. The street railway review . e than any other deviceknown. The company now organized with Arnold P. Gilmoreas president, O. Chanute as vice-president and Max as secretary is merely a promotive one, andhaving bought the patents, grants rights to construct,the present test being their only effort. Messrs. Schmidtand J. L. Silsbee hold the patents, jointly. grtw«fcS^ilM!&^^A(le«^ 569 As ;i niLlliud of solving tlic long-haul rapid transitproblem this method seems to us inadequate, as therunning of many miles into the residence districts vvoiiklbe very impracticable. The inventors, howev
. The street railway review . e than any other deviceknown. The company now organized with Arnold P. Gilmoreas president, O. Chanute as vice-president and Max as secretary is merely a promotive one, andhaving bought the patents, grants rights to construct,the present test being their only effort. Messrs. Schmidtand J. L. Silsbee hold the patents, jointly. grtw«fcS^ilM!&^^A(le«^ 569 As ;i niLlliud of solving tlic long-haul rapid transitproblem this method seems to us inadequate, as therunning of many miles into the residence districts vvoiiklbe very impracticable. The inventors, however, con-cede this difliculty and had in view the probabilitieswhen devisinfr the scheme. ing placed at the left or outside. The rails a are ordinaryT pattern spiked to cross ties, and weigh 30 pounds peryard, and are set to 3-foot gauge. On these railstravel the wheels h which are 18 inches diameter, with3-inch tread. These wheels carry a frame of 2^-inchby 63<;-incli pine sills, of which m is one of the cross beams,. MOVAliLK SIDEWALK—LOOKING NORTHWEST WORLDS FAIR It is amenable to the same criticism as a cable in thatit is not practicable to run it backwards, but has thebenefit of economy in power. When one seat movesall must move, when one stops, all must stop; while thecable system can economize by running fewer or morefrequent trains, as the traffic demands. For short dis-tances and great crowds it may be a grand success. and which it will be noticed extends be3ond the wheelfor a distance of 28 inches, and supports a platform marked5. This walk or platform is 32 inches wide and being apart of the truck frame travels with it at whatever speedthe wheels are driven. The post j, is 40 inches high, ismade of gas pipe and is placed at intervals of every 12feet for the use of any requiring such assistance in step-
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