Baltimore Belt Line Pioneers Electric Rail Travel Under City
Special correspondence from Baltimore describes the Baltimore Belt Line project to run electric trains under the city between New York and Washington. It details tunnels, engines, and the plan to replace steam with electric power in the long underground section, costing millions and promising fast transit in the modern, high-speed era.
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Baltimore
John B. McDonald
New York
the Battery
Harlem
Baltimore Belt Line
Camden Station
Belt Road
Irain
Hunry Hate
Rough time with Indians and cholera on Kansas railway
Special correspondence from Washington reports Congressman Harris of Kansas recalling rough experiences while building the Kansas division of the Union Pacific railway. He describes encounters with Indians, cowboys, settlers, cholera, and the rise of frontier towns, plus daring feats by Jim Curry and Wild Bill Hickok as lawmen and legends.
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Harris
Washington
Congressman Harris
Kansas
Union Pacific Railway
Jim Corry
Curry
Jim
Texas
Wild Bill
Bill
Blind Tom
Walter Wellman
Boston to test idle to work by growing potatoes on vacant lots
Special Boston dispatch explains Boston will trial a summer program allowing the idle to raise potatoes on unused city land funded by private subscriptions. The piece notes earlier efforts in Detroit and other cities, the doubts and potential benefits, and quotes Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell on charity and self-help.
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Boston
Pingree
Detroit
Josephine Shaw Lowell
Exma Stone TwitcHeE.w
A Maritime Freak of Waterspouts Off Cuban Gulf Islands
A traveler recalls two near fatal encounters with waterspouts near small Gulf of Mexico islands about 50 miles from Cuba. He describes towering, bowing columns rising from black clouds, one nearly a mile high, drifting over reefs and shoals, and a final near-miss as a spout plowed along a beach, leaving a trench in shallow water with no recorded casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
San Francisco
Electro Magnetic Cannon Promises Magnetic Propulsion
Reports describe a five foot gun wrapped in insulated wire with sections of winding to magnetize bullets. The bullets become temporary magnets and are repelled and attracted by magnetic lines of force, increasing speed as they travel. Estimated output includes a one pound ball at 1000 feet with a striking velocity around 100 pounds under 500 volts and 100 amperes.
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Estia
Boston Journal of Commerce
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City OF
Egypt
Mexico
Frazer Axle
Ve. Times
the Times
Pennsylvania
Hiladelpaia
Hedd
T. O. Slater & Co
General Hardware
Carroll
Gurney
Water St
Warren, Pa
W. Jarvis
Water Street
Allen & Langley
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