The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-30
NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST &c. 1858

rather questionable morality by some. and there ar,
people who would shrink f'om selling what did mo-
belong to them; but witt These editors of the Times
TIE pr'uepe o. the matter is Of no alteration. &c
ione as there appears to he prospect OF gain. II
woulo 'nosed be well ft1 those who may be deceived
toto purchasing the book, Wers it all stolen from the
HEAD hut IT ia rot, and is consequently full OF
errors sn0 misststements.
In The description Of the masbinery, Tor instance
we bnd the following -" No matter whether the
msdaiLe is hot dry, or covered With SAID" Those
w1.o hSse seeD the process Of laying the cable will
be sc ewba astonished TO bear that there was ever
sand upc IT, or to learn that the paying out machine
WIS s,so Geographic apparatus. Bat il is unne.
cessayy To pursn& the subject further We have said
enough to show the public the character of the work.
and to warn them against the deception which is
prac,ised in its oe6ieatiob dedication which, we
repeat, has not been permitted by Mr.. Field.
TEE PERMANENT WAY AND Coal BU.NING Loco
MOTIVE BDnESs or EUROPEAN RAILWAYS /:
with comparison of the working economy of
European AID American lines. and the principles
upon w cos improvement d must proceed Ss Ny Sy
York. Holcy Coiburn
The prominent fact OF this work-tbat American
railways aye badly built. badly worked, badly
managed. ana many Of them bad investments for
these very ressons-will be news 10 but few. The
details however are interesting and exhibit great
industry in their compilation. II is to be hoped that
the authors in showing up the glazing defects of
railroad system, here get forth, viii do something
toward reform. Tho authors were originally deputed
to proceed to Europe to compile report Tor few
railway companies, and were afterwards induced to
Il. &1.nN
while the first cost Of roadbeds and super&ructure
of European railways is but little greater, their
penses for maintenance Of way are but twoftths
that of this county. and their consumption of fuel
is less than co per cent Of the quantity here burned
The cause of this deplorable discrepancy is attri-
buted to the supersedre of deDgneers by men of
little ability, mere tyros in the business. simple
tools Of the directors and contractors who do as
they are told regardless of the ultimate uselessness
Of their work, the loss to the company,
the reputation Of the country or the dis
regard OF human life. The roads must be built quick
and cheap and instability and decay are the natu.
raj results. This work gives elaborate details of the
working OF all the prominent European lines, com
pairing them with the statistics Of American lines,
thus showing by facts and figures not only the vast
nferiority Of American lines, but the reasons why
and the places where the system is defective.
large portion of the work is devoted to elaborate
demonstrations Of the economy and utility of coal
burning engines, which. by the way, have been tho
roughly tested and found desirable on the Hud
son River road of this State. All the objections
which have as yet been offered agans. them are met
and answered sersati'n.
Carrying out the idea that the engineering and
,r.ohapical arrangements of our American lines arc
~. ,-'lv considered as yet the authors have
embesbeo their york With numerous ela ,orsss illus
tratons Of the various improvements from the T"
rail to the new coal burning engine. Besides iuaps
Of the railroads of England and of the coa1 regions
OF the United States there are beautiful lithognphic
cuts illustrating the construction Of foreign railways
the various descriptions of rails rail joints chairs
and sleepen, and apparatus for coal burning en-
gipes. Altogether the work is complete Ia its de-
tails and construction and appears 10 have been got
ten up without regard to expense. We subjon few
interesting extracts
thus the relative earnings and expenditures for the
railways Of Epe'and. France New York sni Gsssacha
sssss tor the ytars 1856 and 1865, were a. fooWs: