Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.)
   A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by
   means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin.

   {Telpher line}, or {Telpher road}, an electric line or road
      over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by
      electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the
      line.