Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-03

En4o1oh ~. Amer1con Daa1rooAs.
NJ. Moses Y. Beach, sfths New York
Ssn, who 10 now in Essope, thinks Ansri>
can railroads do me- compare very favossbly
with those in England. He Gays:
We have stood still comparatively these
twenty years in railroad affairs, and hence,
from being frs, are now il the q nd rank
The Englishman sticks to his compartment
cars, but adds 10 the number Of compart-
ment 10 each car, until, on the newest roads
the length Of the car fully equals the Amer
lean. Then his system Of rigid attachment
Of cars produces 4 steadiness Of motion
much TO be preferred over cur Jerking RAJ
tietrsps. But, perhaps, the most striking
change il in the mode Of taking water
What thing you OF running tram Of n doz-
en- cars 200 miles or more, in five hours aud
without o stop Of any kind? The thing IL
done here A sufiicieney Of coal for fuel 10
easily provided Of course, and only necessi-
Eating the carriage Of . few pounds extra
weight The water is taken up once in some
20 miles. without the slightest delay, BY a
simple contrivancc, cute enough to have or
iginased in Yankee brain, il il did not. A
trough ha.f mile long, one foot vide and
four inches deep, made out of cast iron, j.
placed between the rails and filed with va
ter A the train passes over this trough
one end Of pipe reaching forward from the
tender Is lowered into tie water. The mo
lion Of the train forces the water up the pipe
into the tender and the thing Is done. My
description may not convey the idea to =
non mechanical mind, but those who have
bailed out leaky boats With u scoop. as often
% you have done, will understand this meth
| Cd Of ..scoOping" water for the locomotive.
With Us the same plan would answer for Il
king up small anthracite coal as well 40 wa>
ter do not doubt, 90 that We might run
trains across the continen, without stop, il
that were desirable.
WONDERS o. GRgAr SALr LAKs-Prcu.
LrAx BuoYAsCY OF irs WArgRs.-All trav.
eiers. writes . correspondent, hsve men
toned vith astonishment the peculiar buoy
ancy Of the water oC Great Salt Lake. and
it is truly surprising. No danger of ship
wreck need ever cross the mind Of those
who navigate the lake, for it would be sims
ply impo ,sible for them to sink II thrown
ovsrboasl. With my hands claspsd TO,
| gcther under my head and my feet crossed
I floated on the verv surface Of the lake
with Al least one-thitd Of my body above
the wa'er. Upon n warm summers day
there would not be the slightest difficulty
in going TO sleep upon the lake, and allow.
ing yourself TO be blown about ~ the wind
permitted; only one would need an um
brcla TO keep Cd the rays Of the sun.
II has been stated that three buckets o.
this water will yield one bucket Of solid
alt but, inasMuch ~ water will not hold
above twenty five per cent. Of saline mattel
in solution, and. II more be added, II is IN
stantly deposited upon the bottom, this es
innate y q course, too large. On inquirinl
Of the Mermons engaged In procuring salt
they unanimously stated that, for ever,
nvs buckets sf water, they obtained on,
bucket Of salt. which gives the proportion
- no less than twenty Per cent. No visitor
10 the lake ahould omit the bath the sens
alton in The water 10 most luxurious, an,
leads one 10 think himself floating in tn,
cir. On the way back to the city il will b,
o. we'll for the rather 70 stop At enc superl
sulphur baths just outside the town, an,
remove the aaaiae inesustaAions which hav
formed - hso, BY . plunge into the An
swimming bath whose only objection is Il
peculiar odse asd ID great heat, which re
quires hrge sdmixture OF cold water.