The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-12-21
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On Sunday, without the slightest delay, of
the passenger trains, shs gauge Of the Grand
Trunk Railroad, from Sarnis TO Buffalo, .
distance of los sailes, was changed from the
wids TO the nasrow--s work never before
accomplished Of attempted. Mr. G. Bridges
the managing director Of the rosd, informed
our reporter yesterday that soms mouths
since It was decided to change the gauge Of
the road, expertsooe having proves the
narrow gauge 70 be the best In oil aspects.
Besides nearly oil the connections Of this
rosd, especially those In New England, are
narrow gauge, and this change will obyiate
much Of the heretofore pecssssry delay and
trouble Of trans.shipmeut or change Of car
gauge.
Once decided upon, this change and the
preparations commenced In sarnsst. At the
car shops large force of men wss Sc. to
work manufacturing narrow>gau9e cars,
and already 600 freight and ten passenger
cars have been completed. These win be
used on the Buffalo line, and the passenger
train that left this city last evening Wa
composed Of portion OF these ten passen.
ger coaches. A sufficient number Of narrow
gauge locomotives have also been procured
to operate the road from this city to Buffalo.
In fact this road 10 now Usually we'll sup.
piled with rolling stock, most Of which Il
entirely new. sTe" "at -@' "
While the cars, locomotives. etc., were
building, other preparations were being
made elsewhere Gangs OF men were set ia
work all along the line from Sarnis to
Buffalo (ths. section between Detroit
and Port Huron was already narrow gaass)
clearing away oil obs,ructng earth and
driving the spikes that were soon " hold
the inside hange Ut the raih. This done,
there only remained tbe drawing Of the
present inside spikes, The pushing of the
rail over 70 the newly driven ones, the driv'
Ing OF still Others q the outside Of the rails
and the gauge of the road IL changed. Thii
great work was accomplished in . single
day and night 80 "a .a.4uiasa n
At % O'Clock Sunday morning the last train
on the road was switched upon side track q
Stratford, at which hour 600 men began IN
small gangs, 1t nearly one hundred different
points. The levers with which the spikes
are drawn - easily and nearly ss rapidly y,
nails are pulled with claw hammer, were
first brough. into play, and the spikes holding
the rails On the inner side were drawn, tn.
rails pushed over to their places, the spike'
rsdriven, and slowly and surely the worl
went on, hand cars following the gang
with provisions, extra tools, and everything
that there WAS probability would be need
Cd. Each gang of men had : csrtain speci
fed section Of rad " complete and ma
jority of these finished their work in Aftee,
hosass; bat for forty miles west Ut Buffal,
about two feet Of snow had fallen on aat
urday, and this he'd 10 bc removed viii
shovsh. ATS o'clock yesterday mofning
however, the whole had been completed
and ut that hour (,he regular time on Mon
day niorning) train left Stratford for th'
west, and Ill other trains ran during the dal
the same a ususl.
Upon the main line NJ change Of gaug
will Be made yet for two years, it l'eing lon
possible to sooner construct the immens
number Of cars and locomotives required 4
operate the seven hundred and sightee,
miles Of continuous railway between 6trat
ford aud Portland, u say nothing Of Il
hundreds of miles Of branch lines. At th
expiration Ut that tins, however, Il - ex
pected BY the ofncen OF The Hoad that ih
gauge. both Of the trunk line and II
branches. will be changed. Meantime, shif
gauge cars will be ussd, the change benz
effected at Stratford. thus avoiding trans
shipment, To meet the present requirement
Of the rosd sixisen hundred Of these car
nave been provided. and more asc 0einI
constructed.
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