, 1864-01-27

Insufficient ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Wanted--The Dummy Engine.
STEAM On CITY RAILWAYS

Ihough cars arc run more frequently on the road
this season than eyer before, the demand is no
supplied. In majority Of the cars that pass tt
and FRO morning and evening, there arc as mauJ
persons compelled to stand up as can be supplied
| With seats, and In some instances car that viii
aeat but twenty~tonr is loaded down with fl1y o,
sixty passengers-the cars crowded 80 that 1t II
impossible for passenger to get IN or out
The public fs Of the opinion that that the com
panles who hold the exclusive right for running
passenger trains through the streets, should, In
some way, provide better facilities for passengers
should more fully accommodate the public But
how this is to be done, Is the question under dis.
cusslon. The companies are each increasing the
number of cars BY adding new ones every few
weeks. but this does not appear to remedy the DIFF
dculty. Every month new tenements are spring.
ing up IN the outskirts Of the city. People are
| taking advantage OF this cheap mode Of commuui.
cation BY purchasing buildings or renting resi-.
dencaa farther and farther out along the street
railway lines. because rents and taxes are lower.
ss1se E 1gaan qn hs
Many OF the business men who travel over these
routee, morning and evening, reside from two to
requires Of them nom thirty to foft5 ye minates %
ta. eaen Nay: Aencc he man Who resides more than
two and ID ~. hat niles f1om the depot spends up
CARS talowtng ten hours per day) or GIL hoasy per
I'VE notice that in the East the public .re i,e.
mandinga more speedy mode Of transportation
along the streets, and already the city authorities
and Legislatures are moving Ii the matter Of adopt
dcimen whether the demand Of our citizens ln he
G SSme direction are net worthy Of consideration.
ah 3a0g e eSSnssDs Ss snsss from r. as @
York Legislature, will show the estimation In
weSa this nnRa %fe. he'd heta r. tho Ess,
Ra4e n. to 70
the few. In this instance, however, no such ques-
tion arises for our consideration. That tie Dun
expeditions. and economical than. horses, nd
longer adtnits Of dispute. Your committee have
carefully and patiently examined their practical
Railroad. Entertaining tie natural prejadices
aga9st the gse q steam power, they wefc not PIE
bun%s Eas Il s s5s On
mand Of its opesator believe 1t less likely to do
i1u1y to Rs5son Ss and property than ne ordinary
aauestlon Of time when the dummy car shall en-
ti1e}y supereede horses On all city railroads. Il
We also ind the following language In the Re-
port ofthe Committee Of the Common Council Of
Brooklyn: 1.-THE Committee consider the Dummy
Engine they hare seen and examined wonderful
piece Of mechanical ek and that In point Of safe
t., comfort and economy, ia much superioseto
those Of the horse cars now in use for conveying
passengers, and that 1t s very probable It will ul-
timate1y supercede them, even in the most crowd
ed thofpughhrea.'' 'r
The Scientific AasrIc1a In speaking Of the trial
OF the application Of dummies instead Of the little
horse cara on the Philadelphia and F1aukford
Railway {aix miles IN length. says OF the trial:
'sThey succeeded admirably. Up hill and down
they ran with the same ease as on direct track.
The shortest curves were turned without difficulty
peHenced II staring: The usual time between
,hs s I'D IA p s Ppatss P.p e. The
ihan the present carr, and are heated By pipes eet
In the loor, under the feet Of the passengers An
alarm belll j. stationed o. top p tie engine. Tho
builsiae:S s' pAe'1' s'Ap''' '4ss' anu 1'Fs 'f'
From the above, those who live at the outer |
limit Of elther OF or four lines Of city railway,
and are obliged to consume forty-hye minutes IN
making the trip, would make the game distance In
nineteen minutes. Another advantage which the |
city railway & mpanies will not fail to zee, and
which the public wouId appreciate, would be the |
additional facilitea furnished for Transporting
lnrge number Of passengers at given time, when |
there is ''a rush :" We believe the plan Of the |
railway managers is to adapt themselves to the \
medium want Of the public. During the dag. my |
from to Il, and from 2 to o'clock, il twenty fve
care wond supply the demand, and II forty are re-
CURED morning and evening, they would probably /
prepare to run thirty or thirty-dve cars. Should
they run enough cars in the morning to bring All
to the city who wish to come about the same time,
and to return them in the evening, they must run
say ten extra cars, requiring ten conductors, ten
drivers, and twenty extra horses, at least Now
II the dummy engines were in use two or three Of
the present cars could be attached, and thus an
ever this most urgent demand juEt at the time |
when people are most impatient for car, and that
too, without any extra expeuse.
is natural that the pablc should be disttustfnl
Of any new infringement upon the old order Of
things, which they DO not understand This was
M few yesra sSc, 6f tho
sity Aldermen Tss mobbed BY the masses because
stead Of the old hand-en9tnes, Now the tables
ara tufned-the public Of Chicago would % soon
to ttsk T their properly @ W under the Sd handeneins
tRs people ean sec and resfze tie Advantages pos-
&C. & as Rs@ + E9s e Tn
We suggest to the City Fathers the propfiety Of
GoRttG IS. e 14ag5s'
upon cur city railways, u not upon those In the
most th1onged thoronehfares, 1t least upon tho
lines from about midway to the extreme outer
limits.
We understood that the North Chicago Railway
Company hare purchased ties and Iron, and made
thee for s1Mtendng T. ther tFsck
Cemetery VII be forbidden, and more remota
the Livery e3Penae of attending funerals is quite
Q! 4nelf line Will be great public con-
sentence. We trust the city authorities will
duce dummies upon that extension: as
u that way three Or more cars conld be coupled
together, and the family and friends uumberinp
[fom fifty to seventy-1ve be convened cheapiy nna
1t any required rate ofspeed to and from the ceme.
terry in the Bame train. =
Let the claims Of the dummy engines be InyestI-
gated, and the demands Of the public considered. |
HONE FOR THE FR1EsD1Ess.-The Board
If Managers OF the Home for the Friend1ess are
equested to meet at the Home this afternoon, at
o'clock. A full attendance is requested.
The following officers h4ye been elected for the
snsuing year:
HtsJdeas- Jonathan Burr.
Nx PsEhdent-William Blair.
Setfkt6ST-J- B. Wright.
1rsasuTtT-N. B. Kiddet.
Members of the Board chosen from the civ at
atge are:
hss: T. E 9. Nad NMaadsworth, A5s. 7. u. Avery,
!. - y flames, !" James Latmop,
=. a: 3. Hoee, s' Caleb Ma1Ean.
s ss Y. Il. Brown, ss Robert Bo1d.
" =. Van Il. Higgins, D. p. Livermo.e,
Lyman Baird, 81 F. D Gray.
The following ats the representatives from the
hurches, as far az thelis has been completed:
8rs- Dr.. Andrews, Mrs. r. Culver,
- s. Sexton, y ]. e. Tuttle,
" N. G. Clarke, - Era Brown,
=" T. s. Dickerson, y Wm. z. Doggett,
:. Edward Ely. I" =. ". Keith, T..
Il Charles Harmon, " 8. b. HagGasd,
G. B. Sawyer, Miss E Bliss,
:. 6eo 4; Gibbs, ~. ~ May Garter,