The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-16
CHEAP RAILROADS.
The locomotive on Wooden Rails,

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From the Vest Virginia N5nltor.i
The following communication, frou 8
reuI.smaa vel known A. oce 1t the
most Ingenious and e1terPr's51G ma
chine builders q the State. derive u1ra
ia interest from the actually q the
imrortaat lre=ri30. Of which j; -GE:esr.
4 solution The te7e.0puen; OF our
seemingly inaccessible ;.m5ecet aat
uin.-s. anI.. Should the plaa pro-
ccsei tv The v-:-e- turn out Il pact
ca. a. or0'essiora. jlGyes esteem It to
be. the enhancement 0f properties
hitherto valIe,ess On account 81 Their
remotenes- ron market wi. AID MI
l.3rs % the wealth OF ;ae STATE, AMI
rel. ze :.yrrunes .0c 4 ,ar-e c.a=s OF and
hoife-s whose Inevitable prospect here
,ofcre, W. 10 J.. = :.=com 0rt aat
poverty
CLAszsBCaG, Wgsr VIRGINIA.
EEar f E-sa T-Irylntt In.:3r
Ia tL.s great ,iuoe- aai mining
-eg-0n OF ours. there = "a apiiy arising L
aseG Tor snort Ines Of cLsap railroad
win suitable cars and motive power u
;h-4ad Up the valleys and through the
yorLes connecting them With the great
ines aow ua:e. makn-, o. 10 CCEIeCI-
plac.oa. more especially ara they te-
uaai.t bg :le .Iu5~- ,1--cs=t. Hich
uia.l- localities. SUCH a. E0CalO an
t.e sx-ra0rt.Harv AspLa.,rn mines
Mar Cairo. can atf5ri - bG..t :a.l:0a:.
with i-cn rack. but VITA .IIoec men.
ever .l!.t:n- a. the timber = cut from
them =uca expense : n0t 70 5e thought
g. AMI i. a. 81 the cmcer within
vag9rlag ii-tance Of the great .ines
viii be soon cut IF bv the last stT
mills Of modern construction, some
means must te ai0ptsi 70 reach the
um5er I. H., - even twenty mite - on
eI.ae. side.
Some ten 7ea-- since. The writer Of
tnis con-trIccet few m..-s 5- wooden
tram Eav. and pQ: % & cacs oaie With
dar -e= OF :ae Ease.s working QGc-'te OF
;ae raj. 'eavin- slcu AK. tcee 70
adil-, ..se. a. --l; angles with the
raj. Tbs allowed ,he cacs 10 7Tn a.
sa.I'v around an7 .Gacp curves a. 90
s;ra;yhr Iiues neither iit the aanges
press against OF abraie the sides Of the
rail-: aai II VI. t0u1i that this change
OF the iause from tie inside 10 the
outside diminished the tendency Ut the
Wheel. 10 yet OF the track. By ten told.
In fact. properly constructed car with
Htnres outside. can scarcely oe made t.
ret OF the track, even though L 0e very
uneven.
The SUCCESS Of ch!s line ca1:ei the
ofq1ce Huuoer OF Ines,
rom one 70 i've miles .0r- On the :ame
Or, aciple. aui vi;a similar results Il
,b;s vicinity. AL OF these rQais a-e
oCera:si by horse power, ani they have
y-ven the n .is using them 4 very
marked aivlnra-s. IN 4 business point OF
view. over those without them. These
-oa,;s cost $40 % S+JO per mile, Eherea.
-rn -oas!s cost rom 5000 % sjU0CU
De- nile. The question now arises,
cannot steam be applied a. 4 propeiI.ny
Doxer On those cheap roads.
saw logs Weighing two tons are
/ habituaIlv transferred 01 them, El;hog;
injury TO the rails, aai this % cars Of
o6Iv iocr wheels. Locomotives can be
made weighing abou: 800 .b=. on eight
vlsejs ftro i-i7erS sud two plots %
zach zide) Ecica VII notbe 20 ha-i %
rhs Track a. on The cars u0T 1set, a1t
have about iteen horse power, and
i-as 4 raiu OF cars 81 from i've 20
,.vsu miles per hour Tbs engine would
cost say $500, Or Iess than the horses
i -eCrsseuts. and would readily aace1i
y-a;es OF 2DO feet TO the nile; aad
sp.cisl apparatas would taxe II qp
y-s.ies Of ten tegrsss by i;s own acciou.
The ditsreuce IN the cost OF running
horse anf steam roa:= nav be Judged
rom the fact that Z costs he Hudson
River railroad Sc much 70 deliver ia
cas- shout the city OF New York by
horse power a. it ioes to briug nom
Albany lover lo0 niles B! steam
poSer-
Imagine the cost OF taking 4 single
t-aia rom Pa-kerzbQrg 70 Baltimore b.
horse power, aad you ca1 form 81
idsa
The traction OF the wheels is greater
over wood than 90 ron, except n vet
Or &c! weather, and cur ca sspesE woods,
beech snj sugar tree make the best
rails. These rnads are renewed 81 SIM
ply mailing lath On so2 OF them .nf
sork as vel a. new
A locomotive becomes 3 stauouary