. The street railway review . xperimental linewas miles long, and despite a strong wind and astrong current the motor towed the boat along at therate of three and three-tifths miles per hour. In this runthe motor heated slightly, but not sufficiently to preventit taking hold of aline attached to five loaded boats, whichit towed down the line at the rate for four and seven-tenlhs miles per hour, much to the satisfaction of every-body present. The water where the test was made hada depth of eight feet and it was noticeable that the boatsspeed did not stir it sufficiently to cause washing of
. The street railway review . xperimental linewas miles long, and despite a strong wind and astrong current the motor towed the boat along at therate of three and three-tifths miles per hour. In this runthe motor heated slightly, but not sufficiently to preventit taking hold of aline attached to five loaded boats, whichit towed down the line at the rate for four and seven-tenlhs miles per hour, much to the satisfaction of every-body present. The water where the test was made hada depth of eight feet and it was noticeable that the boatsspeed did not stir it sufficiently to cause washing of thebanks. While the boat was under way on the trip ex-Governor Flower made a speech commendatory of thesuccess of the test and pointed out that it meant acheaper cost of transportation and greater facilities tocompete with railroads. Of the event State ElectricianBarnes said: I have no hesi-tation in sayingthat the test wasentirely successfuland demonstratedto my mind thefact, that it mayand will be appliedgenerally upon the. TOWING A CANAL BOAT. canals of this State, and that it will result in very materiallycheapening the cost of canal transportation as well as in-creasing the speed of boats. Taken in connection with theproposed improvement of the State canals, it will result ingreatly increasing the capacity of the canals for transporta-tion purposes, it will cheapen the cost of same, and it willthus increase the power of the canals to control the freightrates between Buffalo and tidewater. In what I havesaid in relation to the plan adopted in the test at Ton-awanda, I do not mean that the particular plan ormachinery there used is the only or best one which inge-nuity may devise in the future, but I do mean to beunderstood that this particular plan is simple, cheap,can be readily and cheaply applied to the present canalboats and will successfully do the business. The test made was under the authority and directionof the superintendent of public works, with the approvalof th
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