Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-08-27

sion, aud density tho particles of wood an well AZ ct
specific gravity in its parts when Is well
known, that by breaking the organization of the external
parts oil any solid body OF material substance brusing
us surface, whereby water or atmospheric air is admitted
the process oil decomposition greatly promoted aud
sion from contact very much facilitated. This applies
particularly to all kinds of wood.
Apply these principles 10 WOODEN rail road made
the plan mentioned by MIR Hartman. aud the conc fusion
WIZ inevhabiy be against the plan The Wooden rails
10 be level win the ground. and scintlng spiked
such manner as 10 form grove Tor each wheel and so
that Carriages may Dive or any place AT
Carriages gigs wagons. carts and days oil sorts and
sizes having iron tires on the wheels, OF course are
admitted The small section of the of these
wheels Gay one or two nces.) which will come in CON
tact with the rails, at the san, OF time and they
hearing probably from hundred pounds two or three
'ons-mcving with considerable velocity too, viii be a
,ce'gM that the force OF the Of cohesion In no
WOOD can long resist Suppose the tire OF wheel
iee' oae'er TO be two inches wide, TO bring two inches
oil the circumference OF this tire, be rail at tho
same instant oil time, (nakng four square inches
'act would require part Oh the rail To be pressed down
ABOUT Tie twentieth o an inch. Two tons, unless the rails
were very hard and welseasoned which couI no, lon
remain me case would thus mash down the bres of the
wool But, suppose the surface the rails covered pen
orally with sand and gravel the tires woni drive the
hard sharp PARTICLES into the wood, break the organ
hon ct the grain, depth, perhaps, considerably more than
The zoh oil Am nch aud as locking the wheels be ne
cessary Tor all loaded carriages whose axerees are not un
commonly large in The boxes, produce much ffic
uoh whcre The INCLINATION from the horizon than
about forty feete the mile, which very frequently
occur on most roads, it is easy imagine with what fac
lily the bruised and soened rails will be abaed by the
iciono the sharp sand and srav. the locked wheels
It's well known that wooden rails covered with bars of iron
nan an inch thick will yield TO the weight of the car
'ges AMI wear down the
OF The wheels upon these bars owing the small section
OF the wheel, which in witiihe iron And
hence Is very certain, that naked wood though never
30 wei seasoned, would inevitably in shot
nhe Though original reasons plenty as black.
berries, they may be set aside. The following remarks
III t,c encyclopedia BritGnicd conclusive as
verdict found and recorded OF wooden railroads. iti
SAID, Ihcir only detect consisted the iecaying
nature oil the wool, the and tear OF which caused
such expense Tor repairs greatly limited their appiica.
non; so that II only the shorness OF the distance and
the great extent oi the traffic which rendered their appi.
cation at all bcnehcal therefore conclude, that Mr.
Hartman docs not "kncw lrom experience that rails
VIII not tcedr out, and that they last long
| rail roads"
3D. That II rs entirely and particularly adopted TO
collateral roads Sc. THIS be understood TO apply
to very shor, roads, where hr profits ,ranspoi taon
may be very great ana where the articles be carried
in light carriages with large wheels oil wide tread and
the rails so constructed not 10 admit and gravel
upon them; otherwise, this proPo ion sustained
4h Ihdf road made on This plan ,cil be The cheap,
est and best eper made This is kind OF patent right
flourish or puff, which is hard beat as is un
worthy OF confidence or reiuatiou. TOM THUMB