Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-11-20
MADISON AND INDIANAPOLIS RAIL ROAD.

tho famed ..Deep Diggings" are no more. The
Locomotive Zone OF Bi!d"in's ordinary 10 ton
engines) assembled the plane on the 81 instant,
with Two cars containing about 100 persons =
The inclination Of the plane Is q feet to every
100 hundred Of road. Baldwin, Vail, and i1aity'
of PHI de pima propose to fdrnish an engine 'na'
shall take up ID tons, and waTrent or hsnreit LOT
twelve months. So tho last hobby OF the anti
internal Improv ement party Is knocked, or Talhef
dug from under them; for they have been riding
the Madison HILL with vengeance. They mot
TOO that they ALWAYS would have 1t to ride, aver
ring that a stationary engine, tow rope, and nu-
merous other expensive means would hove TO be
used, even after the plane should be finished, to
render it useful. But all their prophcsyiug of
evil and cost IN relation TO the much slandered
Madison and indianapolis Railroad IS now at an
end. That great lIuk lndtanas stupend"us
chain % improvement viii now stand out The
brightest and best.
The road IS completed TO n point SIX miles 'his
side of Vernon, giving about 20 miles upon when
the ca running. 1t rs nearly graded ana fea-
ay for The reception OF the rhIis to hdthohfg''
twenty odd miles farther. IL the State wlt &C
III good faith ard give the road the iron promised
at the last session Of the Legislature, there will
soon be completed for the cars upwards OF hiy
continuous miles. Then If The State should not
be able the public spirit of the citizens OF the
interior ouid not be long IN finding means to
finish the remaining thirty miles.
In view of ihis glorious contamination who
cannot but re oice. The farmers cniiivatug The
prod lgalIy productive soil of The White river
country would he brought 1t were TO the very
borders Of the OHIO rl-er. Every bushe! OF sur
plus grain, every pound oi surplus meat, would
find rapid and sure conveyance % a pF"hlabic
market. Thousands OF waste and unproducilve
acres Of land would DO made to yield up their
quota of the productions of the field, the orchard
and the pasture. The dense forest ard wild grass
would give II the aoadilg taesel and the wa
wing craIu. Who can calculate the immensely OF
b.4,,. h,.H Ivptn nv t4NT Y.
state and nat lnn from tho finishing Of the Madi-
son and Indianapolis raii raad2 The completion
of the Central Canal north 10 the Wabash and
Erie Canal would soon fpow-thns opening
chain Of communication from Lake ErIe 10 point
the OHIO river bcinw which II - navigabie we
may shy the wear round, and though the Create
extent Of rich agricultural region to be found IN
the United States. THIS grand thoronghare
would soon crgrcss all the trade and travel be-
tween tue sea coast north of phlJc! phla and the
West and South vest III. JouraHl.
FIGURING MILIs--Thc P,cton x. S Mechan-
and Farmer mentions an improvement IN flour
ing mills, which, if correctly stated. is of much
Importance. The mt! described. which is par
tcuIariy adapted to grinding wheat, possesses a
great advantage over the ordinary mills, on
count of the uniformity OF molten in every part
Of the running milestone. la the ordinary miIis
the periphery Of the running stone moves with .
about six times as great velocity does the sur
fng too fast, ana another part too slow. But IN
thus non rotary mill II is termed, the motion
of every part of the surface - equal; in conse- .
quencc oil which, II Is stated. II will grind
than double tho quantity "t grain than be
dore in au ordinary ,n with equal application
OF power. We presume that, If the advantages
OF this new method of Touring be great
here stated it will not he long hcfre the sharp
sighted miers Of Western New York viii avail
themselves of rs increased faciiiles.-[ Buf. Adr
pitts0urs Powder Mills.
recent number ct tho ritt>burg Gazette CON
tanned a description o. the extensive powder mills
lately erected and put in operation HAT CITY.
on the bau.s ot the II onoag .hcil. The following
rs IA part nf the article:
Eleven buildings now completed. The rrin-
cipal range front 700 feet on the M0GonC theta
and bcddcd at the rear and ends IN a high
bank of earth excavated for that purpose They
stand about 10 feet apart. The trout and roof OF
wood the back aud end walls stone 80 icct ,hck.
so built against the earth that III oG explosion
ITS iorcc may be spcnt towards the river, rcmov-
ing the wood work md leaving the and end
walls unharmed. There Is a rail road along the
whoe front of these butldIugs. FIR transporting
the materials and the manufactured articles from
one building to another in the progress OF the
maugiacIu The following viii give an idea
OF the buildings aud t.leis use:
/. The Boiicr House, Is in the ut the front
rangc. 200 feet distant from the Engine House
Ii contains i steam Eaiers and Two charcoal n
naceS. The charcoal made of Sycamore and
White Maple--the wood pat iu;o large IRON pots,
closed tight, and the Gasses let oiiat the side uuur
the bottom. Tae hater and lrusce flneS are - f.
ken under ground 800 yards and discharged taro'
n chimney IN a grove of trees.
,. The Store House, where the raw material,
sulphur. sat-petre and charcoal arc kept and
weighed oat III proper proportions Tor the manu-
facture
3 The Engine House, in the front range con>
tanning engines, tended by enc Engiueer stan-
ding between them. The steam is conveyed from +
the Boiler House under ground To the engines a
In this house the raw material Is ground and /,
mixed. and then passed car 10 :
l. The HH, next in the range. where il Is fur !
Their ground under cast iron cylinders Of & tons :
weight. j. is then taken 10 :
,. The Pressing House. where it is pressed IN !