The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-11-14
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publication, bhN relates 10 an lmpOr-
tam snbiec, - information is much
ii needed ~ II, s.iee mncturc. rather than
Y DELAY i NO noon for il. bv displac.
ino otbnr - We commend il TO the
attention ~ ,Srested IN the great Rail
+ Road
ENCINprp&PI &C R R. Co.
IKE. 5. {. Oct. "A, 1899.
To The Presi Dree'orsat The Company
ENrIE,Mccurnng TO the extend
I'd operatio c Engineer Department
throuphoutS 1T three years, | am re-
minded, frd e obvious want OF knowi-
edge Of thl e,t, (aPparent' as think,
IN the nan, recent discussions at the
annual md t Stockholders at Ashe-
Nille,) thatJ ted Of expecting a general
perusal OIL yIumlnous documents rect
ting thoso lions and their results, II
probably shSerHe the interests OF the
Stockholdt i the public generally, II |
SUMMARY ,, as | now propose, some
of the mo. aortant facts which have
bearing enterprise committed to
Your ma laGat. Ny object will be, as
tar as ID ny 1wcr, 10 enable every one
10 formlhs o. opinion Of the real pros
poets Of the tmPany-so far as may be
deduced from statement OF the probable
cost of Consisting the Rall Road IN Its
future progrs 70 and beyond Columbia !;
and while I moi expect to be unerringly
exact am ling It be recollected that
on mature alteration | am of opinion
that the foucng estimate will rather eX-
hlolt the mamnm than the probable cost
OF the work.
1t IS well premise, however, that OF
course the CT must mainly depend on the
plan of the VIZ; and as entire efficiency
for the imptant object for which the
Rail Road isesigned, will be regarded
rs lndispensae to any plan, shall first
briefly state e few particulars, affecting
cost, IN whichle several plans would differ.
/. The pla Of thai portion Of the main
trunk of the IIisyille, Cincinnati & Char
4eston Rail Rid, diyerging from the Ham.
burg Rail Rad at Branchyllle and ex.
tending to Cumbia, a distance of GO
miles, contem ates a road bed of sufficient
width THAT otmbankments being % feet
and Of excayaons 80 feet and upwards in.
yards, in protrtioa to the depths of cuts
FOR two traci, or in other words for a
double rail.wv: the superstructure. OF
railway, TO Reconstructed in the most ap.
proved and dt,able manner with a heavy
iron rail, Of he form of an inverted T
weighing savj6 pounds per lineal ward
and Of sutficitt strength 10 dispense witt
L continuous 4pport. being merely tied to-
cether By trdlsyerse pieces. @at interval,
OF three feet.
The reason in favor Of this plan were
deemed 10 be togent. and will be found a.
vel in the ChIrter which determined III,
vsdth Of road ted for double track. as il
ny Isl Annual Report, pages As TO so
winch induced the adoption of the Iall de
scribed.
.. The FOREGOING plan NAV be adyan
tageously modified m the progress Of the
Road above Columbia, 10 a width sufficient
for but one track, with requisite passing
places. THE establishments being not les.
than 6 feet width and the excavation, ii
order to provide draining, not less than p
feet, retaining the same description, q
raj way, with the permanent iron rail.
The frs. question Is, viii tins plan b
efficient / thiak it wLll--for, generally
speaking, two tracks are not Indispensable
10 the accumulation Of trade, (and il
tins case | am sure viii not be- but rattle
for the security o; trains passing in oppo
site directions On scrpeutine roads, wher
the VISION beng frequently Distracted, tw,
tracks are observation-disclosures, our Road !
remarkable for is extent Of straight lines
and the absence ofabrupt curyatures. WheI
necessary the road.bed, moreover, can b
Wldened, and meanwhile its reduced wldtl
would result 10 saving Of about one fourtl
the first outlay estimated for double road
bed.
3. !. admits Of a still further modifca
ton, reducing as before. the width Of tn