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Show TORPEDO MOTOR SUSTAINS TEST . St. Taul, Minn., Juno' 3. The "torpedo "tor-pedo motor," built for the Northern Pacific railmay In Omaha, has hus-talned hus-talned the predictions made for it by showing a speed of sixty miles an hour between Saint Paul and "White Bear and return. The tests were successful suc-cessful in every particular and the car will make 'seventy-five miles, In the opinion of tho engineering experts, if it is forced. The new motor is built like a torpedo, tor-pedo, with a sharp prow, and Is operated op-erated by gasoline power, developing 200-horse' power. It was built for local lo-cal traffic on branch lines and Is laree- ly constructed of steel. It seats seventy-live persons and has an observation observa-tion room In the rear, in addition to which there Is a fcrnokers compartment compart-ment and a baggage compartment. One man operates the car and by means of patented construction It Is declared to be entirely fireproof. The direct air system of control Is used and tests on the trial trip showed that the car can be stopped within its own length. The Northern Pacific will utilize several of the new cars on short branch lines where the operation of trains hauled by locomotives Is unprofitable un-profitable because of limited traffic. The car used In the tests will be sent north for use on a short branch where there is considerable passenger traffic traf-fic at low rates and very' little else for the branch to handle. It Is estimated es-timated that the new car can be operated op-erated at an expense, aside from employes, em-ployes, of 15 cents a mile. |