The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-20
o any broad GAUGE road. }"

TO any broad gauge road"
The Festiniog :road, though only 12k
miles long carried, In one year, 500, 00Q
tons Of freight 1t one-third Of fne per
cent. per ton, 10000 pessenge3et one
cent per mile This is more THAI Is done
Ia HAULING. COTTON the broad gauge
road willcarry 600 pounds in uncom-
pressed bales ia Is cars, the wholeweight
Of the train 49,, 600 pounds. The narrow
gauge will carry the same amount of
cotton 27O, 900 in 36cars, whole weight of
train 462, 500 pounds, markings difference
in favor of the narrow gauge 10000
pounds in hauling 270, 900 poundso Of cot
son.
IN HAULING CATTLE
q narrow gauge car weighipgI $500
pounds, will carry nine head, and q car
on the Kansas Pacific (broad gauge,
weighing lS, 500 viii only .arry- - bead,
making a difference Of 397 pounds to
each head, or 8, 573 pounds, or in train
of twenty cars, II 400 pounds in favor of
the narrow gauge. g" Prominent stock
men now say that they would prefer to
send their stock tn market in such cars
as the Denver & Rio Grande furnish, be-
cause it does not put 30 many together,
and that the danger of cattle getting
down is much less, while they can be
fed and attended to much better"
IN CARRYING PASSENGERS
on the Pennsylvania road it requires a
train weighing l42 tons to carry 2l3 pas
sengers, whilst the same number of pas
sengers can he carried on the Denver and
Rio Grande, with as much comfort on a
train weighing only 6lL tons By in
crossing the number of cars on the mar
row gauge, you can make the passen-
gers much more comfortable, and still
have less weight than on broad gauge.
SAFETY OF PASSENGERS.
Mr.. Greenwood says: "as to liability
to accidents, he could give them no in
formation on that point, as no accident
had occurred since the road had COM
menced running" The passenger
coaches are lighter. run nearer the rails
have less oscellating motion, and are
therefore much safer, and can be made
much more comfortable. H#
The following statements from disin.
terested parties, show the superiority o.
the new over the old system:
The Denver & Rio GraDde Railway
marrow gauge) remains open, 'notwith-
standing the snow. 1t has not yet failed
single day in getting a train through
between this place (Omaha) and Denver
although it crosses the great Divide,
next to the highest road pass in the
world, and two hundred feet higher thar
the Sierra Nevadas on the Central Pa
cific" .-f 5,,I -...t..
| COLLUBIA AS IT IS AND COLUMBIA AS II
MAY BE.
Columbia now has population o.
Ill
| worth 81 100000 With this road com.
| pleted, it will haye in ten years popu-
lation of 10000 and taxable property
worth g, 0OO, 900, and will continue to in
crease from year to year. This great
road extended to Cairo and there con.
| Meeting with the Cairo and St. Louis
road soon to be completed, will pass
through the magnificent iron regions OF
Hickman and Humphreys counties, tn.
rich agricultural districts of Northwest
Tennessee and Western Kentucky, and
through the immense Big Muddy coal
| fields in Illinois. Coal and iron ore
will be transported both ways over this
road, and will give it an amount of bu-
siness that will astonish many. The
building of this road will bring to Co.
lumbia the Corinth road, which will be
| extended so as to connect with the Mid
dletOn Il Ripley road that is to run to
the Cult. 1t will also secure the narrow
gauge railroad from Memphis, either
through Jackson or Bolivar. A branch
will be extended to Knoxville and it
may bring a road from GAINESVILLE. III
this way Columbia will become center
| of narrow garage railways which will
give her decided superiority over all
towns that rely alone upon broad gauge
roads. When this is the case, capt..
from abroad will seek investments here
in manufacturing as well as commerce.
AT present manufacturing cannot be-
successful, because of the high prices OF
fuel, but let this road be built, and the
advantages of Columbia will be sknown
and read of all men," and capital will
flow in with a constant stream. The
golden prize Is now offered you. Will
you reject it and doom your town to
comparative insigpficance? Shall the
scep.re depart from you, and your glory
fade away! Are you equal to the occa-
sion, or are you devoid Of all energy, al
enterprise ana public spirit? ] do hope
for the sake of your former reputation.
and for the sake of your children, yon
will not wrap yourselves in mantles OF
inglorious sluggishness, and permityo
beautiful town to 90 down and rank
among the small villages OF the State.