St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-13
Railroads East and West.

ern man now living in the west, You
must tell the readers of the CdtedOnidR
about the superiority of western rail
roads" 1t is undoubtedly true. that as
a rule. the western railroads are better
made, better equipped and better run.
than those in the east. This may he
mainly accounted for in the fact that
western roads adopt at once every i'm
provement for the safety and comfort
of their passengers. while many New
England roads wait until the public
clamor drives them to it. In other
words the western railroad men under
stand that a smooth and solid track,
good accommodations safe and rapid
/ transit and sure connections, are the
very best advertisement their roads can
! have.
The greatest invention of these later
years. i'll connection with the running
of railway trains. is the Westinghouse
! Air Brake. Every tirst-ciaSs road i'll
/ the west has it on all their passenger
trains. and it is being rapidly adopted
on European railways. 1t is so mani
festly a saving in life. limb and comfort
of the passengers, us well is expense t"
| the railroads themselves, that the only
wonder is that there is Il road III the
country that does not adopt it at once.
| The Central is the only road in Yer
mont which has vet attached this brake
to its trains.
The Westinghouse Air Brake l. sim
ply Il contrivance attached t" the loco
motive 10y which cold air is compressed
and applied 10 every brake on the train
/ inStantancouslv. at the will of the en-
! ginccr In ease of instructions on the
track. or danger of any Kind which can
hc seen 10y the engineer, the advantage
of this brake in the saving of time in
stopping a train. is invaluable. As the
train is wholly under the control of the
engineer. much valuable time i, saved Ia
approaching stations. entering bridges.
or running over any part of the road
where it is necessary tn slow the train.
IN improvement on this brake has
/ lately been made. and Il trial train WAS
made up at Philadelphia some tw" or
three weeks ago. on which were several
scientific men and many railroad of
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