Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-11-26

uSEOSG VI IL railway NCpSHOlS 1dESSl1 upOu
location. In mountainous or very broken see
tions, the cost greatly exceeds that of level
or fiat country. In comparing the two sys-
TENS, the cost of the road-bed and superStruc-
ture or track, is where the narrow gauge has
the first great advantage over the standard
gauge, and may be stated as follows:
For feet 80 inch gauge, rail GO pounds
per yard-Right of way, clearing. grubbing
and grading, average per mile. $lO.5 800; bridg-
ing and masonry, average per mile, $4,000:
mile, $3.50, 400 rail splices. 81, average per
mile, $4G0; $500 pounds spikes, average per
mile, 1915; $40 cross ties, 40 cents, average
per mile. $l,065; laying one mile of track,
$500. Total cost for one mile, $23,9OI,
For three feet gauge, rail 30 pounds per yard
Right of way, clearing, grubbiDg and grad
ing, average per mile, $4,000; bridging and
masonry, average per mile. ZOO; 471a ions
rail at $65 per ton, average per mile, $3,O87;
800 rail splices, so cents, average per mile,
per mile, $2II 3 900 cross ties, 35 cents, aver
age per mile, $3.50; laying one mile track, $3.50.
Total cost for one mile, $l0,463
AS will be seen, the narrow gauge costs
little less than one-half rs much the stand
ard gauge, without equipment. IF we esti-
mate the cost of the equipment for the narrow
gauge at $5 900 per mile, we may estimate the
| standard gauge at $4,000 per mile, making
the total cost $33,90l per mile, as against
$l5,463 narrow gauge.
/ 1HeSe eSGluldISS uF6 lOf IL lev ct or moderate
| ly rolling country. In very rough noun
famous districts tie cost will be much greater,
! but ecost of the narrow gauge is very much
| less in proportion to that of the broad.
A narrow gauge road has been graded
through Clear Creek CANYON. Colorado. and
made ready for the track at $40 600 per mile;
whereas the cost Of grading in the same local
| ity for four feet eight and one half inch was
estimated to be 900 per mile The Can
yon was very crooked, and for a standard
gauge would have required numerous tunnels
and heavy rock cuttings; whereas the narrow
gauge curves around numerous sharp points,
thereby saving very largely in both tunnels
and cuttings, and at the same time securing
more favorable grades.
The following shows the proportions of
paying and dead weight in the cars of the two
gauges, when loaded to their full capacity:
PASSENGER CARS Broad Gauge-Weight of
Cars in pounds, IS, coo; mum Der of passengers,
full load, sc; pounds dead weight per passen-
ger, 678. Narrow Gauge Weight of car in
pounds, $4,000; number of passengers, full
4l6
In 1870 the railways of New York carried
2,14S pounds dead weight per passenger, with
an average of thirteen passengers FER car
On this basis the paying loads and dead
weights would be as follows:
PASSENGER TRAFFIC Broad Gauge-Num-
Der of passengers per car, 13: weight of car il
pounds, 80 900; total paying load in pounds
,95O; dead weight per passenger in pounds
1923; gross load IN pounds, 1885,. Narrow
gauge.-Number passengers per car, 10
weight of ear in pounds. Is 600; total paying
load in pounds, 1850; dead weight per pass
enger in pounds, ,l53; gross load in pounds
1880. Difference in faUor Of the narTOlo gaug
IN 'oeigt Ofcar, % 600 pounds, in dead leeigh
per passenger, 40 pounds, in gross load % O0I
pounds.
asIn 1870 the average pounds of dead weigh
: to one ton of paying freight carried on rail
4 ways in Massachusetts was 3, ,l36, and of New
York 3,09l pounds. Or, in other words, t.
move one ton Of freight they hauled over on
and half tons of dead weight
, In transporting way freight in less quaint
ties than full car load, the narrow gauge ha
! immensely the advantage Cars carrying
through freight may be loaded. very general,
to their full capacity; but the average net ca
1 loads are brought down by the necessity 70
: dropping cars from the trains at turn -Out
along the route with way or local freghts-
! frequently very small in proportion o the ful
l car load.
= The narrow gauge eight wheeled box cal
weight four tons, capacity eight tons, to
tai of twelve tons, aUeighS lCheH tOaded only tio
. tons more than the heaDiest brOad gauge boz ca
y Jrhen elHDtY.
= The narrow gauge eight wheel stock car
I weight four tons, capacity nine head larges
cattle, or 500 pounds, 'oei9hs aohen iodde
only 600 pounds more than tie heaUiest broa
gauge stock lCheR empty
: The narrow gauge eight wheel platform cal
d weight three tons, capacity eight tons, or to
tai of ii tons, aceiqhS lBheR loaded only tso ton
: more than the hea0ieet broad gauge platform ca
! aDAen empty.
y The narrow gauge eight wheel passenge
y coach, weight y tont, capacity 36 passenger
G or in round numbers total of lO14 tons, leeigh
454 tons less than the Average oI broad 9aue
= coaches smpfy.
Further argument is unnecessary.