Show electrical the marvelous progress in tho application of electricity is be comine more evident every day the public come to a full realization of the many advances being made in all parts of the world elisii who is an authority on electricity briefly tells of bome of the eliat been made in the past tan years he bays in spite of the difficulties to be overcome the electric railway has in a very few years put an end to horse traction on city railways ral ways the cruelties of which not always ti be avoided perhaps remain now only a fadine memory electric traction lias eiven greater speed better cars which are lighted and heated electrically and a resulting cleanliness and comfort not otherwise attainable but facts eo evident call for no comment meanwhile it has been shown that ninale cara may be propelled at high train speeds at comparative safety even sixty miles an benr has been exceeded it has also been proved by the construction ot several huge electric locomotives for the baltimore ohio railroad expressly for tunnel service that each electric machinery can haul the heaviest train loads and can more than equal in power locomotives worked by steam electric traction is now regarded the ideal method for elevated railways and practically indispensable to un dere round or tunnel traffic in cities A new underground road ie now constructed ted in london which when completed will be a splendid example of the of the distribution and application ot electricity co train service indeed electricity seems destined at no distant day to play an important part in revolutionizing passenger traffic between large centers of population ion the facility with which electric bervice may be superposed on ordinary steam roads will greatly further this development the work with the third rail system undertaken by one of our prominent railway organizations has abundantly demonstrated the practicability of such superposition the future will wi nesa the growing ot either m ator cars or two or three coupled care for long heavy trains drawn by locomotives and a more frequent service will result there ie an eventual possibility of higher average speeds bince stone ill not consume roach time and the time required to recover the speed after a stop will be much less than at present there will be no annoyance due to escaping steam emolie or cinders no sparks to cause forest or brash fires no stopping to change mes nor for taking ap water or coal the locomotive will be supplanted by electric motors driving the axles of the care as in street railway service cheap fuel can be used to generate the power in the electric stations and the bast conditions tor economy 0 fuel maintained |