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Show lilJ ? EDISON DECLARES THE HORSE IS DOOMED j BIBIu r "Wri i' "VY7 m w loniv. jm. 1 B limmij 1 W ITH Till. I nRT Or AS Al TO at rn. k-loii m u ut M o the horn must Bij l$flf, li ff commercial puiiois M iin ! il tile battel y will piop I LLH' 1 utloW 1 ctery sort of tphklt Its usefulness Is uuliinl 'I iiH I luaPf fti ' " u" "'" "llmntely '" cxtendid to ti liin "ml ships Ijui vehicles II iiH F 'IwiJ 111 receive the firm nt tent Ion sajs 1 hi inns A 1 llxnn B jj 4ffl! 'l "Within !mlf a dozen venrs from I ou, continued the Haiti, four-fifths of sssssH viWifi- I "" chicles '"" ' propelled by electricity I his means the passing ut the issssssB 1 St ShV '' ' none, deaner and healthlnr m reels unci increased traffic facilities I 5 I SIM H 'The city streets of the future, I lentm,', to predict, will easily nccommo- isbbbbbbbI I I Im ! lIn" foUr l""" nn many wagons ami people bs now H jlj) i'4 f rhP retirement iif the quadruped In fat or of an Inanimate machine of sit- isbbbbbbS ' 'i! pirlnr speed mid itquiilng a minimum outlay In inro and tost, has been tlireut- sbbbbbH i) N i ' "'' ln "10 '"n""1 "tates etor since 1805 or leOt. when John Stevens of llnboken B , ' ' J ' memorialised the Legislature of New York urging the bulldllnar of rnilrnndi HBJ 41 I' which would permit locomotion at the rate of twenty to thirty miles per hour, bbbbbH is-! V vltn "lu lrt"'"1'1 "r Increase to 100 miles" bbbbbbbbI' M u When twent 51B11 later, Orldley His nut ran his plonepr iitcnm cars oier Hfil'jM , four miles of 'iron itav'--ns rails wore then railed to connect his quarries bbbbbbbbI il'li " ll,"c-v' Mass with the nuuest tideualti enthusiastic adtocates of steam K i'E 'i iJ ltiwet piidkted tint the tbiSH of the hoise wen. numbeied The fait that BBl l, I tteam inrihigiB wcte about to tuki the plnies of mall coaches was adduced its bbbbbbbbb! " la ' " addltlu,,nl Indication of pi wiss in that reap t BBaH fjlklil J "ut '' "I'D0""" lntcrpsts horse breeders and owners, not lo rmntlon the bbbbbbbbb! 'Qilli' i' i porting trnternlts, killed the early ntitomohlle rarihtge undoicnklng 'Ihe lets BBH fllllii' I' iieior iiiat nan given it on in the railroads -helped to bury It filltei IltunB B Jjilt ; tliwo a dtedKiiiR maihliie by Us ottn sttain thioimh the stnets of I'hlladclplila llH I'llHl 3 In 1101 In 1IU1 tent-to sleam pussonKPr loaehis wcie pmplo)cd Iti and Hhoiit B Tjl! ' , Iindon, Imt duiltiK the follcm lln(r quarter or a lentur) all experiments of the H ?Jjf Iilnd were dlsiontinued mid the horse once imin held undisputed ait ay In the H 6' ii reels and hlghttajs for purses of utility and pltusure H (5! Next to the competition of the lotomollte ami In a lesser decree the iiiibiiU- Hp' ' j nWenemi of the roads -next to these the only iutl eonstrui lion of the iiutciiuo- H ! I j, h bile tehlcle was responsible for Us fulluie Tin . iiBloos of all the Piuly tjpos Jt, t' l were not entnoinlcal and replied constant rupeit Islnii Hie luige amount of SB '1(4 j fllpl ntrewaiy to produie low pleasure and tin i umlicrsomeiiess of the whole bbbbbbwJ Hfti'' ' if affair tinded to kfip tht speed lielow the horse standaid tliough, of course, the LbbbbbbS 1 r i n I propelllnn iiovter of the mmhlne was rompuiatltl meatei llH l 1 J' 't l.ten In those dna It ncided but a ptrson of aierage Intelligence to see that bBVJ la f tv ' ' ,'" lrue ","'"r hlile foi pussenmi seiilip mtit l little heatler than the m- H y,t , I dinars larrlaife, while the traction enlne for fielnht should not be mote cumlnr. LHVJ IV- J (J Knmo ,hlln lhe regulation wagon or tail Ability to stop mid start Instantly unit bBVJ illVK I 1 ' """"n' "'"' " professional iinltn lor Is also requisite A pouci lehtcle iiH HkUfV 3 built on those lines makes not only the marc but the hurse go B Stititti ,. And suih a one Ildlson sums to hate Invented B J 'I'll Speeding oter the rough Toads in the bills of northern New Jerses arc set- B Jr. 1 cral nulomoblles that tin problem of transportation b) elci trio ehlcle ma be fl W'J 1 solted ' llnch Is titled with one or my new light stornge hatterleH, ' soya the In- BKVB Jj I "' lentor and continues ' 'I hire bio heat machines nml light in ichlnes, each of VfLl H il n dKTerent make lirh or tlnse maihlnes Is to run inn miles oei d ly until It BMVB S ( II lias lotered 6000 miles The roughest loads those with me most hill and ruts iibH 8 f '. Jif- I i nnd crossltiRS, are preferted H 'j'jflH j "w" RO at highest opted making no stops or slow downs except for cause 1 T'l, f want to gle the battery a lest greater than litis that It will meet In actual use li 1 i "rl"" l,'l,,er ' think will run nn nutomobllp oter ordinal t roads 100 miles usy a t without recharging Hut, iiiat theie maj be no mistake I shall keep up the yjM' j experimenting for seternl months' HjS i This looKs encouraging 1-tec tilrll, or for that matter nns nirencs that will iIVjS t rtrle l1"" ''""" f'"m """ M,",,B nt our rr,"t ,ul'" hould be wel omed for i Jka s hors are th cause of much dlseue and unsanltarj tondltlons There nn laws j 4ft S pretentlng illlzcns fiom Keeping cerlnln donnslk animals within the ilti llm- u u u U I'uixijTjuLnjirjinnnnnnrinjijinrinnrinnnrinruirij I its Tin i it ni In elutrnltt will soon ad 1 Ihi horse to the piohlblted list ulong with firs and i ott I , ' h'un,"lllAl u,lw said llntcll 'I hit" glttn up antklpating what 'h til Its will li foi us next mi l wh n It will do It 1 Iniuglni that one line mining we Mull wnki up tilth iippuintus icids to tnl.e us to our oftlccs I thiuugli lb, nil lint In split or ins full belief In tin rlctik carriage " he a deil I doubt wbdliei the wrtket of the hmse will eter be mtluls dls . ned j with I lannol tniuritt our ectlti Amei leans uiliiptlug thenmeltes to the pursuit pur-suit of plesine In thrrlat,is mined bs iletlrklts or by ans othei kind of motor but tht huise What has made he bkule so itnlteisalls piiulai but the one ri t that It peimlts of action on the put of the lidei that it affords excitement excite-ment ' Tor slmllat leasons the carriage horse will alttasn hate friends nnd nd-mliris, nd-mliris, his style, action and inotement lunnot be duilicnti 1 oi Imitated As to the oidlnars, itett-ibit hoise he Is rirttlnls doonie I Hu ixlent to which eleelrliitj has dlst redlted and teplaied him Is cxunplllled lis tht fart that It no longer pays to bleed hois. s that command a moikiate price onlv Already lump cars are a tuiloslts III au but the small st tottrs nml -v II-big.s II-big.s of mtrlia 'I bin Is a lemnrknble aihletemcnt full of promise from n lommtKlal anl sanltnis atnndiolnt nnd one that speaks tnlumes foi the push and metgs of ineiknn liiiintnrs While lluroptnn engine is as Intimated sptnt senrs of time nnd labor u toiisirui ting n one or two hoise tehlele whkh we in e about lo lonttrt to our own iisea we istnbllshed the glgintle table nnd ttolles sssttms that Inetltabls intans dcuth to all antiquated forms and methods I of animal pottei Tin hois, -breeding business In America Is unilet going n tremendous change In the lasting adt iniiigt of stink Impiot ement ISnly the irnsi desirable strains of blool nie In lequisl foi stud pin puses nml their Ijlendiug promises a new tine of high sleppcis As In the i iseor inotots tin win It al of tin attest Is c-emplllled c-emplllled In ,.p hoise The plug is dttid I ong lit. tin lltti An 1 the gieater the apiid or the bluo-bloo It il Kintui klan the stionger the Incentlte foi horse-le horse-le larrlngi-maktis to suipist him liiologlstf dirfri us lo the origin or the faithful quadrupt 1 anl thp time of his Btihjpitlon to man In hlsttity he llgures ns oui seitnnt Bnd lompinlon nt the tiry enrllest ptlol nf which we hate lellible molds Mt thousand and more seats hu has betn with ns .ightlin- our battles, tilling the Heidi" ciitrslng elt lllxnlloii fiom rone to 70111 The twentieth lenturs- will pee him In his prime no long'r k beast of burden but with nil his noblest qu illties exalted This proguosthittlon Is made tor Amerki nitiope, hampered by tradition nn 1 1 'institutional tt-int or ptomi lltudc. Mill follow suit slowls 1 able and elei -trh loadB hate been built nn I more nto building In dlrteient pnrts nf the Old Worll under tht supettlsloii of Amerkan engineers Ktcrs single one of tht swirtest looting smnolhls running ut"" Is u living, foiccful aiiulguinent of the old fashioned nnd laborious hoite tulhtnss, and of carts nnu wimons cubs and piltnt' intrlageM ltut will not the depreciation of the hort-e do Immeasurable d ini ige to a national na-tional ludtisirt In fut, to n number of industries' 'lbpre is little fenr nf that. A new Held of po.slble usefulness for the horse Is Indicated by lhe icpnrts of I'lilted Htates Conmilii who sat lb it lluiopt Is nlrends scorning for .ttnerknn horsellesh In licit of the piohlblted beef nnd the Indexed hog Cabmen and liters men "111 In future drltt and keep for hire mnloi tarrluges promising better profits nnd Intuiting less risk The txpicss nnd trmk buslntsB will be reorganized on n broidsr. mote economical, more htininne basis Cities will be heulthtci, suburbs more accessible JMIson s new Intuition will bt a genuine boon If Its the success he sih It Is nnd In adds 1 nctcr sit had to a olot,l7e for one of 1115 intentions, nnd won t tomnience now lhls now thing Is ns important and ns retolutlomry as the Iticandestent limp l'dlnon s stornge battery cells nre composed of tiny bricks of spechlls'-pre-pared Iton nnd nkkel In the charging nnd discharging of the batters, oxsgen Is tlrlten from one metnl to tho other and then hack again through the action of 11 potash solution nnd without corrosion 01 waste Itenettal of it iter supply Is nil that Is netded to keep the cells In gool condition an the process of recharging re-charging the batteries h is been Impiotcd to that lesn time la consumed than for the lecharglng of other batteries Advertisement. 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