Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-21

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yill specially intsssot nany ef or readsss.
M s6Q1niuo" ombeacss lAithfal end
eooelos lsvisw q RaSlread history hon the
w. inslpisney Of railroad setsspuss in
Do5opo cd Anssin te the present. tios-
Qnedng the opinions Of the most eminent
SnGfnesfs and practical Railroad men -
bo1A countries. 6o demonstsass the advan.
>neao q ~ dimes univssual marrow guA8s
q 6e1 inches, 10 point 81 economy In so0>
stsus(ion cost Of working" speed in tran
IL, end the vsey impeetAnt iso&ure ef sals-
q. After giving he early history Of the
lsedine Rallroeds in Greet Bsitaie, Justies
Red Gays:
"This continent wss pro6tsd BY the
deer bought knowlsdgs end sxpseisnee Of
england, and France, Belgium, the Ger.
manic States and Italy have adopted The
uniform narrow guags Of 661 inches"
In regard 70 the carrying capacity Of The
Pennsylvania Railroad, the superiority Of
the road, and efficiency ofits gencsal man
ageosnt, Justice Read says:
'1It connects WITH Cincinnati By the Stu.
bsnville route, crossing the Ohio BY one Of
he most extensive end magnificent iron
bridges in the world end BY other roads
With Cleveland, Chicago, st. Louis and the
great West. Thus the great trade Of the
vest passes into the two great cities Of the
0tats, Pittsbure and Philadslphis, and
thsnes, BY the connecting railroad now
now building, the Philadelphia sad Trsu.
ton, and Sefsey roads TO New York, With
out aay transhipmsnt whAtsvss.
s.But during TIE lsts rstsllion, The Penr-
sylvania Railroad became the great route
for the transportation Of tsoops and MUM
Ions to and from the West aud Southwest,
and upon three days notice, could have fur
niahed ct Philadelphia, Baltimore or Pitts
burgh, accommoda tons and oars for TIE
transportation u an army Of 10000 men
nom one point TO the other in twenty four
hours. with Ill their equipments and mu-
nitions Of war"
Besides the transportation Of the heavy
guns manufactured at Fort Pitt works, they
carried the big 20 inch gun, twenty five
feet long, weighing l10, 400 pounds, throw
ing solid shot Of 1000 pounds on cars
apeeiAlly Constructed for the purpose by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, over
their road to Harrisburg GAS miles, and
thence to the Lebanon Valley, East Penn
syivania, Lshigh Valley, and New Jersey
Central Roads 70 Elisabethport, New Jer-
tsy. total distance Of 40 miles, without
change or trans shipment, or break Of
gauge"
Again, in considering the subject Of
s'gauge," Judge Read says:
''In considering the evils Of break OF
gauge, We not only have the positive evi
dsnce Of our senses, but the opion Of very
able gentleman, former President Of one
Of the defendants: The immense and deci
ded superiority said he of the Sunbury
and Erie route over the others in conse
quence Of its freedom from the xecsssity o.
.fts9ssent traRssAipmsnts, will not be sufi
GENTLY appreciated by those not familiar
with railroad cratic and if change Of one
ton Of merchandise from one car to another
isabout equal to transporting It fifty miles, y
what would be its practical effects upon .
ton Of coal.
'The act of Congress Of the Sd Of March,
1868, ito establish the gauge Of the Pacifit
Railroad and its branches, has enacted,
''That the gauge Of the Pacific Railroad, and
IT, branches throughout their whole ex
tent ftun the Pacific coast to the Missouri
shall b and hereby il established At foul
fset eight and one.half inches," most wis,
and prudent measure, which should be fol-
lowed BY the States and the General Gov
eminent in sanctioning any futuse railroads
and the exceptional gauge Of TOUR feet ter
inches, should be reduced to the standard
gauge Of the country. The advantage Of .
uniform gauge, such a. Of the Pacific Rail
road, over abe whole Of the United States
would be incalculable, both in peace and
var, - the same locomotives and cars could
be used on every road in the Union. csn-
not understand how . six feet gauge road
running through our State and crossing
narrow gauge road with which it mechani
cally cannot canncct, can be called a con
meeting road. l am therefore Of opinio,
that the Atlantic and Great Western Rail
road Company, and the g Atavissa Railroa,
Company arc not Id. .ectlv, or BY means 0
intervening railro' ads. connected with eacl
o ~ IT, ano, o. course, that their agreement
" 'ae 1870 November, 1866, is entirely
On' .ormity Of gauge proposes the sam
~ antAges g the interchangeable Spring
rield nusket, each part Of which will hit an,
musket manufactured for years back-wit
one uniform gauge, the same locomotlv
end car could be run upon every road /
eur country"
As the reader has already inferred. tn
decision was rendered in favor Of the Penn
oylvaniA Railroad, for reasons ably Sc
forth.
There are one or two other matter
brought TO light in Justice Reads opinion
which we cannot pass by without remark
At meeting Of the London Board Of Con
troll, embracing the bond and shareholders
il was stated by the President Of the Boars
that { inasmuch Is the Atlantic and Grea
Western was being built by English capita
and controlled in London.) IL felt it my
duty when took the position of chairman
Of the London Board Of Control to requir'
certain things to be done. The first wa
that al money should b sent ocer TO London
that we might know what We carned-tha
10 forty per cent of the receipts"
At . meeting Of the same Board Of Con-
troll in November, An earnest appeal wa.
made in favor Of emigration to the far West
''as their traffic would be increased by ad
dition to the population. The more Eng
lish people over there Ito America) the bet
ter. Erery Englishman i a Aission
WY Of Free Trade"
The conclusions arrived are, that Will
the Pennsylvania Central is q first class
through passenger and freight route, une-
qualed on this continent; in its CONSTRUCT
ton, equipment, management or capacity
- shown BY its several annual reports o
earning - compared with competing linet
-eminsntly IN Amsrican Romts-thc At
lantie and Great Western is . moncre
route, made up Of different gauges, owne,
end eentsolledby English capitalists, VII,
insist that the earnings shall be sent I
London, s,d that the managers are Ere
me-