The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-10-16
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ion sndss ,he nare n .he awee,len
railroad. |. i ~e,l knawa Tia, The
~csslen rail ~as extensively asea In
The early days VI railrsaiinr IN ihm
country. ana that Il u nov Lsine ,s..
urrestei In various parts u the Unit.
cd states and tho ranaaas. ID mfIie..
ens evidence that Ia claims on rni,lic
notice are mt entirely aafsanaed. No
doubt there are engineers who had tho
leneft u late experience III the en-.
sttariion and operation u wcmlcn rail.
roads, who could give tho public vain.
allie information on the saljcct In.
less the enterprise has bccn abandoned.
there should now 10 ono nj these roads
IN operation In Northern New lork.
Al lcnst, Il was announced, somc two
or thrcc years since, that The cons,ruc.
ton " wooden track had been com.
mcnccd, and was in fair way of com.
rlction. from Carthage 70 Ilarrisvills,
. distance ofl1 " milcs. We also
have some accounts of wocdcn.track
road. recently put IN operation ncsr
sluchcc. aud others contemplated IN
various parts &c the Dominion. have
sccn NJ published statement or tho cos,
or manner II construction Of these, but
|, seems that the tlncbcc road II d sub
Mnntial one, as they are sai, to 10
using locomotives IT from I'D /" =. tons
weight. II would therefore seem that
TINT rad was luilt for business. and
il appears that experiments jurtif, the
h-licf that heavier engines can 10 rrof.
i'ahly used than was n. first supposed
rt ss,btc.
Since writing The above | hnre nm
oarshcda rnLlishc'l rrror. 4 cam.
'n',,cc of t'anadinn rcatlcmnr appoint.
si 10 examine and report ~ the t'lif.
ton Wooden Hallway. Ihi. i. I'll,
r,al above mentioned MS heated in
Narihern New York. The committee
rcpnrt ar inllo~s;
The locomotives weigh IN tons
without wood or water, have taken
t. IL toms freight a trip. anl ce.,
$1,000 each. American currency.
They have since bsen supplemented
!, coginta weighing 70 .ons and eoss-
ing Ss. 300. which will draw double
the weight on tho general down grade
from tho mincs 70 Ogtlensburgh. over.
in some places, m upgrade of FROM
80 to 30 feet 10 tho mile ~ soon m
some portions of Tho road-bcd have
hcon strengthened. Mr.. HalLurt (the
engineer Of tho road) aays the oxpcnse
q keeping the track IN repair viii not
hereafter exceed tho wages Of two men
for cvcry thrce miles Of road, and these
men will keep 4 IN good running ord.
Or, aud replace tho worn out rails a.
fast A. required. This docs not IN
cludc removal Of trestle Or crib work. |
We notice that from ono 10 two new
rails per milo wcrc put IN this spring,
and this was rendered necessary from
tho difficulty Of obtaining COOL sound
maplc when tho road was built. and
somo of tha rails had got warped"
before being uscd, ~ that they wcrc
laid on tho tics ''hoart-sido' Mp; they
will net last 10 long that way a. II the
heart Of the rail kas laid downward.
We counted twonty-onc track men on
tho twcnty miles We passed over. The
track wss required 70 b made ready
for shv large locomotives ~ quick a.
possible, Il b estimated that thssc
twensy-son locomotives viii taks cas.
rs eighty tons pcr trip. and shcy in-
tend 70 mako two trips daily. l..nkcs
-, 900 feet Of maple to lay = mile of
track, and from $50 to 300, States
currency, viii pay Tor tho labor r.
quirca 10 place Il in pori,ion. W. may
mention that wc camc down from tho
mines At tho ratio of eight milcs IN hour
including Ill ssoppagcs. having about
twenty 6vo TONS II freight aboard. W.
noticed that where In building m Iron
railway there would have been 'stscr
Oils, trssslc work was used for chcap-
ness; aud in some cascs Tor : lung die.
tancc where, say milo o. moro " low