Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-06-07
MISC EKAkA.ASEOUS.

Rail ROADS The subject oil Raj
r ads has recently attracted much oil
tbs pu6ic attention; and much has been
said and wtilten in relation to il. In
Pennsyivaba there have been variety
OF Improvements suggested by means OF
this invention one of which it is pro-
posed to exIfnd from Philadelphia to
Pi"sburgh. rhe acting committee OF
= Fine Pennsylvania S. cie,y for the Pro-
'noiion of Io;enal Improvement" has
recently made statement Of The form OF
construction, arr the advantages which
may be eXpectet.,o result from The ih-
PRODUCTION OF then into that state, the
| principal facts cs.aiaed in which are
derived nom wofl issued by the High
land Society Of Ednburg; from which
they conclude thai it :. one of the most
valuable improvements now in use."
The following extrq cts from this docu-
n4ent embrace all the inform alton con-
! tanned which we ihiik would be likely 10
be interesting TO gu readers.
| Deiazoare Gag.
| The wooden rail Nays oil the present
DAY are composed oApieces Of tInbers
called aleriers, abuud6 feet long and 6
| inches square, laid atross the road, At
! distance of 10 or 81 inches from ,ch
| other; aud upon u Sc sleepers, other
pieces oil timber, ca led rails, OF 4 or 5
| inches square are laid in two parable
lines, feet distant from each other.
he wagon wheels are Constructed
with groove to corr spond vita the
| rails, aud run with little friction. The
;ricnon 10 some instance is materially
iessened by covering the wooden rails
with malit able or cast ircn.
he rail way between Kilmarnock and
ir'on harbor is laid with ia, plate rails
ri feei in length AID d inches broad
W IghiDg about 40 lbs. each; harlng .
ledge or bange rislng PRECAUTIONARY
on HE nher s!de oil the raIi about a
inches, which Is raised IL the GENRE, aud
declining al Doth ends Of each ralI 10
! aac 70 is strength.
lbty are sbne hat breeder at both
ends, 70 make them lie m0ie solid %
blocks OF stone from Q . inches 10
thickness, and more han d foot square
III base apd surface. The ground, upon
be,,,.n d,'u,,. go -. 49, =, -
hsa y'b4. Irf.,,.;l. - $500, - -
IN III, 49,, =.
diane er is uiads inches dcet ~ "a.
centre o. each block. The hole is tilcd
with o p!op Of osk. lbY sa,,s nave n
| SQUARE notch formed m he ,entr. al
| 10th ends cf each af ,l,c rsls abou hu4
n inch on The too sDd somewhat narrow
r on the under SIDE. The ends nj lbe
rats are piaccd toac,iler. The petchcs
IN each form one square hole, which be.
/ ,ng placed over Tx. Mug oi wood ~ IL.
| centre OF The stone. a nan j, driven inro
il, the bcad of uhif IA exacttv iii, AZ. inc
hole IN the end, Of the two -ratIs. ,he
holes are c1uUtrrSz;ok. and the heads nj
he nails are HAsA vlb the ION ., II,
ali.
The space or horse track hefveer III,
rails is a lect wide. bc,no i,i,ed win BRO
ken s!ouc M 20 The. sole q! the rails t,lr
Oh the outside il :, nearly 10 me ION ot
the fanees. Ihis is a daeh!e ,ail way
nd tue distance between N. two zvay.
or rouas - equal 20 he 5,j2ih al III,
reed. A hofs.. yc.v travel IN The ii, ,dd,,
STAGE VIII, a witsei On the inner range o
the roads.
The rsu n0qy cenerallv Introduced il
called the edpe ra,t, and consists 81 ba,
OF cast Iron abont ] inch N bread.h ia,
the seat OF the wheel, aud from 10 4
iect in icpptn. and Of deo,h cores.
pondiap with the Neiyht to be earned
These bars are set un GA edge. instead
# being land la and therefore mucl