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I'm not totally sure of this, but I think a telpher is not manual, but powered, usually by electricity. See following definition:

Definition: \Tel"pher\, n. (Elec.)
Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of
electric transportation by means of carriages which are
suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.


\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.