Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1911 — This Might Be a Good Way To Build Line Through Jasper. [ARTICLE]

This Might Be a Good Way To Build Line Through Jasper.

England is to have the trackless trolley. The experiment is to be made at once between the cities of Bradford and Leeds. There are no tracks, of course, .and the car, which is specially built, gets its power from a wire suspended from poles, just as the trolley street car does. The vehicle is built something like a ’bus and trolley car combined, and runs by electricity obtained from an ordinary overhead wire, but secured by a running gear taking current; from two wires through a flexible conducting wire, whereby the motorman is able to steer his craft readily through streets not overcrowded with traffic, which makes it especially utilizable in rural districts, where the trolley meets comparatively few vehicles. This method of transportation "is not original with England. Several communities in Germany and Austria have it already. However, its Introduction in England will serve the purpose of bringing it under closer observation in this country, and if it is successful between Bradford and Leeds there will be no time lost in transplanting it to the United States. Here it would do two very important things. It would stimulate road building and would facilitate the means of communication in the country districts.