Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-06-22
Marrow VS.. Broad Gauge.

Narrow VS.. Broad uou6o'
mo question Of cheap railroads Is being
.,,l,,,..tI IN an parfs OF the country at pres
~, ,n1 nowhere with more interests than
IN he saginaw Valley. Mr.. Richard b.
O.horne. a distinguished Engineer and al
ura.ent resident of Baltimore, has Writ
Ten pamphlet on the subject OF Railways
furnishes much information in regard 70
the comparative advantages OF mario" ahu
broad gauge Roads. lie has been To-
connected with the English Railways
Mr.. o. SAYS experience mas iu' shown
very material advantages IN " ,or nj mar
row gauge Roads. and thinF ,hara i little
probability that oFoau -auges will long
continue the rule. i the question, rs
there any reason w the present gauge of
our iron hoahs, mould be adopted for our
future kailws.ysE be answers No" 1t
should here be understood that he CON
>iders four feet eight and a half inches n
wide gauge. We will briefly state few
of hi> points in the case. most of which he
>eeh> TO establish by facts and figures. 10
wit:
!. He holds that narrower gauge than
four feet eight and half inches will re-
duce the reproductive weight Of trains in
somewhat the same proportion A. the
gauge j lesSened. because less dimensions
Of iron and timber on the shorter span of
the narrow gauge will bear the same
weight a. the wider. He shows the I'M
productive weight 4 foot L. inch train
carrying ten tons of passengers. over )
loot train with same load. to be ~ tons
c.ual. with two trains each way per day
Z" a loss Of .3.iS tons per Year. which.
pnl Al the low price Of IL cents per ton
per mile for transportation at high rafc- Of
IA ill., aEa
A}4. Ii has been asserted that rs much A,
20 tons of unproductive weight are hauled
On our standard gauge. in passenger trains,
Tor each ton Of passengers. while III"
mount In the foregoing statement J. a. Ii
Ions Ia of paving weight.
>. In freight business. the difference j.
NOT less. since II j. found that in carving
AH tous OF paving load. the wider gauge
requires 245 tons dead weight against ! -
otis on the harrow gauge. OF l33 tons in
faNor of the latter. making a d1lcrence on
rains pcr day for one year on 100 mile. OF
1000 tons. and equal n cent per ton per
lnilc. 20 81 los of $1,000.
J. la examining the relative advantage
u the two gauge> 10 coal business Mr. o.
born finds that in yearly traffic of 0o0-
nno tons Of roal on railroad l0o miles
long 40 les than 100000 more OF dead
weight would BE- carried on the wild, than
on The narrow gauge resulting in differ
"ucc Of cost IN transportation OF - cents
Der ton. 81 $3.50 ,0tn on the wears business
4 W. find the economy In operating Tho
IWo h.uj> oi Road. - above -; forth. 90
re - ''4''"''
- @Ih u-. -. n NotA.As eApen-r' $3.50.
A,1.f. : - - al - s,.--. 80
~ 90" '''' yer 'i'1a'n OF
Total annual -asing s.ssa5i
~, = "4"iNaient 70 " pr cent on about
.hnu ,.,,,, -" :, TURNER
construction ami r1pnin., loo ,,,.- !,
dnnhio-frs,l ~ ,l,.. III, -. -.
So. fr.;p,.. ~ - on7 ,.s7 IL. -
inp. Of .lsa t,arr.,,, ,,.,,t1 H. :, d. -,
ausin.r s>na opa III A.. la. -
durin,, far fl,. ,.,-,,.- ,,,,l j -. -.
for m. l7ffer hur III 49,, Tx, \, ..r.f,.
FIN. i.l.li.i,i.,,, ~, ,,i,;i. ;lI,,.
road, COS; 80 r.r rom -, 49,. ,,...,.,r-,
iur. 10 ou.ra,. and r..,,,r,, IA 800, ,.,,,, J.
M, rrvenu, ,i,,. narr,,,,., -. ,.,,, -.
worked At co,t ~ !, p,.r go, and ,,-iu
Weld 40 Der cent. Of rh. ,,r,.. r,.,,.,,,,.. 49,,
the net income.
The following may H.. ,,L.,, SD. ,I,.. ,..,,,-
narrative ,-...f - ~ - 4 al,
trrI m. r-ahal,l.. -. .riI
-, '" IL 'i'
nan. ,..,,>. ,,...,.,., -.
N''7 49, i>' II ii\" rel uNINT
'''' ''i'''i"fH ''AuS".
.'sS s,, i'er m l. and Paving 70 Ter cent.
, 49, III .a..e sIi rall HE l'cr '"ut
- zoo per mile ami I,a,trr rcr,.st
ON IN. rbrc, ro,,, ,.,.,.,.
wori, III,
Would ea,i "a 90 snd IA, i IL zen,
W,olil cost $500 AMI Ia, IS i.rr -~rt
y 40 ami nay p uer cent.
~, 'i> y ! na'
,H'-"t ~ ''ie ff'V'' 'il' ~ "''i - ~
hH'-t ''N'6uI9 kav. ir -. -, ~"
ntn 900 of money. enough. - -, - -,
miles OF Hsl7 E0dd on The narrow gauge,
winch would meet the demands of every
par 81 the country how needing the iaciii-
he "i transportation.
Nj. Osborn does not eXpec; change in
'hr gauges ot thr present trunk line h,.-
tween The East aud West. He doe, not
iaN"r gauges OF le>, than three feet, which
ne regards A. nearest perfection lie
closes hi> statement with . showing II
results in England. He gives five Road
maj Twenty-Five Years ago paid 10 per
'rhi-. that j. before the operating rx-
T'eh>"- began 70 ten against them. to-wit /.
Great Western. : foot. paid q per cent