries and a bunch bench of or bananas b by telephone and have them delivered at his door In three hours' hours time along with an order from his hll wholesale grocer It was believed cd for a time in ht the East EaSL that the thc establishment of ot the Interurban lines Jines would sound the death knell of oC the business s of or the merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant In the smaller cities and with this belief there was vas a determined fight light made on the roads by the merchants mer mer- merchants chants chants' outside of or the largest cities The new order of things however did little more than to cause a general readjustment re readjustment re- re adjustment whereby the large lars city merchant got gol a a certain part of or the trado trado- that hat formerly went vent to the thc small 1 county countr merchant and this was ivas ag In large measure equalized by liy the thc Increase in increase In- In crease In trade that came to the thc small merchant when whon added transportation tation facilities facUlties he was wali able to bring perishable goods lo to his hll doors on short and thus place himself on an equal footing fooling with his city tors When the thc operation of or Interurban lines Unes nes was first started in the East giving hourI hourly service at a rate of approximately approximately ap- ap ap ap- proximately 60 per cent dent of or the tho fare faie charged h by the steam roads the railways railways railways rail rail- ways looked cd with disdain on the tho Innovation in innovation In- In novation apparently strong In the tho be belief be- be lief Het tha that their revenues would show no no decrease from the competition This condition lasted only a a. few Cew months before be be- fore forc new local trains were added adde 1 by hy the thc steam lines lineR and this move mute was soon followed by competitive rates rales but despite tho the changes local passenger I. I I A gel ger traffic on the thc steam roads loads that arcA arc nrc paralleled by hy the electric lines have hav r fallen to a minimum r f Run Hun Limited halted Train Trouts A recent move mo made by the electric lines In Indiana and Ohio has hns been t to I establish t v limited trains that thai stop stoll only at the towns and run on ached ached- li ules that are arc about the tho same samo as th the r. r steam roads The rho longer lines have hav r f M t started the operation of oC electric buffet and sleeping cars that are arc growing h In inI l' l t I f t favor for through on the tho Interurban Inter Inter- urban lines y The Tho Mountain Inter Consolidated Consolidate company proposes to a use a U system s Ft that though entirely past the t d' d mental montal stage Is 18 new ne neIn in the United Unite e States and entirely u unknown I n in th e s o t r-t r west This system is without wire who s J r i ab c- c ground and its makers claim fo for rOl v It its it man many advantages over the B system tem Instead 1 of oC tho the overhead wire wIres s or ot the th- third rail used liMed to convey th the f r current to the cars the electricity 1 Is 9 furnished through contact points p. p t 1 placed lacer at frequent Intervals between ee r t 1 4 1 the tho rails As the car passes pusses over r. r r those points conn connection is made madu b by 1 1 I I means menns of or a n shoo shoe under the tho car an and ancl d l. l the storage batteries connected with wit h the motors receive a Jolt of electric S. S k iI that ity suffices to the carry car t to o r j the next nO t contact point These points l d when placed 1 In a paved city elly appeal r w to be bo small f square blocks midway y x between th o rails and rising above th the e pavement three quarters of oC an Inch They Thy are so Insulated that It Is Impossible impossible I sible to receive a a. shock from Crom the them m 1 i even thought though the experimenter place e one hand on the point and the other otheron r f r f on un tho the rail or any other conductor t. t r To Ube Uw Wireless S r J The wireless s t system stem Is la in use i it In n t r th tho Y underground line In Lon don and on other English tins where e It Is said eald to be successful In every Q way i In the United the lr system Is nowr now flOW r used on tho the West Vest Jersey C Seashore e t railroad where ro many exacting tests test s bave have been made Eucce successfully It la JD cold the tho system will show showy a g api i pi gt mor than morn than 30 per por cent 1 in n i I r L. 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I I I O lt r I r. r j B- B o t T r l i rr r- r tb r piti SS ot j w l lI lM ij j i iI I I I I M I t Jf T Type of Open OIn ClI Cur Cru for In Mountain Inter 1111 Line I construction and 15 per por cent In operation operation oper oper- anti and maintenance over O the trolley i r the third rail system lu In this ton ron i the application that th the InterMountain Inter Inter- Mountain In COI Consolidated promoters say they Intend to mal make c for OJ a new franchise fran fran- chise o for fee the system in Salt Lake will stipulate that payment nt to the city cHY hall hallbe be te made madl In paving instead Ins tend of on a arsh cult ash percentage ba basis baMIs Is fh The organizers organisers rs r y the wireless system Is not affected 1 h fry y 1 r Ic Ice or snow but that dust and d mud mild are arc foes toes to Its successful p The saving Inc resultant from Irom H with trolley poles and t ices vires rill practically h be he sufficient to tl pave he streets on ww nich ach the cars cam 1 are op- op of according to the statements hose ints Inh r rested rented In describing the Pullen surface con con- act oct system of electrical propulsion a of or the Hie Wireless Hallway Railway of Philadelphia says Clair h Absolute t I I I I The s T is al adapted to both bolh new hew t rid ridd d existing i e. lines As Ai tt In to Its Ill safety 10 U. circuit Ii lIlt for supplying the current t the tl to he motors Is only completed n nl nt point points mer under the cm enl as ns It H tr travels lI I err vrr the r or 01 supply t contact contac I The Thc supply or feed conductor r ny mv be enclosed l or of protected beneath beneat h hl I he roadbed nn and the tho contact pint DIlt on Oi on l 11 10 pe rum face pUt into Inlo electric circuit t I cluing the tilt time line the car is over ove r hem em 1 i rhe be he cars are atC pro provided pro cl with n rn magnetic g device to 10 operate the arma- arma irre contained Ir in n a sealed box Impel lous ilous lou to placed en the acks ack 5 and UH the outside of the Ow box Is electrically dead excepting excepting- when the ai mature armature Is ner by hy the thc magnet magnel nel When not so en energized It Is po possibly si sito t to tJ place one hand on a contact point and the other l on of the roll without re receiving rc- rc the slightest shock thock The Tire car cor Is further provided plo with witha a long lonh adjustable tra shoo or ot collector col col- lector adapted to make connection ith with the contact points Tho The shoe is Ig made etude somewhat longer than limn the distance distance dis dis- tance between the contact points so sn as at al all limes lo to make electric circuit drull cir dr- cult ull with one contact point paint before breaking with another The contact points In the middle of or the 11 tricks tracks are arc stationary discs rising only three three- of an Inch above 1110 the level o of the street anti and In ht no WHY do 10 they Interfere Inter inter- f fere ere with traffic A A line equipped with the Pullen f Is entirely fret free front from poles or wires null amid tho ho manner of In Insulation In prevents pre an any leakage of the current Further s The organizers org of the company are airs negotiating with P. P A. A D. D Widener the P Philadelphia traction magnate who tuba the they stay say will be hc one of the tors 0 of or the mountain Inter ed cd and the name of or Hugh J. J Ryan Han representing the thc Belmont Delmont In Inow Now ow York oil will also be he added to 0 o the thc list o of or incorporators announced at the local offices of the company will rill bo ho the addition J of the name of Col Cot Sam Hughes of ot Mon ilion M treal The Tho work ork of or the tho organizers of the company far foi or the last two days R has haJ been confined to in the transfer of or franchises fran fran- franchises and rights hel held 1 for Cor various links of the chain that will make up the line from lo 10 Preston Idaho This has been nearly neaily completed ho so that the transfer o of the franchises far 01 or stock In the mountain Inter Consolidated Consoli dated will he be a mere formality |