. Electric railway gazette . ebrugh. Lecturer in Electricity,School of Practical Science, Toronto. Paper on Electrolysis. by J. A. Baylis, Bell TelephoneCompany, Toronto. Paper on Telephone Cables: Their Construction andMaintenance, by F. J. F. Schwartz, Bell Telephone Com-pany, Montreal. Paper on Alternating Motors, by L. M. Pinolet, by Mr. John Langton. Caldwell, N. J.—The common council hasgranted the North Jersey Street Railway Companya franchise to operate an electric liue, which is tonm through Bloomfield Avenue to Verona, Mont-clair, Bloomfield and Newark, providing fran
. Electric railway gazette . ebrugh. Lecturer in Electricity,School of Practical Science, Toronto. Paper on Electrolysis. by J. A. Baylis, Bell TelephoneCompany, Toronto. Paper on Telephone Cables: Their Construction andMaintenance, by F. J. F. Schwartz, Bell Telephone Com-pany, Montreal. Paper on Alternating Motors, by L. M. Pinolet, by Mr. John Langton. Caldwell, N. J.—The common council hasgranted the North Jersey Street Railway Companya franchise to operate an electric liue, which is tonm through Bloomfield Avenue to Verona, Mont-clair, Bloomfield and Newark, providing fran-chises can also be obtained in those places. Vol. XI. No. 6. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 53 TESTS OF FRENCH MECHANICALLYDEIVEN VEHICLES. The Parisians, while anxious forimprovement inmeans for local transportation, are earnestly op-posed to the use of overhead wires, and, as a result,the trolley system has not made headway in theFrench capital. They also are not favorably dis-posed toward rails in many of their Serpollet Steam Cairiage. Under these circumstances it is not surprismg thata great amount of interett has been taken in me-chanically driven vehicles of various sorts, andfrom time to time carriages operated by steam,electricity, compressed air and gas engines havemade their appearance on the Paris streets. Howgeneral was the interest shared by inventors in thisfield has not been adequately realized until to those who are familiar with the opera-tion of electric and cable railway systems little ofsignificance is likely to come from work in thisfield, it is evident that a different idea obtainsamong French inventors. A short time ago a French periodical oflEeredprizes ranging from 11,000 to $100 for superiorityin passenger vehicles designed for operation bymechanical power on common roads. It is a re-markable fact that 102 entries were made, and thatabout one-half this number actually turned up inthe preliminary trials. It seems still mor
Size: 1800px × 1388px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1895
