The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
Railroad Intelligence.

WI OOO over the same period in 1868
An engineering party left Brown
y vile for Newborn few days ago, an
on Wednesday commenced the surve
)" ola railroad route from the latter plat
. to Brownsville.
% A meeting was held at Quincy, Ill
. on the 9th by prominent citizens an
capitalists to organize a company t
. build railroad from Quincy to S
Louis, via Pittsfeld and White Hall.
Washington county ILL.,, on Satul
day last voted to subscribe two hundre
thousand dollars to the building of raj
road from Ashly to Eastern St. Loui
!. by a majority Of over 1900.
The earnings of the Louisville an
Nashville railroad and branches frou
passenger business for the month O
April were S7S,231 &c. The earning
for May are estimated at $751; 500. Th
freight earnings for April were S104,
093,l3.
! Railroad Officials in Russia are pun
ished soundly when accidents happier
their roads. The officers of the Koursl
and Kew Railroad upon which acct
dent happened some time ago were
imprisoned in proportion to their re-
s.. possibility,
Work is progressing on the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad with an
energy Of purpose that promises the
speedy completion of the enterprise.
The corps of engineers with General
Meade as chief, assisted by Mr.. Henry
West and Geo. ". Hughes, are beyond
Russelyille making good progress in
selecting the route.
The first locomotive used upon q
i"iii oaNt III VIC CHllcu OlalCS WIS llll-
ported from England the year 1929 1t
was built by Foster Rastrck& Co, of
Stourbrigde, and was run upon the rail
road of the Delaware and Hudson Ca
nal Company, from the mines oflIones-
dale, Penn, to the canal landing in the
summer Of 1929. There were several
railroads in this country in operation
with the use of locomotives before the
Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad
was built. Upon the latter the cars
were for some time drawn by horses,
after it was opened.
The Louisville Courier says The
recent Commercial Conventions of
Memphis and New Orleans passed les.
olutions in favor of constructing u di,
rect line along the route near the thir-
ty-second parallel, from South Allan
tic port to the Pacific, and likewise in
favor ofthe Memphis and Ell Paso route
as more northern prolongation ofthe
same line. We learn from the Bati- |
more Gazette that advices as late as the
10th of May last have been received
from Gen Fremont, who was then in
Paris stating that ten millions Of the
first mortgage bonds of the Memphis
and Ell Paso road have already been
sold in the Paris Bourse at $40 in gold
which is equal to SIP currency.
The power of Parliament over rail
ways, writes an American in England,
is indicated by the exquisite manner in
which they are run. They are built
very extravagantly, and yield nothing
to stockholders. The ordinary way
stations look like lodges to a country
gentleman's dwelling and the stations
in the city are more elegant than the
palaces Of her Majesty. 1t is q felony
70 cross track at station. If you
want to reach train on the other side,
you must either go over the bridge or
under the track. Officials in uniform
guard the gate, and no one is allowed
% enter the cars without ticket. For
. person to rifle in first class car who
has a second class ticket is a fraud pun
shablc by fine and Imprisonment. The
switches are called points. These are
carefully guarded. A room elevated on
all posts completely walled with glass,
5 assigned to the handles of switches.
N comfortable room, carpeted, and
II the winter warmed and wcll-lighted,
he man who tends the points has his
position. He can see in every direction
md there is no excuse if he does not
'ttend to his business. Elegant eat
ng rooms are connected with the sta
ions, and reasonable charges are re.
luired by the authorities. The trains
'ome in one side and 60 out the other.
Baggage is never checked. The tray
Ter must see his baggage on the the
an and if taken off at the wrong sta
ion which seldom happens, he has no
edress. A broad paved road is found .
n every station, where the cabs stand
n line. There is no noise, confusion
n solicitation on the part of cabmen. F.
IN your arrival the policemen asks {
'ou whether you will have q cab or
Iansom. The first cab in the line takes {