Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-09-05
From The Boston american Raihray Tfnrs
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IL has often been mat er OF surprise Ia who has
had some little experience in railway matters that
attention should not be paid by ia having the control
and management OF our many ruad, 10 the quality uthe
lion used IN Their various departments; only Is this
applicable 10 rails and Spikes but II applies with equal
iaee To chairs frogs, Wheels and all the casting USED
IN coas ructng cars Visit the repair Shops and YOU
VIII see quantities o all the various castings condemned
atfr having been IN for lnget or shorter time
SIMPLY b cause the iron Of which they manufactured
Is OF very inferior quality, impa ting neither Strength
or Durability 10 the work, aud thereby causing to the
consumer double loss in replacing aud reitting work.
to say nothing of the great lahili Of loss In the lives
and limbs Of the travelling public, by the giving way of
these imperfect castings whch il is ovdeuf. after ALL
is question of much more pecuniay importance than
the ii st OF such work. 1t would seem To be a
sell evident pnp slilon IN this. in every branch Of
business, that the hest ce is the cheapest in the end
why then is II that so much more regard Is paid to The
cost than 10 the quality of railway iron material? IL is
dicdlt 10 answer Ibis question satsac Only, there
can ne n" good given for pursuing such course
Look at the painful loss of life mutlaons and injuries
TO The passengers, caused by broken wheel under
valuable car on the Portland Saco and Portsmouth
taad some mmlhs since, where CIR valued at $4,000
ana conveying AT the time sixty-fnr passengers.
eVeftnrn ifom this ciuse and catching fire from the
upS' ing "i the stove, was ent rely burnt up. almost be
lore the last passenger conll be removed through the
windows as the doors were fastened tightly the amming
OF the door frames. In this case tho IS of the car
though valuable one, was Of mnor imp dtince. to the
Imminent danger + the passengers who were pIovidcn-
'lally all rescued. without nss of lir The 5000,
" hich was total loss To The Company added To the a
mount of damag paid II the suffering passengers
which was Of equal on greate amount than the value
OF the car, would have furnished the rod with good
wheels Tor Two years. 500 Norwich and Worcester
foaa some wrecks since, car was thrown off from the
same caus' namely broken wheel. and very serious
nIdry 10 the limbs of fifteen 10 twenty passengers was
thereby occasi ned The company will undoubtedly be
called upon pay several thousand dollars in dana
aud here, as in the pucsedinp case the same mon
ey would supply the road with GOOD wheels for l,nu
tine.
1t is not he intention Of the writer Of this article II sin
Gle out Inc above named roads as alone applirabe to
charge # using cheap in preference To GOOD non H., be.
rves sLch iusiuaiun would not appy IT, Mr. Minot
the tomcr abb superintendent Of the Boston and Maine
road, as he was undoubtedly Of the f'w who knew
and rtc gnzed the vast importance of using nothing but
the best material. for all railway purposes: hut the two
above named instances CITED as beug f he must re-
cent occure and lre,h-ls the III nd IF the writer II
Is believed by many " se opinions are valuable heinz
formed from long experiprcs that is now an extremely
difficult thing To get really good article of run for
railway purposes, and that this difficulty has been cauS-
ed and is easily taceable To the well established fact
there LaS hepn ctr,n,