Show STEAM TO THE REAJl I ELECTRICITY IS TUB COMING I MOTIVE POWER HIT Mllri an Ilimr an the Irenrh Ilallrtndatits Irnttntlte w Neat fire of Marterry Tuln lit by InriinilrMriit 1lch l vo LocoMOTtvn e k rnglne driven by 11 ir electricity to attain a at-tain n spe d 1 heretofore here-tofore unheard of i1 rr + t 1 Ylf hove been constructed 1ll con-structed nt Ibo Ci Call engine factor e In France somewhat r b1f A some-what on then same fh principles ns the celebrated Fusee built on the Hell Man plan but having n great many Improvements upon that model l Klcctrl clllnl are agreed that these engines constitute a new departure III electric traction It Is I only sixteen years since leclrlclty was first used ns n motive lower and during that short tlmo It lint mndo moro progre than steam tins done In nearly eighty cars In 1879 elmens and Hnltko experimented with n train of which electricity drove the motor but they never accomplished a greater speed than eight miles an hour Ilectrlo tramwa > s were Improved and multiplied share that first attempt cs cclally In the United BtAtc where there nro now 350 lines In operation Tho City t South London railway has nllO for some reAr employed electricity UII n motlvo power and has succeeded In attaining n speed of from twenty 00 to thlrly miles nn hour nail lately he Ilaltlmorc Ohio railway has cm cloyed n number of electrical engines m Its nrlous lines wIno of which mve drawn their trnlnn nt n speed of forty miles an hour Hut Trance Is first III tho race with electric engines of high peed I Fourteen months ago some cry Interesting experiments were nada with tho Fuseo between llnvro md lleuzcvllli and afterwards on the Ino between Paris and Mnntet Tho cuglno drew n heavy train at n peed of llfty miles an hour and would Imvo exceeded that limit If tho government md not stepped In and forbidden nny ncreaso of speed as dangerous to tho uibllc Encouraged by this success Tompagnlo do Quest I ordered two new electrical locomotive to bo built nl tho Cnll factory nnd they will shortly bo bled on cither the Dieppe or tho irouvlllo line These locomotive are oe lGOU horse power which Is I nearly three time that of tho Core The new nglnes have power enough m to move 2 50 Ions at a speed I of uhty miles an Lour on a level Tho engines are constructed con-structed 1 In the tollow Inc manner An enormous boiler la protected on tho right and left by two lateral reservoir cr bunkers containing 400 cubic feet of water and six tons of coal The heat tag surface Is much greater than that of tho Futec which had 132 square eel The mechanical energy Is I flnt transformed Into electrical energy by means of a vertical steam engine workIng work-Ing two generating dynamos Thca uro oxclled I separately by another smaller dynamo which serves al thu kamo time to light the train by In rttndescant lamps Tho motors nro placed directly over tho nxles to which they Impart a revolving motion These motor are shcltertMt by n roof or rather a spacious cabin with n sharp prow l In front to diminish Ibo roslst nuco of tho air This cabin II I lighted hy lateral windows and ha n cnllla lor In the roof Tho engineer and tho fireman work with It and tho first has at his command < 1 thu vertical engine tLc rheostat of electrical I excitation tha brako and tho whistle A tablet placed nt Iho height of tho eye Indicate by n registering apparatus tho speed and tho Intensity of tho electro motlvo force Ono ot the most striking things In Iheso locomotives la I their ncatrens Bhelteml by tbo cabin tho engineer nail < 1 firemen together with thin npparn lot remained untroubled by dust root or amokp so that the Irnocen anil metal Instruments shine Ilko gold nail In fart n man might run tbo engine lu white glove without soiling them Thl now typo of electromotive cuglno 1t I mounted on two eightwheeled trucks thus Insuring great stability noel smoothness In running U It I onto to predict that electric I traction hns definitely entered tho held of prnctlcal iisefulneM Other companies will soon fllow tho example of tho Compagnlo do 1Qurst If merely for tho cake of tho raving of coal nail the public will up ineclnto tho speed cleanliness am comfort of the now sjstom Illxty miles nn hour now perhaps 110 tomorrow why not I |