The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-16

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Standard gauge, it would have come far
short OF paying its running expenses.
!. -H4ua 74a IN COLORADO tg 'sidI
the Denver g. Rio Grande and the Cole-
RADIO Central are too well known to. jus
tify lengthy description here, hence
only few points touching the practical
working of the Denver Il Rio Grande
-wiA be noticed. Their report for 1873
shows the operating expenses for the
year TO have been only so 2 per cert. Of
the net earnings in August, 1874, the
operating expenses were only SO per
cent! 1t is true that fares and freights
are enormously higs on this road, yet
not SO much 80 as on the wide gauge
roads in Colorado. 1t should also be
considered that, 10 comparing the ratio
'os operating expenseseansl-net 'esrnings
of these frontier roads, the excess in
charge is, more than counterbalanced by
the leanness Of business in a sparsely
settled country ',' - III ~
3 Tnree years experience on this road
undetermined tho fact that much wider
cars can be run with safety than was at
,frst supposed possible. They are now
building passenger and freight cars s feet
wide. The Superintendent Mr. W W.
'Borst, says that, we're he to begin anew,
he would make all the passenger cars
feet inches wide, outside measurement,
giving room with narrow aisle, for good
double seats on each side, as in wide
gaugersrs. BY placing the siHsp of the
rroW'gauge car so mach nearer the
+ rail, an angle ofEsafety is secured amply
sufficient to prevent overturning even al
lhigh speed; this also greatly diminishe;
the oscillation of the car, an important
| point for the comfort of passengers A
Denver editor givesIit as his experience
that he can write on a narrow gauge
with less difficulty. than, on any wide
gauge Car, not even excepting the Pull
/ man Palace '|' % 90 i.5 ? i's''o"l A.iio
The question is frequently asked, Car
narrow gaugeroads no odo1q f.l
| .h9.'E CARRYING LIVE STOCK? 100 g .
The officers Of the Denver qand gRit
say they can transport eattlel cheape
and much more humanely than can b.
done on standard gauge roads; thei
cars are feet wide and carry fourteen
! head Of average Western cattle. cross
wise the car: the standard gauge car
hold only three or four more, and weigl
twice as much In 1873 the railway OF
ficials at Kansas City thought to put u
/ a JOB on the "one horse road by indu
Icing Mr. Robinson to telegraph th
management of the Denver and Ri,
I Grande, 7inquiring if they could carr,
his circus and menagerie from Denye
to, Pueblo (l1S miles) the answer cam
back, "Yes." '.But we want it done al
in one day." replied Mr.. Rebinson.-
Again the answer came back, alright
| it shall be done," When the animal
I1aaehed Denver the road was ready 70
..iittefn they were loaded on sthe cars
/ elephant and all, end taken to Pnebl
rejoicing, on their way to Mexico
/ Subsequently, Mr.. Robinson wrote Gth
4 Superintendent that on no other railwa
1 in the United States had his menageri
i been transported so promptly and salts
factorily as on the Denver and Ri
; Grande..dt ao' r lai1g sGi u
This road has always paid its interes
promptly, has no floating debt, and it
r home credit is A l; hence it is in fin
!. position to 60 ahead with the propose
E extension to Trinidad 100 miles in tn
!, spring, for which 40 miles of grading
already completed,c A further exter
/ sion of $50 miles, to the San Juan mir
8 ing district, is also contemplated at a
) early day. One Of the pioneers an
q most efficient promoters of this road
the Hon. A. C. Hunt, Ex-Governor, {
Colorado, formerly of Freeport, i'll.
/ This road finds no trouble in maxim
as good schedule time as the STANDARD
! gauge roads. WhenI was in Denve
special train was run from Colorad
: Springs, to Denver, 76, miles. in tw
b hours and forty minutes, including Sc
t eraI stops-a little better than 80 mill
t an hour running time. ae 'ahasiiSH' III
: 1.-The Denver & South Park Railroa'
another narrow gaugeecwas begun
d 1874, and has 16, miles in operation, wi
t. 20 miles more graded, and expects
7 have so miles finished by the middle
/ next summer 1t contemplates a ma
: line of 200 miles, with 100 miles i.
branches, reaching through the famp1
! South Park district, rich in mines, ii!
Der and grazing lands, opening a dot
J from Denver to Southwestern Cclorad
J, 1t is a5Denvef corporations, built tn
! far with Denver capital, without 4
b issue of mortgage bonds. The Pres
! deptis the Hon John Evans,
y NARROW GAUGE ROADS IN, UTAH, 3,
u OF these, there are six already in O
: Grafton, as follows: Utah Norther
: : from Ogden, 86 miles, to- Franklin, .
the northwestern corner of the Ter
, tory, looking, to an early extension b
J Montana; Bingham Canon, and Can
:, Floyd, % miles, from the Utah Sout
y ern Railway to the mining district ives
: = this road is paying 90 per cent. upon
!, cost-S360, ,00G, with equipment; Am,
! lean Fork, l6 miles has grades as hi
: as 297 feet to the mile, and curves on
!. 220 feet radius; it is operated with
:. = Fairlie engine The Wasatch & Jord
:. Valley,up the Little Cottonwood Cano
= lla miles; average grades, l50 fee
: highest. 2S7 feet to, the mile; propcs
Z; extension, 10 miles, of which 2 We
= built in 1874. Summit County Rs
!, way, from the Union Pacific at Eel
i south to Coalville, 9 miles; this road
" delivering 200 tons of coal per day;
extension of 20 miles southwark is &c
:, templated; also another 8 foot ro
), from these mines direct to Salt La
y City, thus saving an immense distan
: : in the transportation Of coal Ut
!" Western Railroad, the successor of
&c Salt Lake, Sewer Valley & Phoebe Co
= pany, Itrwas organized last June, a
= has already 10 miles in operation, whi
? will be increased to % during the W
IN ter It runs directly west from S
IS Lake City to the lake shore, where
,e will bend southwark through Too
10 County The line Immediately nrOr