St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
From Ocean to Ocean.

larry for the Cdletionidn. could make
no definite answer. go away partly
for respite from labor; yet if can help
any of your readers who remain at home
to see what | hope To he permitted to
see, | should he most selfish to keep
silent. | feel, however, that can write
nothing new of railroad travelling, and
perhaps little of the country to WHICH |
already familiar with; for | remember
that in these days of newspapers and
books there is no country and no sub
.icct that has not been fully dagucIlco-
typed on paper. 50 much 10y way of
preface.
\ WORD OF RAILROADS.
The railroads of on country. and the
multitudcS that throng them. are Il
cea>clcSS wonder To me. 1t iS interest
ing To notice the different roads, their
management. equipment and employees :;
and am minded To give IL paragraph
here under this head. One cannot travel
half way across the continent without
being struck with the difference in rail
roads and their management in he >t.N-
rIal sections through which he passes.
And if | make comparisons which are
untlvorahlr to New England roads. it
is in no spirit of t;Iulttinding. but simply
tI.. Ii..I, final tl.,t |
make IL note of. And perhaps the best
way to SAY what have To SAY on this
subject is to give little journal of my
experience.
Beginning very near home. want t."
say Il word for and about the Pa>>ump-
sic Railroad. 1t is II carefully rum road.
has better than Il comfortable equip
mcnt. some of its ears being elegant
but the ''ladr> car'-thc only one " hich
We left with men. including Il party of
ten Canadians. There were hut three
seats III the entire ear occupied 10y ladies.
although there were several ladies with
children who would have been glad of
seats in this car.
OF the Vermont Central | must say
this: Whatever lis financial condition.
it serves the public we'll. lis conduct
"rS are generally pleasant, and popular
with those who ride And this i II"
slight thing.
OF the Connecticut River and New
York and New Haven Roads. | don't
wish to say anything. l"u lately pub
li>hcd an account of the lattcl'> treat
mcnt of Mr.. Coleman. The man who
had the pluck and perseverance to stand
up for his rights tnr -four years against
such fearful odds. deserves well of every
lover of Justice and fair dealing.
The Conn. River road i owned H.
many of your readers know. hl one
man ''Carr"ll." the Sprinqfcid R,Jmb-
Hcdn calls him and 1t * striking cx-
ample of how "h>trcpcrou> and over
hearing Il little brief authority makes
some men. 1t always gives Il sense of
relief wheel | get ont of the hearing of
his ".\ll aboard -
TIE rENN>N LNhNIA CENTRAL.
Most persons VIII" =" West from y"ur
section 90 either via the New York nr
the Vermont Central. took Il differ
cnt route: To New York city. then to
West Philadelphia. Harrisburg and
then across Obi" and Indi-
ana t" Chicago. 10y way of Fort Wayne
This is called the Pennsylvania route.
because this great road controls the
most of the railway between New York
and Chicago 10y this line. The Penn. |
Central proper from Philadelphia to
PittSbur%. nearly 100 miles is one of
the best, If not the best. made. equip .
States. And it is built too over and |.
through mountains which would seem
t" present unsurmoumtahlc barriers to
the most Skillful engineering. Not
these natural instructions. /
here is IL solid road bed with ii double
rack and steel rails all the way, and Il
third track laid the greater part of the
distance. This road has stone ballast .
Is whole length. its ties being imhcd- |
led i'll broken stone laid the width of
he roadbcd and several inches deep.
This makes il foundation unsurpassed.
This was one of the first roads to intro
luce those great improvements in rail
'oading the Westinghouse air-hrake
md the Miller buffer and coupling. | |
described this air brake in the CaIcIo-
lidn of June ISL, and will only say
lere that by means of this invention
brakes are applied instantancouSly to
very wheel on the train ut the will of
he engineer. Under the hand of IL
'killful engineer, these brakes. in con
Iection with the Miller coupling. not
,nly stop Il train i'll IL very short dis
ance, but so gradually that the passed.
gers can hardly tell when it is done.
There is none of the iolting and grind
ny experienced by the old-taShiened
method. While the safety of the comb
nation make the air-brake and COUP
ing Indispensable ON every first class
Dad.
Another feature on this road are the
luge water tanks placed between the