, 1875-01-23

they can transport cattle cheaper and much morn
htlnanely Than cau be done on acknowledgement
loads; their cars nre q fret r,dn mud carry
csotswise tho car: tho sta.luard-gauko carr hold
| only three or four tnoret and weigh twiue an
much; In, 1879 tt'a railway oilic'als at Ksnsas
c.1 sl,*'nglt r., TO put r. r. oo on the .'one .or's
,s,e management IT tho denver Il lilo ;iia,tia,
tnts.iirng If they could carry 1,s CIRCUS pml
menaBorio from t'cnYor to rllebo Ills nes);
.ho answer came back. ".,YeH.."' "Dut We wni,s
tho Anamor came back. "All light; It ehsll be
dune." When the anmats reacletl I,ouyer tho
| road was ready for tl,atn; they wero loaded Oh
ths carB. elephant and ALL sud taken to 1'uabtu
ly Alr. lobli.son wrnte tue superintendent TINT
Oh no utlet railway III tho United States had his
monasorte bcon transported 70 promptly and
Satisfactorily an on tho Dourcr 4 Rio ulantle
This road las always paid its interest prompts
| ", has no floating dclt, mud ftp homo credit Ii
/ hence II is IN flllo position to 70 ahead with
tho PROPOSED axtonhlon to Trinidad tlo mes) in
tho spring. for Which 40 h,i!cs Of grading is nj
! 1cA1Y completed. further extension of 1jO
1nilrs, to tho Gan Juan mining district, is aAo
| contemplated at ST. carly day. Ono of the pic.
| neors and most efficient promotert Of t'ls road
ia tho lion. A. G. Hunt, e1-uoscruor ot Colo~
RADIO formerly of Froeputt. III.
Ihis toal finds uo ttouble IN making III good
schedule time aa tito standard gauge roaIy.
Wheu waa In Denver + st1co,al train waa run
from Colombo Spttnga TO Denver, 10 miles, in
two hours au'' forty m!nuteR. including heTerat
stops,-a little batter tlau 30 mle4 al hour rum
ming time. ....
Ina Donycr l. South Park Raroad, another
narrow-ganse, was begun In ls7l, and has IL
| miles III operation, with 20 miaea mora graded
and expects to havo ~ milcs iubhod by the
middle Of next H11llncr It cpntemplates m1in
line Of 2u0 miles, with 1UD miles Of branches
rcaching through the famous south Park dis
trim rtoIt In audi ttt, In 1fip
upenlBg door from Denver to Southwestern
Cu1orauo. 1t ts Dcuyor corporation, bulk thus
far with Denver capital, without the i4suo Of
mortgage bonds. Tho prcsldent IL tlc l1ou.
John EyahB.
sAnnow.aAuar noADs IN UTAH.
OF these, there arc six already In operation. NJ
folowa: Utah NortAorn from OBleu, " miles,
10 Franklin, in tue northwestern corner Ut the
Territory, looking to an enrlr extension to Mon
tana; Bingham Canou and Camp Floyd, ~ milcH,
from tho Utah Southern halfway to the miniuy
district vest this road ~ aying:2D pcr cent upon
III cost,ssGo, ,oo0, with equipment; American
Fork. ~ nl1lsa Las grades Rs high a. 297 feet
to the mile. and curves only 229 feet radius; it Is
operated with a Fuirlio engine. Tho Wssatch Il
Jordan Valley up tho Little Cottonwood Capun,
IL M1lSl miles; average grates 100 feet; highest,
2S7 feot to tho milo; proposed extension, III
lnilos. OF which 2 we're built in 1871. Summit
County Railway. from tho Union paoio at Echo,
south to CoalviIle, miles; this ruad il deliver
ing 200 tons OF coal per day; an extension of ~
j.foot road trDm theHo milIeH direct to Salt Lake
City, thus saving an imtnenAe distance in tho
tranHpoi talon OF coal. Utah Western laiiroad.
tic SUCCESSOR Of tho Salt Lake, Sovier yntloy Il
Phoebe Company. It waA organized last June
and las already Il nles III operation, which will
DO Increased 10 % during the winter. It runs li-
ressly west from Salt laio CITY to tho lake Shore
where 1t vii bend southland through Toocla
County. Tho line immediately proposed IL only
40 mIlea, but al erontual oxtenslon Of JJl miles
or moro ia contemplated into Soutllcaatern Me-
vada md Southern California. john W. folny
y President nf this road, well M tIlo Ctah
Northern. lfe is son Of Brigham Young 4
mHn Of remarkable bns'uess talent aud euergy.
md bids fair to becomo 1le ruilway king nf Utah
That he in satisfied with tho practical workings
OF tho 1-tons ga1,go oil tile Utah Northern. ia
proved by his adopting it for the Utah Western,
which III designed to be q worry foug llne aud
moreover, through county That would offer
no difficulties to tho conbtruction Of widc-rause
road. wuse nut thu 3-ioot guugo considered
superior. was Informed, on Cuod authority
that actual trial has demonstrated tile tact that
the lS-ton locomotives On tho Utah No1tl-
ern llan! al much paying freight mp 4 10j-fous
gIado aH can bc douo with tho 4U-tou loco,no.
Ihih ronial kabla fact il explained by tho gleat
difference iu deau-wcight III tho two casseA Ut
rolling stock, which figures 10 largely III the bat
Ito of. the gauges.
pEs uu1SEs ! MINNESOTA RAILROAD
II another OF tlo 3-fout roads TINT ilays hecn
btlslE and uut IN operation th3 past gllulln4t l.
e1teda from Deg Molnas north " lnies to
Alues On the Iowa division Of tho Northwestern
Railway; maximum gratlos, % feet to tho n,Ilo
Fnls Ut tue usual narrow gauge pattern, 81
pnuh to tho yard. Iii. ruAd is running two
passenger trains each way, anl doii;; good,
1aylhE business, taking ulorn passengers in and
out of Doh MONIES than any otuer ru:.a cnterinu
the city. The nominal cost, as represented by |
stock aud bonda, IL t135OD rer u,llo H. |
ciudlng 4 fair equipment OF ruiug-stoeIs,
ar. j.. ). Smart, tho Vics-prosidsnt aud !
is also n1arge ownorln the road,
bo onthnsaatto il lie over tho Bllccoss Of tha |
enterprise tint ho saws fe would rather lla va his
H'oI1y Invested iu narrow-gaugs roatls than IN |
any other lroPorty in tho State OF lava, it /,
l'roposod to extend tins 1nail northeast from
A1nts via Waterloo to connection with tho
iowa to"a Eastorn narroW-gaugo, thus forming q
thtongh llns from hlcQleEur to uea 3Ioiuas.
3-fout road will alHo bo built 10 thu spring
from Des Moineh B>ntlloaet to knuxylllu, md
pushed ultimately to tho MISSISSIPPI Ihver Ut
whatever point nnrrow.gaug, truln Uhcn.p
shall be built to connect theruwith.
l'osidc tue now nRrrow.gnuge roads above |
mentioned there have alsu bum cuuai Cd II
miles ou the tialena Il Southern WscnnBi,l M
Of Is miles tho Catru u st, Louis,
and Of q miles on tito Iona Eusto,u making al.
toEathor ll2 mllea Of new 3-{upt rpa1 bullt tho
pass summer IN tho region tributary to Cnicagp.
and lncreaainx The whole amount withln tlla
Iilait to GIJ miles. O. N. i.
THE WARFARE.
GRAND TRUNK AND dAEAr WESTERN.
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