National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-13

routes that can be found to meet ready market,
could only be used seven "a q eight tsJ months
| IN the year, involving the necessity Of storages
rehandling and all their consequent charges, the
consumed by time and expenses, and not unfre.
quently something more than that. Hence the
olreet eomm1nieation with daily market is the
| West and to the East.
The steam engine must be acknowledged to be
the only power that can solve this great question
continue to quote from former letter: II be-
H Heve, however that 4 Congress or the several
. main road, with double track from each place,
| reachlng from Chicago and st. Louis, the two TO
converge AZ proper point, thence continue TO
found to build such . road, putt in running con-
aition and carry all the cereal grains from those
sHS points to Jersey City at ten cents bushel
grain owner to do the loading ct his own expense
when the cars are supplied flour to be carried the
same distance At thirty cents per barrel and three
This could be prohtably accomplished only IN
one way; make 1t exclusively . freight road,
the tame IS measure, let them be suspended BY
wire cables resting on trucks, with wheels of sig
feet diameter, the trucks 70 run between the snds
OF the cars, and not under them"
| Inc dehection OF the cables should be IN such
mathematical proportion to their length as will
gsrt,c csIebhshve Per cent; more support TO the
the end, which will admit Of the absence Of large
amount Of dead weight in unnecessary timber now
by this means each truck supports the end Of
two cars and the cars carried within one foot Of
the track. A timber or projection Of iron from the
makes the whole train like one iointed car, and
prevents too much lateral motion by reason of the
suspension on cables. Il can readily be seen that
great saving to the track and rolling stock would
be made by these large wheels, which preclude
grinding (s natural effect Of small whsels) against
powerful and sudden vibrations necessarily at
| tending the rolling Of wheel 10 small that 1t
feels and magazines every impediment In the
nary tmperfections Of track smoothly and with
out effect; consequently the road and its belong
ings would last probably twice as long without
am aware that very large wheels have been
tried and quite generally condemned BY expe-
since they have only been tried on various opin-
ions, on locomotives TO economic steam or gain
speed, with view TO improve the machinery for
drawing the cars. Hence the principle there in
volyed in way affect or apply to the size Of
wheel that is simply to be rolled along and sup
am also aware that practical railroad men
will raise objections to long train Of cars that
could NOT readily disconnected. The anticipated
truck can easily be made compound or jointed,
and may be disjoined and the two wheels firmly
connected each to the end Of either car almost as
readily as the present cars are connected and dis
connected.
"These freight cars could run at an average |
speed Of forty miles per hour without any danger,
thus making the trip inside Of twenty four hours
One engine would draw probably on these large |
but say hundred, that would be a hundred thou |
sand bushels to each train and II need be- to |
meet some extreme market, ten or twelve trains |
per day or more could easily be sent in case 1t |
should become necessary to speedily meet such |
an urgent market, provided facilities for loading
and unloading could be made adequate. Calcu- |
lating hundred cars to each engine, would be |
$40 900 train for carrying and o. boo for unload
ing. So, in case Of emergency, million to mil
Western cities to Jersey City in twenty.fOur
hours. The road should not be restricted as to /
return freights, or anything except farm products
received ct these two Western Cities"
Railrosd men will, upon frst thought, say
singls engine esnnot draw one hundred cara
ltsaSa ~ haayily " propose IS bit Il they vim
half the t dead Weight Of t5s alssr re
moved, 90 that that amount can be SUPPLIED with
grain without adding to present weight; also. the
resting on large wheels than on small ones; also,
that the engines will weigh nearly double those
Pow Of ordinary use; also, the fact that the road
] think, come to conclusion that would differ
far from mine.
"By EuOh means for increasing speed and pre-
serving material railroads can DO and are per-
fectly susceptible Of being made to probably su-
percede the use Of canals. and there codld be no
the Ss scuG
ReuSt combine sss A 6Sia sS fSSS a sSDsS s
Ra EsIP Ss sssses Il ne 81 pt ss
mentioned, and no higher charge should ever be
made on the cereal grains from the two cities;
1.-THE road should, Of course, be as good as
no.-aY and engineering skill could construct.
Broad gSdGe SIX to siI and half feet; cars about
:weive feet Stds and large, powerful engines;
bands resting on gfsnite blocks that extend be-
low frost. 1.-The destructive vibrations thrown
upon the cars by totally tnslsstic foundation In
he ordinary mode of carving them could net
apply in this case, as such Vibrations would ali
Be wasted in the cables, WITHOUT effect on the
,ars; hence the more unyisldine the bed BY this
the more smooth and even the
passage Of carr eyer IL IT, 80
many years Ago on the Boston and Albany road,
and was e6ndepped because 81 the great increase
of those destructive vertical vibrations thrown
upon the cars which have before mentioned, and
his affords tho best demonstration could give Of
the absolute necessity Of studying the Importance
of avoiding sudden and destructive shaking by
providing some means Of carrying cars that shall
waste the vibrations they receive more eectually
md prevent Its communication to the car. The
road should have extra heavy steel rails and o
straight track Such q road could.
10 doubt, be used twenty-five or thirty years
without repairs. S. B. DRIGGs.