New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-15

1913 y9 ~
The amount paid for ebu ding and renewing ulvrts mason
%9s sSSn The was Sassd directly to
repairs difficult to keep the two account.
three land has been purchased near Esn at
Thee items Of course swell the account Of track repss be-
yond strictly legitimate footing and should be considered in
puns the the track has Been raised consider
able portion of re bassd Substantial dches have been
receive and readily disch. surface water he new
rails been uied post, placed in the curves The
entire track Is in excellent running order 80,
The number Of mi Of main track subject to repair during the
track udrg q miles Of idnss, &c the total
Of isck s5ss 20 The total mileage ncadlns 1890
miles by the trsns Of the G. B. O. n Go; between
nance Of way little less 81 per mil,
b, one 81 the sbtiy under the influence pa sing
load Itself upon 9 being , ses ,Sn,
stock TO this valuable elasticity the track should De
S dS had Se partially toseths should
The entire tack Of your road has been thus raised and sd
se important means OF obtaining elasticity
secure ends the rails where they aout sgnss each ohe
that the Joint may between aud rest directly on the
bis advantage have been We experimenting with
eye5 and hope to sse At NnsenS Of al tn, that
fail the ends. more periec; method oil is'ennsn
When road is recently built. and the materials composing
the track and uuworp, the depreciation oy wear AID
I few years expenses Of maintenance OF way
are small Al length the T0ek begins TO ie ana then
depreciation makes itself rapidly apparent nd the e1Pe es o.
lespDR the track largely and continually Increased unu
A. when the renewals seeP even Pte
with The depreciation This ct il equenty overlooked oy
those who the OF an old with those " ne"
road Al, -. ,oi,, .nd
Won can now calculate with certainty its from
wear 10 year make provision accordingly 10 Keep ne
hc In eooo order demands renewal eacn year Of ABOUT ten
rer cepm of entire material composing equa on your
oad 10 about rails and about o. VtO ties per enu
About Is Der iails will be OF ne" iron lH
ma nds re.roled from scrapiron an Ola oars as ney
are the track and will cot about nal tae price VI
iron -.,...tt- u..-o~ir. h.
time maintaining grows steadily less every
wa EXCEPT in those few places where sudden ana hesy
fehets Of damaged IT, the roadway OF your line Is
The works that have added the roadway he culyers
&c that built bare Of the mo permanent and sub
g,auta Ample waterway has In all cases been
allow ed. , 81, ,----.-... .z, H. 49,.
po ed and important repairs TO bridges &c refer you
10 the al estimates on hle IN tins ohce
The repair OF American railroads are ufeIy
the tact that during the hrst construction Oh tho
ckeupnets the desidefatu This IL one OF the
MANY cases which cheapneS hardly Do CONSIDERED He
economy The structures mostly temporary IN heh Guar
arer and in very few years generally need ene
renewal ano moreover the OF such renewals always
greater than would have been that Of similar structures erected
n the ne inning or be- kept clear and the trac
uninterrupted AID consequently inc LABOR IL uone
able disidVanta2e
hs works on tho your road rapidly approaching
Pt'A'"0N'' 01- WILLARD 8. POPE, Engineer