telpherage (telferaj)

[ This word " telpherage ".. is intended to designate all modes of transport effected automatically with the aid of electricity. According to strict rules of derivawith "telephone," and rid of avoid confusion on tel ephor a todete double accent in one word, which is disagreeable to my ear, I have ventured to give the new word such a form as it might have received after a few centuries of usage by English tongues, and to substitute the English sound ing "telpher" for "telephore." In the most general sense, telpher lines include such electric railway lines as were first proposed by my colleagues, Me rs. Ayrton and Perry. The word would also describe lines, such as I have seen proposed in the newspapers, for the conveyance of small parcels at extremely rapid rates. But to-night I shall confine myself entirely to the one specific form in which the telpher line first presented itself to my mind, and which it has fallen to my lot to develop. In this form telpher lines are adapted for the conveyance of minerals and other goods at a slow pace and at a cheap rate. Fleeming Jenkin , Jour. Soc. of Arts (1884), XXXII. 648. telpherway (tel'fèr-wā), n . The road, line, or way on which transportation by the system of telpherage is carried on.