A saving of from six to twenty-fold is made in train weight for conveying passengers, and four-fold saving in conveying freight.
The Company will furnish on application any further information that may be necessary, to such railroad companies, or others, who desire to investigate this system, with a view to its adoption.
To those who may decide to use this system we will send full working drawings, which will enable them to construct cars, locomotives and structures.
THE BOYNTON BICYCLE RAILWAY COMPANY,
Room 615, 32 Nassau Street,
New York City, N. Y.
Directors of the Boynton Bicycle Railway Company for 1896.
| Dr. James B. Bell, | Boston, Mass. |
| Maj.-Gen. O. O. Howard, | New York. |
| Geo. Haseltine, | “ “ |
| Geo. H. Gale, | “ “ |
| Eben M. Boynton, | “ “ |
| William A. Stevens, | “ “ |
| David Wallace, | “ “ |
| William H. Boynton, | “ “ |
| Francis W. Breed, | Lynn, Mass. |
| D. C. Reusch, | New York. |
| Geo. A. Bruce, | Summerville, Mass. |
| H. H. Mawhinney, | Boston, Mass. |
| E. L. Sanborn, | “ “ |
| Wm. H. H. Hart, | San Francisco, Cal. |
| William H. Thurber, | Providence, R. I. |
| W. E. Scarritt, | New York. |
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The writer has had several opportunities of riding on the standard gauge locomotives, and noticed, in rounding curves, even at the rate of thirty-five miles per hour, the resulting zig-zag motion; the machine would be running on the tread of the wheels as far as the flanges allowed to one side, striking with terrible force, then bounding to the other side and repeating the action again and again, until it seemed impossible that the rails could be held in place with spikes firmly enough to prevent their tipping over or spreading.
[2] Note on page [23] sworn statement of Henry Henjes, coal dealer.