The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-29

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passenger system greatly for the bet
ter. Tho best breadth Of car for the S
three foot gauge is considered by eX-
perts in the science of strailrOadlng" to
be seven feet. The present passenger
cars vary from eight to ten feet in
width. Seven feet is the ordinary
width of the English railway coaches.
Let Americans not be startled when
we propose to adopt the latter plan un-
der some material notifications. 1t Is
time we had an improvement on our
comfortless, dusty, and unhealthy cars.
1t is proposed to introduce on to the
narrow w-gaugc lines cars seven lee.
wide and forty-eight feet long, divided
into eight, commitments, the two end
ones to be six and 8: half feet each, ana
to be fitted for saloons for ladies ana
gentlemen, and tho six other compart-
ments to be five feet each, for general
use. One of the saloons to be eNcitl-
sively for ladies, the other exclusively
| for gentlemen. Ladies with children,
or invalid or ailing gentlemen, can
take seats in their respective saloons
before starting, and Others can visit
them ut stopping places. Thus we
shall retain what we, III America, con-
slider an Indispensable necessity.
The entrance to the compartments
will be side doors, all on one side to be
opened and shut by Il single crank or
lever, worked by the conductor or |
porter either from the inside. The |
same method of signalling the engine
driver as we now have to be retained, |
and that tickets in all cases to be pur- |
chased before entering the cars, and
collected either before leaving or at a
door or gate, as is now done on some
of our roads, and as is universal in
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7 lose and what we shall gain by this
5 innovation in our railway carriages
First: We shall secure exemption from
the often intolerablc nuisance of the
f continual opening and slamming OF
: doors by brakemen, conductors, and
: restless passengers who lnfest every
, train and every car. We shall have
!. less dust and fewer cinders. from the
i engine flying through the length and
n bredth ofthe cars, and comparative free
y dom from draughts of air caused by the
d aforesaid opening and shutting of
e doors, and the additional accompani-
T. ment of your neighbor on having your
l. or his window opened or closed, when
+, all the others want it otherwise. Noun
10 compartment being warmed and ven
/, tilated by the great Improvement Ono
~ adopted by our slow and totally inditf
he erent railway managers) OF conductn.
i'll hot air or steam through pipes, yo'
at will not be alternately roasted and fro
he zen by the abominable stoves ut eac]
~ end of the car, which are always eithe
he red hot or out altogether. The prcsen
it unsafe plan of 'Fbrcaking up' the spec
,Ss of trains will have to give way to tn
ST. more effective method of the Stean
brake, which operates instantaneous!
es by the cng;nc-drivcr, who is nlway
Ot the best Judge of the emergency for 1T
IL use. The danger of being burnt Il
ng death, in cases of accident, by th
II, stoves setting fire to the cars, Will b
lg diminished, and their will be freedom
ill from the assaults of gangs of picl<pocl<
is cts who infest and ply their trade il
he the long aislcs of our present cars, whicl
q. seems admirably adapted for the pro
ld fcssiOn Last, though not least, TIN
is propOscd plan will enable us to sea
of comfortably ut least as many person
We in IL car of given length is can be don
cs on the wider ears of the wider gauges
ld This comes from cconomzing the larg
3 amount of room wasted in tho lon
ny aisle between the ends of the seats AM
he the end platforms. A forty-threc foo
car, with eight compartments eac
rr seating eight, will carry sixty-four pei
SONS; whereas to seat us many i'll
broad-gauge car nine feet wide, wit
~, -" the projecting platforms, and saloon
-, and Stove-rOom, requires sixty fc'
'il length. The latter will weigh at lea
double the former. Hence il follow
10 that by adopting the proposed gaut
~" and style of cars there is q gain in tt
-; capacity of the narrow in cOmparist
w.. with the broad-gaugc.-
n; Now, what are the drawbacks
M Only one have we heard mcntione
',,, 1t prevents restless people from strctc
,n;, ing their legs, by prOmcnading t
~ cars, and from airing themselves at
,a, doors to the annoyance of all the otf
. NV inmates of the car. That is about {:
II docs not abolish the Slceping-car,
W w. the plan recommended admits OF
~, applicatiOnS of berthS across the car,
. ,I Llengthwisc of the compartment. 4
palacc ears will no longer be needed
every car will secure the privacy Il
comfort claimed for them.
The only objection yet urged aSai
'ir' the narrow gauge for our new rIalW;
mes. is the cost of transferring freight.
st of this the Massachusetts committee hi
both ably replied The loss of time, tf
ock, saw, is very inconsiderablc, and GO
lly II cost, only ten cents IL ton, when,
the yidcd over a road ten miles long, Wo
, be amount to one cent Il ton per mn
ling But lthc practice is to spread
But charge over the whole distance haul
10 of If we suppose this to be ScNcnty-i
I the miles, it will only amount to one {
It of one-third mill" The committee 5
with rests the use of cranes to tranfcr the
AS bodies CONSTRUCTED of course with I
tion- obiect) from one set Of platform cars
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