Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-21
PlYBTTBTLLB TENNESSEE :sg Thursday NOVEMBER 2L K2

3 interest. The speaker gave fact
J TO show that manufacturing coul'
not be done successiully, whel
, coal cost over ten cents per bush
; ell. It had been urged by som,
that railroads wouldn't pay be
I cause some rods completed on the
breaking out Of a great war haG
mot paid.
The Decatur road in spite of
the war will pay six per cent
: next year and thereafter. But a
man might as well refuse to trade
in mules any more because he lost
a horse during the war, or decline
to build a house because the che
he was just finishing was destroy ed
by the war. He could point to
one road in Georgia the stock Of
which was worth 81 25. Coium-
bia property is worth $1,000, 600,
and if she would take 100000
worth Of stock her property would
would soon be valued at S2,000,-
900. Twenty years ago Jackson
was small place, and though in
a poorer county, was worth $780,
600 more than Columbia, to day,
apd is rapidly improving
COST OF MARROW GAUGE.
The most costly narrow gauge in
America was the one built by Mr.
Payson, which cost $4,000 per
mile. He said he expected to do a
big business and used iron which
weighed forty pounds to the yard.
The Denver city and Rio Grande
road, 500 miles long, will cost
.Sl3 500 a mile; ard from Helena
to Little Rock $4,000 per mile )
and one leading FROM Ripley cost
50 600 per mile.
Advantages OF harrow gauge
railroads are caused by tbeir cheap
construction, their capacity toI
carry as much freight and as many
passengers at greatly reduced rates
with 50 much less operating ex
penses. their greater safety, es-
pecially in passing over bridges
and trestles, on account OF their
lighter locomotives aud cars.
Their capacity is equal to any
broad gauge roads.
Mr., Greenwood, general mana
ger of the Denver & Rio Grande
road, which is running $50 miles,
says she has no hesitation in de
claring it fully equal to any broad
gauge road
The Festiniog road, though on
ly l5a miles long, carried, in one
year 100000 tons OF freight at
one-third OF one per cent per ton,
passengers at one cent
per mile. This is more than is
done on any broad gauge road IN
Tennessee.
Iu hauling cotton the broad
gauge road will carry 270,000}
pounds in uncompressed bales in
25 cars, the whole weight of the
train 732. 500 pounds. The mar
row will carry the same amount
of cotton, 100000 pounds in 36 {
cars, whole weight of train 542,-
900 pounds, making a difference
in favor of the narrow gauge
10000 pounds.
In hauling cattle a narrow gauge {
car weighing 5000 pounds, will {
carry nine head, and car on the I
Kansas Pacific (broad gauge, t
$4,000 pounds will only
carry IA head, making difference {
Of 397 pounds to each head, or I
B 1878 pounds, or in train of
:wenty cars, II ,460 pounds in fa !
vor of the narrow gauge. "Prom- c
nent stock men now say that they t
would prefer to send their stock t
10 market in such cars as the /
Denver & Rio Grande furnish, be- /
cause it does not put SO many to- t
,ether, and that the danger of e
,sttIe getting down is much less, '
While they can be fed and attend, !
ID to much BETTER ~
In carrying passengers on the !
road it requires a r
rain weighing l42s tons to carry c
2l3 passengers, whilst the same
1umber of passengers can be car. t
led on the Denver & Rio Grande, i
With as much comfort on rain Z
only Gil TONS BY in-l a
;reasihg the number of cars on o
he narrow gauge, you can make r
be passengers much more com. II
and still have less weight 2
han on a broad gauge. a |
Mr., Greenwood says: "as to 5
liability to accidents,ne could give n
hem no information on that point, .
. no accident had occurred since s
he road had commenced running" Il
The passenger coaches are lighter, n
un nearer the rails, have less os 0
illating motion, and are there !
ore much safer, and can be madel /
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