From the Kearney Files
London 13th July 1922
KEARNEY HIGH SPEED RAILWAY
Engineers' Opinions.
From Members of The Kearney Society.
Reply to "Sydney Engineers" comments.
Our attention has been directed to statements made by "Sydney Engineer" of Australia, who we believe is one of Mr. Bradfield's technical assistants.
He refers to "an individual whose system of underground switchback monorail has been before the engineering world for the last 14 years without any recognition," and it would appear that he means Mr. Chalmers Kearney and the Kearney High Speed Railway.
The statement contains three mis - statements of fact :----
(1) The Kearney gravity tube is incorrectly described as s "switchback."
(2) The Kearney railways improperly called a "monorail."
(3) That it is "without any recognition" can only be regarded as a deliberate and gross mis - representation, which the very existence of the Kearney Society itself effectually refutes.
The Kearney Society was formed only this year to honour an Australian whose work in the interests of rapid transit is being widely recognised as of high value, not only by engineers. but by an ever - enlarging circle of the general public, and also to preserve plans, data, and models of the Kearney system, of which the future has already passed beyond the realms of mere speculation.
The suggestion which the "Sydney Engineer" throws out is that the Kearney system is a thing which suddenly grew to perfection at the moment when the first crude model of it was shown in 1908. It is almost incredible that an engineer could be so innocent of the time and labour required to bring a great scheme to the high stage of development to which the Kearney system has now attained. Those 14 years of unceasing labour have brought the Kearney High Speed Railway System to a stage where it is entitled to receive serious consideration from every engineer, whoever he is.
As an example of present - day English engineering opinion, we quote Colonel F. C. Vincent, O. B. E. M. S. E. etc, etc., Kate Chief of the Technical Department of the War e, who says :-- "I do not believe that any engineer, civic or otherwise, who made himself throughly and honestly familiar with all of the phases of traction development as embodied in the Kearney high speed system, could reasonably do no other than stand with me, a humble and enthusiastic admirer and supporter. Mr. Kearney's system is, I believe destined to revolutionise our present methods of transit."
Many other engineers have expressed themselves in equally enthusiastic terms, so it becomes altogether amazing that an Australian can voice such sentiments concerning one of his countrymen. Truly, "A man is not without honour, save in his own country."
We wish to make it clear that the Kearney Society is composed solely of English admirers if the Kearney system; and is entirely uncommercial in character.
Signed, HEADLEY, President; E. P. H. James and H. Thompson Clarke, Executive Committee; Chas F. Klapper, hon. secretary.
The Kearney Society, 40, Wellington Road. London, E.
London 13th July 1922
KEARNEY HIGH SPEED RAILWAY
Engineers' Opinions.
From Members of The Kearney Society.
Reply to "Sydney Engineers" comments.
Our attention has been directed to statements made by "Sydney Engineer" of Australia, who we believe is one of Mr. Bradfield's technical assistants.
He refers to "an individual whose system of underground switchback monorail has been before the engineering world for the last 14 years without any recognition," and it would appear that he means Mr. Chalmers Kearney and the Kearney High Speed Railway.
The statement contains three mis - statements of fact :----
(1) The Kearney gravity tube is incorrectly described as s "switchback."
(2) The Kearney railways improperly called a "monorail."
(3) That it is "without any recognition" can only be regarded as a deliberate and gross mis - representation, which the very existence of the Kearney Society itself effectually refutes.
The Kearney Society was formed only this year to honour an Australian whose work in the interests of rapid transit is being widely recognised as of high value, not only by engineers. but by an ever - enlarging circle of the general public, and also to preserve plans, data, and models of the Kearney system, of which the future has already passed beyond the realms of mere speculation.
The suggestion which the "Sydney Engineer" throws out is that the Kearney system is a thing which suddenly grew to perfection at the moment when the first crude model of it was shown in 1908. It is almost incredible that an engineer could be so innocent of the time and labour required to bring a great scheme to the high stage of development to which the Kearney system has now attained. Those 14 years of unceasing labour have brought the Kearney High Speed Railway System to a stage where it is entitled to receive serious consideration from every engineer, whoever he is.
As an example of present - day English engineering opinion, we quote Colonel F. C. Vincent, O. B. E. M. S. E. etc, etc., Kate Chief of the Technical Department of the War e, who says :-- "I do not believe that any engineer, civic or otherwise, who made himself throughly and honestly familiar with all of the phases of traction development as embodied in the Kearney high speed system, could reasonably do no other than stand with me, a humble and enthusiastic admirer and supporter. Mr. Kearney's system is, I believe destined to revolutionise our present methods of transit."
Many other engineers have expressed themselves in equally enthusiastic terms, so it becomes altogether amazing that an Australian can voice such sentiments concerning one of his countrymen. Truly, "A man is not without honour, save in his own country."
We wish to make it clear that the Kearney Society is composed solely of English admirers if the Kearney system; and is entirely uncommercial in character.
Signed, HEADLEY, President; E. P. H. James and H. Thompson Clarke, Executive Committee; Chas F. Klapper, hon. secretary.
The Kearney Society, 40, Wellington Road. London, E.
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