Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-07

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opened 90 that stone esh be transported thereof.
Mat ~ good stone be too remote, then hard-
burned bricks or wooden trestle-vork may 70
adopted. Tho wood to be Of tho msst durable
character the eouatry will afford, aud the wood
or bricks o b ryPissea w ttons when that ma
tsrisi can be conveyed eonveniently BY rail-.
Bridges Of stone, or iron, or wood, (sueh @ the
Rowe trur., or other isqaally good sirustare,D
shoald be used. n The discretion ofthe eompapJ'
| Afaiiroad cannot be eoasfdered complete until
u IL wsli ibailssted. 4 n composed Of gravel oy
broken stone, 10 should be from n TO n inehea
tAist, depending on The lowsr mstsriai In
view Of the settling Of new enabantments which
requires hms and rains before ballsssing can be
properly placed, aed also In view Of the number
| Of miles required BY the law 70 DO eonstrueted
annuslly, the perfect anish Of the rosd-bed In
this respect mus, be progressive and the work Of
tine. Yet n IL the opinion Of the Board that
such work Of perfestipg the ballast must proceed
a. usual on hrst-slass. railroads, otherwise sub
sequsnt sections should not be accepted, because
the whole work 10 not then being carried Tor
ward q, great Psolne railroad, such As the law
eontsmplatss. -.a.n.aW mral .ta1aas %
Oak, or other suitable timber sbould be used,
xh.,a a -, n. obt,i.ed with reasonable trans.
,o,,.,o, vivian ,,,h timber cannot be had foi
All N. t.s al Reasonable oo.t, then the best III,
e,unt,v .sord. NAV be adopted: but ~ n b,
o,t,o. vood ar similar son material, Il must b,
B,rn..t,.ed or Ky.nir.A thoroughly, 90 ~ 70 In
orsss. II. durability. But In all cases the Join
tie should be Of oak, or other suitable timber, III.
batter 10 hold the spikes at these points. Their
.h..,d n. Al les.t a 400 ties 10 the mile They
.houid Ia fact long. sinches thick, and, II hswp,
sinohs, ON the face T; II sawed, they should be no
I.., tb.o A inches vide, and not less than 24o,
psr mile, or such number as will have the sam
s..r,,g surf.oe, provided that II any sawed tie
have been already delivered or contracted for.
i only = inches vide, they may be laid down. .r
| -.r.E ran.-f q RAILa. H. 90 ..l slaFr.f
These are 10 be Of Amsricsn iron, Is requires
hx law AZ ina best quality, aud should weigl
| .ixty uouads 10 the yard. Bat In consideration
Of the great cost of-transportation from the pres
an, iocstion az rolling miils, TO the remote sec
tons Of his road, iron may be adopted whiel
vsiyb. only any six pounds 10 the yard. II
mountain districts, however, where heavier en-
gines will be used, not less than sirty.pount
| T.Ils .hoo,d be adopted provided that n any o
ths eomp.Dies have ON hand or in transitu, o.
/ sont,aoted FOR any rails Of different weight from
th.t bsreiu specined, and not under nity pound
ma, ysrd. suoh rails may DO used. Tho rail-
.ho,;a n. attached IN eaeh tie BY spikes driver
4 an MN ,,as. N thu rail A, the nearest approx
,,..,I,, IA t. oo.,,nuous rail the 40 called Fish
-, 4. n,o,.,raa , nd reeom meudsd but II foun,
l,h., a, Iii ,etsrd the progress Of the work, tn
,om,,o, Ims,,ean wrought iron chair may b,
u,ed