. Electric railway gazette . 11 i a, in theUnited Statesof Amerii a,gentleman, who nour-ished in London circa1840, has a p pa r cull ypassed through its pre-liminary experimental pe-riod, says the Electricianand Electrical Engineer,as exemplified by I la-work of Siemens at Ber-lin, Edison at Menlo Park,Finney at Pittsburgh, andField at Chicago, and hasnow reached the stage ofa somewhat extendedpractical era in the progress ofthe art may be said to havecommenced with theLich-terfelde line of Siemens,opened May 16, 1881,which was followed by thePortrush line, September30,1882, a
. Electric railway gazette . 11 i a, in theUnited Statesof Amerii a,gentleman, who nour-ished in London circa1840, has a p pa r cull ypassed through its pre-liminary experimental pe-riod, says the Electricianand Electrical Engineer,as exemplified by I la-work of Siemens at Ber-lin, Edison at Menlo Park,Finney at Pittsburgh, andField at Chicago, and hasnow reached the stage ofa somewhat extendedpractical era in the progress ofthe art may be said to havecommenced with theLich-terfelde line of Siemens,opened May 16, 1881,which was followed by thePortrush line, September30,1882, and these two bymany others, as given table recentlypublished. At the present to present lure t he views ofabsorbing qaesl ion o attempt to fi ae of the probabilities of the future development of electric transportation, in the light of what has already been accomplished. In one lield, that of surface street railroads, the universalemployment ol the electric motor is without doubt only a question of time, and not. Fig. 4.—Plan of Riley Truck. a very long time- he practical s u 1which has everywhere at-tended the introductioneven of the comparativelycrude methods and appa-ratus at present in use evidence of theultimate fulfillment of the prophet y. Even the in-genious a n d eflthough . cable is certain:.1 follow the patientplodding horse into theimbo of superseded andobsolete street-car m The next field to beoccupied is that of theelevated and other cityand suburban rapid tran-sit passenger lines. Thisundertaking is a far moredifficult one, but its ac-complishment may, in ouropinion, be looked for atno distant day. The con-ditions of the problemhave been thoroughlymastered, the obstacles tobe met with are suffi-ciently well appreciatedand understood, andmeanwhile several of the
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