THE FERNHILL AERIAL RAILWAY.

Evening Star, Issue 5014, 29 March 1879, Page 2

THE FERNHILL AERIAL RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —la it possible that many others of the public as well as myself have been laboring under a delusion for months past in giving Mr Alves credit for the invention or adaptation of the above-named railway ? Doubtless Mr Howorth, who claims the line as his hatching, has fertility of brain, " but give honor to whom honor is due," and aßk: Where was Mr Alves during the "hatching" process so facetiously alluded to by the learned gentleman ? Had Mr Alves nothing .to do with the incubation ? Leg.il advice Mr Howorth may have given Mr Alves as to the patents, &c., but I crave leave, with others, to doubt his skill, theoretically or practically, as an engineer. Possibly the public and myself are, after all, mistaken in the idea that Mr Alves was the man, if it is that we are wrong, there will be the pleasure of knowing that the mantle of genius has fallen upon Mr Howorth, and that beyond mere assistance Mr Alves has ne credit in the matter. —I am, &c, In Doubt. [We are not aware that Mr Howorth claims the merit of adopting the aerial railway to the working of the Fernhill colliery. On reference to our report, the credit due to Mr Alves will be fully acknowledged.— Ed. E.S.]