The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-02
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w had lew nir4Is since, very SlnEu-
lar dream which We think some Of our
readers might like to know. We suppos-
ed in our dream, that we were on our way
Is Baltimore. ard III much OF il hurry, when
we came to the Ohio and Baltimore Rail-
road on y hiei We designed taking passage,
TO our utter amuzement, We found large
BODY of men busily employed IN destroying
the road. We enqaircd "What are you doing
this fort"
Because the Boss told us to-"
-Who i the Eoss"
MIR McEliatrick, your honor
"Nhere il he
"Atthe shanly, sure,
We went To the shanty, found the b9ss,
made enquiry for the cause Of destroying
the road ind received tn following re-
ply: ;. a,
be annihiluted; We have been for years past,
content with travelling upon cur roads at
the rate or 50 miles an hour, this rate viii
NJ longer satisfy the travelling public Il ~
too tedious. too slow, We must speed the
plough The LEA of spending 30 hours ~
mans lie IL travelling lr1m Gncinntt -
New York, ami have that time entirely
lost. is to bad; nay, il is positively ridisu-
lous. the trip should require u the longest,
no, more than two hours. Cars can BE-
made t. travel 800 miles per hour with the
same case and safety that they now travel
10. then mhs waste life time rs Il We're,
in going few short miles. Taking this
yieW ofthnas, the engineers aud directors
of the road, came to the conclusion t4a
sueh road as this, bears the same compare
son to what railroad should be, that the
roads in Ohio SO years ago bore to this; and
they haze determined to remove his, and
construct Il road that shall be worthy T. be
called a railfoal-a road on which the cars
shall travel ut the rate If three hundred
miles an hour
Here we Yentlred the prediction that the
immense friction oceasonsd by such a rate,
would fire the cars, and The danger of being
thrown from the track would BE- 50 great
tina, no human beng " ouid dare u ride ron
their road.
sAh." said he. you do not understand i
the friction will be no greater than with
the present ears. and the danger o.! the
cars running off the track, nothing like -
great.
How can this be- - we asked.
Il will explain" said he. The track
win be 30 feet wide, and the rails much
heavier Than these, (reiering u one at our
fpetA while the car wheels Will be - feet
in diameter: thus at each revolution you see
we will pass IS feet IN distanc :, wht reas The
present ear wheels being hat two feet higfe
only move the distance oi feet every res5-
luton. Hence YOU see III the safe tifae
with the same friet'oa aud less power He
viii travel twelve times Us Tar - We ROW
do. To avoid all danger OF the cars running
of. there will bc continued row ot SUB
stanlal pilin4 driven into the ground, tAt
tops Of wAich will be ieveied one with
another, upon which Will be securely .asten-
ed, heavy I ra't, the L extending 81 each
side , inches. Then from elch c8y there
will be t9o iron hooks that will raa imne-
aiatelg oadrr tie I OH the rail 90 the piles,
So that iftha ear should BE- rais.i from the
track, the hooks viii come III contact with
the /, SO As n hold the cars firmly ~ their
place. The friction oc,asionet! b! the
hooks, will eFill tha power applied - tae
ee"iae, anl hence the ears will be stoPp ~
n soon as thntr speed can b. overcome. --
Thus yuu see. there viii be nJae OF tae dan
ger you apprehrud,n
Bat" said ,"Nou ears will be elevated
ID feet above the track, and viii ba very
easily turned over should think
Not - sir The SIR b,dsas Will b.
brought aitnos, down - the track. being TN
der the axle thc height ot the wheels, gr,a@
ample room to place the h5dlcs under lhr
axle. Cars will BIZ attached 20 each train,
which viii serve f9r eating rooms, Sleeping
rooms and for carving al! the urckssar8H~