. Electric railway gazette . of the road underthe car. He alsoproved an elevatedrailroad with thethe track supportedon the tops of col-umns—-the cars tobe drawn by a mov-ing rope with bulbsor ferrules on them,a long spiral springintervening, as inFoster & Brownsarrangement, 1859.(Figs. 4 and 5.)In 1867, Mr. balloon, with C. Beachs Street Railway, 1864. A. Fountain proposed a cigar machinery and wheels with deep grooves, running on wireropes stretched in support, the weight of the cars beingcounter-balanced by the buoyancy of the balloon. In 1869, G. F. Beauregard, United States, propo
. Electric railway gazette . of the road underthe car. He alsoproved an elevatedrailroad with thethe track supportedon the tops of col-umns—-the cars tobe drawn by a mov-ing rope with bulbsor ferrules on them,a long spiral springintervening, as inFoster & Brownsarrangement, 1859.(Figs. 4 and 5.)In 1867, Mr. balloon, with C. Beachs Street Railway, 1864. A. Fountain proposed a cigar machinery and wheels with deep grooves, running on wireropes stretched in support, the weight of the cars beingcounter-balanced by the buoyancy of the balloon. In 1869, G. F. Beauregard, United States, proposedsome modification in the invention of Foster & Brownselevated road of 1859, relating to the clamp jyc grab to April, 1887 THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 75 catch the overhead traveling rope; Sutton and Brownellmade some improvements in the mode of connecting a ropewith knots or protuberances with the car, using a sprocketwheel for this purpose. (Figs. 6 and 7.) The same year VV. M. Smith, United States, and others,. Fig, 5. C. T. Harveys Street Railway, 1866. took out patents in this country and England for improve-ments in elevated roads. In 1S70, Walter Hyde invented an elevated railway,using two wire ropes and a bucket or car suspended bysheaves on the upper one, and by means of a drum in thebucket worked by theoccupants and aroundwhich the lower ropewas placed, the car wascaused to be propelledalong the upper rope.(Fig. 8.) In 1872, Mr. AbelThompson, UnitedStates, proposed to runa locomotive in a tunnelunderground and to con-nect it with a car run-ning on a track in thestreet by means of anarm running up throughan opening in the crownof the tunnel. In 1870, Mr. AndrewS. Hallidie, of San Fran-ciscc, U. S., was grantedhis first patent for a grippulley, and after thattime he took out a num-ber of patents on cablerailroads. He maturedhis system in 1871, butmet with no encourage-ment and was confrontedwith considerable obstacles. In 1872, he interested somefriends in the proje
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