. The railroad and engineering journal . g both smokeless and noiseless. It might also, ifit could be laid at a sufficiently low price, be useful for theunderground railroads in London. We are favorably im-pressed by the experiments we have witnessed ; our mis-givings are as to the cost. The railroad is the invention of the well-known hydraulicengineer, M. Girard, who, as early as 1852, endeavored toreplace the ordinary steam traction on railroads by hydrau-lic propulsion, and in 1854 sought to diminish the resist-ance to the movement of the wagons by removing thewheels, and causing them to el
. The railroad and engineering journal . g both smokeless and noiseless. It might also, ifit could be laid at a sufficiently low price, be useful for theunderground railroads in London. We are favorably im-pressed by the experiments we have witnessed ; our mis-givings are as to the cost. The railroad is the invention of the well-known hydraulicengineer, M. Girard, who, as early as 1852, endeavored toreplace the ordinary steam traction on railroads by hydrau-lic propulsion, and in 1854 sought to diminish the resist-ance to the movement of the wagons by removing thewheels, and causing them to elide on broad rails. Inorder to test the invention, M. Girard demanded, and atthe end of 1869 obtained, a concession for a short linefrom Paris to Argenteuil, starting in front of the Palais derindustrie, passing by Le Champ de Courses de Long-champs, and crossing the Seine at Suresnes. Unfortu-nately, the war of 1870-71 intervened, during which theworks were destroyed, and M. Girard was killed. After 456 THE RAILROAD AND [October, Fio 1. Fio 2.
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