THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDXE DAT , MATJCH 15. lSf)9. ) HOT PACE OS A SINGLE KAIL Bcn rfe ble Bpwd on & ETT Btectric Baikal ISmi Bnasd * . TAIL CLAIMS OF THE INVENTOR One Hnuarfd MIUmi Jlnnr the Ht-c- tilnr OiiltivJth Sjiiirf * f SHJ CurloiiH IVnlurcx of the Ithnil mill ] | H White rftllrottfl jwrUirt are toftcUBg of nrirtJiBB tliolr mjcty mile * an fcour M &ng- 1Mb lurantor lm quietly built line at Ui- rtmfl tin ivliich train * run repulftrly at the rule f 300 mile * an hour , and trsguemtlr at- ttrtti it Hitfl of Irmn two to three iallM a minute. Aiifl it is a itrarttcal achievement. , with ftiJl-niiofl CBTD capable of carrying lOli jxwofliiBers ntch , HO practical , Indeed , that I" . It. lluhr , tijc etiRlnwr atiO inventor , boa jtutt formed s syndicate in London fnr con- Htructtng a line on lilt new * r t fl between Liverpool mifl Manchester. HP calli it , very truly , the "iLtghtbiiig Ksprew railway. " It -will regularly niakt the dltaanre of about thirty aillu , it ) twenty uiliiinim. including fltopB. Between tRtion the curt will fre quently uttala a njioed of two miles a min ute. ute.The The character of the new Toafl Is as i.trange DR Its achievements The trains run on a single rail net several feet above Ground on trestle-work , and the motive power IB furnished by electricity. The cnr < Btmiewhttt resemble a bli ; oblong bun. turned upBldo down , with wheels net thloU along tlio part that atisv.'fiti for tht > bun croaKr and liKlpcd alioutwith puidr wlieold , no thut It cannot jump the track along whic.h it la prorolled. IVotuliTi. of tinKm llnuil. Work on the Liverpool and road will begin vithm a few months The | flret line of the l.lud buln bj Mr. Bfhr , in j Turvuurne , near Brussels , Belgium , has been In operation for ( some mouths , and has been i louud to ibo remarkably successful. Tt crosses bridges and roads , it circles around ehort curves , it cltml > 6 steep grades. It en ters and leaves Us depots 'by means of what are probably the most curious switch ar rangements in the world , and it gives Its pasaengers a new sensation a nensation of a. speed of propulsion hitherto unattalned ! n any contrivance Invented by man for the transportation of passengers Indeed , it is cald that the curious lengthwise arrange ments of the seat * , within the cars vras to prevent the full effect of the appearance ot Fwlttuess on the passenger , air. Bohr says thut n man who alts and look * straight out of a car -window , Instead of looking ahead as "he would If he sat with one shoulder to- Ilia window , as in American cars , does not got fiuch an alarming impression of terrlilc jipeed. Mr. Bchr has 5 > cen quietly operating the trains on this new Hue in Belgium for some time pant , and he has put It to the severest and moat exacting tests , such as operating the trains under a Hpeed of 150 miles an hour around sharp curves and of dropping them down Bleep grades without any dimi nution of Telocity. The Tervuerne road is three miles long , built in the shape of an eclipse. That it to hay , there are two utraight sides joined by curved ends , the curves having a radius of 1,000 feot. The track proper is a stout trestle laid upon ground sleepers. "Upon top the trestle there is the falugle bearing rail , and at either side ot it , lower down , a guide rail. liii t tlie Ilond IN Coiihtrueteil. That Is not BO very -wonderful , but you cannot lay BO much of the car itself. It is a wort of double-decker , about Blzty foot long , and dual lengthwise ns well as ver tically , throughout UB lower half. This double lower portion houses the main wheels , the guide wheelb and the electric motors , which lorclve their power from a conductor laid along the track. There are four of these motors weighing three tons each. They are attached to four of the eight carriage wheels. With 600 revolutions per i minute each motor develops 160 horse power. That gives n Ejieed of 100 miles an hour , -which can easily be doubled. Beside the eight carriage wheels there are thirty-two guide wheels , which run upon the guide rails and preserve the equilibrium. Thus even at three mlleb a minute there is no possibility of derailment. The upper half , the car proper , seats 100 paBBttigers , and has beside compartmontb for thf electrician uud conductor. In the ulcc- itriclan'E cabin there are two air-brakes , one for blacking speed , the other for actually flopping the train. Electricity romee from n. poner house , In the Tervuuron park , which ban a capacity of iibout 1.000 borne ] > ower. The dynamos liavo a working htrength of 7.10 volte. ElfC- triolty It fd to tht Hue by a-copper cable properly connected to tht > Bttwl cooHact-rall , wkloh is carried on china insulators , ma.de fast to the Hloepers. ThU ? content-rail fe lB espoclaj rollt ctorB , which In turn pass the power to tliu motors. Thlh Ilw has tharj ir curve * and steeper gradients than ore HKoly to occur on ny cotnmorclal railway. And it has Itself been most Bcveroly and impartially teetsd under the ryw of coinmlBB-Uicirrb specially up- jioitvted by the governments ol Belgium nud ItusBla. So it is worth while to Inter what tbobe big-wig official goutlemen nay of U. U."A single-rail Mne , on trestles , with a iKmrlnt ; surface for the vertical pri sure t"f " tin. rorilng mock , and supplied with BUldc- whwlf to resist lateral pressure , offers fewer chances of derailment than the ordinary rail way , " says ono. A tucond comae lu Wk * an fcho : "A single-mil lln * wnn curves of the rudlus fomnion upon exprnse routes can be tnn'elod cvver much more mpldly and more safaly than on ordinary track " Curlohlllfk ot the NeM Line. One cf the curlosidt * of tu * > Torvuerwn line U the nirtbod of crotwing oouutry road- KnyE. ofWch huro nrr iwerul through Uie park at Torvuorun lu order to maintain r.uoh u Bpcwl It would 1 * fatal to have to blow down for a orowilug. Accordingly , Mr tluhr has rigmtd up a marvelous drawbridge for roade. This drawbridge U worl.nd auto matically. BO that whuo h * train njiproaciiee tbe two B otlone ot tbe bridge , pariiue in tue middle , lly up. allowing tliw train to ut full ei d. Mr. Btthr < * ] ' * t in the future to UBC u w iuvMitkoc IUK ncily for fcliWt lirt\v * u dmiMdy pcputetwd citit * . but for lims dlf. noee througii die country tiif paw ttff r traffic is Ur0e. If hto now iqJ MMd from Livrp ( J < te IB uUrty MitiafuaUirtliJol. . of tto } MMwi- for &UU kwutaoi w' For Uuitwu * . man toi0 l { H > U > V * * te tbe U1 tr UB In New York and waU * lip fixwh for buvnnig iti ' " "lilcoprn th * uX' 'f ouiil > ej"P"V -at i r CEO < . 1'iti-i'ia Itir u Kuiide E cu'.ni ; leatag S urdoT j.itirt and coroinF back otMon - daj monrtne. and according to Mr B hr , thl roulfl b - arrompllMird wlihnm pr ler Batety than thai attained IB th < - nrir-run- : nlng flouhlc-tmck traitw of today. CIIKJ f illicit- Hull l.lnrK. The question of cot. of outlay and pw- Ibls rpturni , In of coir * cruoial. Mr. Benr H franfcn * Itrelf tber * H . * : down rate- cnrleiilly nirmrt ; t firm io t at from S50- onn to tioc.om the mite , but awwtr , uiet the BlnKfe-rail llnec < mn carry pMnengtrrs nt a iMK rut * than Ic now charged uion faiit tmint and utill p y airldende npoa their cap * ital. He MVK. too. that be * no Hketll- hood of Interfering with freight traffic , nor even of monopollisltie tlKmMenR ) r bu l- ' MM. What lie advi ee IK the connruction i of single-rail gyneae along nonuof the i great trunk linea. } ro ibly io rnunection with thorn. M that Impa'Ucir : travwlBrs , or timid OD , or the f uuflur ntrme of IIUB- ! n M. may bt > wbinlied cvvay as by magic , leaving thr Pull twin * and vestibule trains to thORehb have duck and leisure. I The geneeln of tills Teriilsee line IE most InterenUnp. It IB 8c much an evolution ur I it may work a revolution. Various Bud sundry other atngle-rail lluef have exlRtcd In various and sundrj' pant of thr world. Some ran by muli pi wer semi b > Bteam power The Ten uercn Hue a however , the llwt to ruti \ < \ hu-nt-supiJ llplitnlnp Itt imniedlatr prototype IF tbf S'nclp-ralJ tret- tie line runnlnc from ! ' wo IP Balljbreu- nan , In Ireland , which is in itself somewhat notable. Its length Is nine miles and a half , it hns run for eleven years-odd , with out having a car wheel once leave tlie tracker or n passenger or employe make n claim against It for damages. This , though It Is operated by steam nnd runs twenty miles an ihour not an astounding , rnie of speed , but a very sufficient one tinder the circum stances. Mr. Bohr built It as later he built the Belgian experimental line. The Listowel model was n line put up by a French en gineer out in Algeria. At first he built a double-track line on the ground , but the sand storms covered .up . his tracks faster than he could uncover them , so he had re course to trestle construction , along which cars -were drawn by mules after the man ner ( jf boats on-a cmml. Happening to see It , Mr. Behr decided that It was a good scheme and proceeded to imitate It upon the Irish coast. From steam and twenty mlli-B an hour the transition has1 been more natural than rapid. He has gone slowly and surely to the cud that later he might be as BUTU of helping the world to go very fust. I'liNHiliilltle * of tlie Invention. Speculation ib idle , but prospects such as these invite It. Single-rail Hues may help j to solve many Hociul problems. For one thing , it Is evident that they put the flying machine out of court for at least a century- Two or three miles a minute is faster than flight , save indeed the flight of wild fcwaus and reed birds. Heed birds have been shot in New England with crojts full of Carolina lina rice , which they must have pilfered loan than eight hours before. The coast line is something like sixteen 'hundred miles liance It appears that the swiftest ot all AT A DEPOT SHWING < - ! feathered thing * -barely equal the spued of the new olertnc car. What wonder * . , what fausformntion may it not work up In the Klondike , should the Klondike prove a Btnyer and refuse to "peter out ? " It Heeinb almost providentially adapted to those altitudes. A trestle Ruf- flcitintly high might defy even arctic snows , while static power eliminates the main difficulty of operation. While operating ex- penNee could not bo light , it IE eate to BB- Busnu nobody would grudge double or treble fitre. Outbound passengers would pay hopefully , with an rye single to nuggets mid claims , inbound ouoe joyfully , to the JlnpHng tune of gold already in the pocket. The assertion may teem ut Ilret blush ex travagant , but a little thought will prove that aiich ii > the mechanical advance of the IUM twenty-five years a railway could now bo built to tbe Arctic circle more quickly and more ojmlly tlmn was the first line to the 1'aclflc const. TA-MMAV "S IIJG TEAST. Him tlie Chief * 1VIII Celebrate 1'lioiiitik .ItrtlerMOii'b Illrtlidii } . The biggest dinner I'ver given in New York will be nerved next mouth nt the Met- lopolitan opera house , says the New York Journal. Sixteen hundred guests will sit at the banquet. The occasion will be Thomas JeftBrsou's birthda > anniversarj on April 18 Tammany ball chieftains will be the thoKte and the membort of that organ- ! smuun from every nook and corner of Creator Ne\\ York will make up the vast uiujcrity of tbe dinerb But there will albp be as cucots iiearlv 300 of the tnosi prom inent men throughout thr union Two thou sand ntwtator * will nit IB thr pallerlc * and boxf > . A dinner for l. ( K IK quitIwyonfl th * re- Mmrcrt , of thp Waldorf-Astoria Jt i four times the number that belmoAtco or Sherry ever undertook to * ervp It i almont equal 10 fpc'dlng two whole refitment * of soldiers In on room. It Trill take 2SO nprlnj : larnto to furnish the tender rnaifUt and other choice ruts. A upeclal train of ten rxprmc cam will come up from Georgia nnd Virginia , bringing straw berries , a parapufi , preun dressing. To mtpply & Bin pic course of nhell oyrterr will require twpnty-fllx barrels of the finest klndf that can be selected. Twenty-flvt- barrels more of smaller oysters will be ui < cd for making sauce * and dressing * . But perhaps thr most Inviting of all will be Ibe wine lint Chwnpacnes from J10 to $20 & bottle will be one of the courses. Then there will be all the nlfl favorites in Burgundies , nhorrlefi , angelicas , vermouths and Rheln wines from vintager HO old that it wnuld take an historian to tabulate them. Altogether , 1.2BO gallons of liquors will be HUpplled. There will lie S.OOO bottles ot champagne ulnne Imagine the 7.000 bottles In all In which this will come , filled up for an exhibit. It would be fifteen feet nt the base and rise up from thr orcliestrn floor in the form of n pyramid half way to the dome of the Metropolitan opera house. The amount of coHec to be drank will bo somewhat less , but even this will amount to 800 pints , or enough to fill a coffee pot the size of three barrels. It v.Ill take seventy-live turtles , 2.BOO crabe and COO terrapins. 2.400 lobsters. l.COO nanvasback ducks and pigeons , turkeys and phcusantb in like proportions. To provide space for l.fiOO to sit down nt tables , the orchestra space will be floored over on n level with the stage. The fttnge alone of the Metropolitan opem Louse ie ninety feet deep nnd 101 feet across. But this will be less than half the npnce oc cupied by the tables. They will es\fZS \ over THE MONO RAILROAD AND ITS INVENTOR. the false flooring clear out beneath the first balcony. This will 'be n Bimcc of 25,000 square feet , or equal to that ol thirteen city building lots. The .laying out of the tables that are to neat these 1,600 diners -was to important a matter ttiat n civil engineer made a special purvey last week. The ground floor , it was figured , could Beat only 1,230. So tbe opera boxes and tbe wings of the stage will have to be fitted up with tables to seat the remaining 330. On the stage , on an elevated platform , will be placed seats for 100 of tbe honored guests and some of the leading democrats of New York. It will require 230 waiters at the tables. A corps of 100 will be needed in the chefs" department to conk ana dish up this dinner. For a temporary kitchen the arcaded side walk along the Thirty-ninth street Bide of the Metropolitan opera house will be boarded up and made into a. vast Ehud. Here will be placed ranges , sideboards , "ice chests and all the accessories of a hotel culinary department. The baHcment and cellar of the opera stage will also be used for this purpose. Even such commonplace things as dishes , Kpoons , knives and forks rise Into impor tance on an occasion like this. For It will take 10.000 plates , 20,000 knives and forks , 10,000 spoons and no on through the whole list of similar things. The cost of this din ner party will be $16,000 , it is said , for which the individual diners will pay at the rate of J10 apiece , except the invited guests. A curious feature of thlr political dinner is that it will ( have living souvenirs of the occasion it celebrates , Jefferson's birthday. These souvenirs are to be twelve men from METHOI' OF S WITCHING the different states that now make up the Louisiana territory , which Jefferson pur chased from Napolmm in 1S03 These twelve men will represent a territory greater than the entire Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida. This 116,000 feast will completely eclipse that famout $10,000 swan dinner chron icled In "Ward McAllister's memoirs , which dujnfounded the staid old Knickerbocker so ciety of Now Tori : twenty-five years ago , and Introduced the sumptuous new era ol millionaires and magnificence. 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