. The street railway review . , and must constantly rely upon him forsuggestions as to the best methods of making practical ap-plications of electricity. The American transportation manand the .American electrical engineer should go on hand inliand, contiiuiing to lead the world, as they now do, in alltransportation problems. The American engineer has wonconquests abroad as well as at home; not the least is thesolution of the problem of electrical equipment for the Cen-tral London Underground Railway, the most important ofthis character that has yet been accomplished. The Amer-ican engineering
. The street railway review . , and must constantly rely upon him forsuggestions as to the best methods of making practical ap-plications of electricity. The American transportation manand the .American electrical engineer should go on hand inliand, contiiuiing to lead the world, as they now do, in alltransportation problems. The American engineer has wonconquests abroad as well as at home; not the least is thesolution of the problem of electrical equipment for the Cen-tral London Underground Railway, the most important ofthis character that has yet been accomplished. The Amer-ican engineering plans were selected on account of theiimerit in the face of the severest competition from everyEuropean electrical manufacturing company, and no greatertribute can be paid to American engineering methods thanto state that 80 per cent of all the railway apparatus usedin Europe is designed in America, so that the Americanengineer stands today head and shoulders above those ofany other country. With the encouragement of the co-. map OF HOBOKEN„HORE ROAD. of electricity has already been thoroughly demonstrated inperforming the same service as by steam or animal traction,so far as passenger service at least is concerned, somethingbeyond the mere question of economy has now to be con-sidered, to wit: accomplishment by electrical methods ofwhat would be entirely impossible with steam. The firststeam railway man within my range of acquaintance tofully grasp this idea is John Lundie, consulting engineerof the Illinois Central Railroad, who has set a pace onacceleration that would not have been dreamed of two yearsago, and the schedule which he has mapped out for thecontemplated electrical equipment of the suburban lines ofhis company involves speeds up to 40 miles per hour in20 seconds. That this is practical has already been demon-strated. In another direction even greater changes may beprophesied w-hich will come from the adoption of electricityin standard railroading, viz.: the le
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