The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-04-27

poItant advantage over other roads In
the matter of curves, ,seme eaef which on
this road are of II degrees; and lit is
claimed by engineers that tecurves of "a
degrees can be run with comparative
ease and safety for the reason that the
friction Of the wheels on the rail is great.
ly reduced, on account Of the short dis
tance between the aXles of, the tracks,
Mr. Crane assumed control of the road
in1the fall Of 1872, at which time it was
being operated only as far as Chardon9
At that time 12-ton pony engines,
4-wheeled freight cars, 6 by IL feet car.
rying from 3 to 4 tons, and coaches 7 by
So feet, seating 81, passengers, were in
use. o But it was found that these did not
meet the requirements of the road, and
Mr.. G. set himself to- the work of pre-
pairing plans for rolling stock upon a
larger ale,resulting in the placing upon
the road new engines and cars which are
giving perfect satisfaction. The engines
e Brooks, and 9 Baldwin, weigh III
tons eacn, II ny I6 Incn cylinder, pairr
drivers (3 feet diameter, with l pair sim
gle trucks forward The new coaches
from Barney Smith & Co }. are 45 feet
long,sS 8 feet2 inches wide,double-seated,
same as wide gauge with capacity for
seating Sc passengers, weigh 81 tons
each ;and in point Of finish are first-class
and every way equal to those of wide,
gauge roads. The new box cars are 26
feet long, Z feet wide, 8 wheels, p q feet
diameter weight n tons, carrying ca
pacity 8 Stons each; and the coal or, fat
cars are of the same dimensions and Ca
pacity, but weighing only 81 tons; all
constructed after plans and suggestions
furnished by Mr., Crane,as before stated
and which we believe are now regarded
as standard patterns by the builders.
Mr. Crane has now in, contemplation
the placing upon the, road al an early day
freight cars with Q carrying capacity Of
10 tons, which can be CONSTRUCTED at ar
increase only Of from 800 to 800 pounds
over the g ton cars now in use. e..s.-.---z,
| The chic. advantage claimed for the
narrow;gauge road over the wides is il
the immense saving 10 dead weig ght. i
requires 20 widesgauge cars to transpory
900 tons. of freight-the aggregate weigh
Of cars f9 tons each Is $50 tons;; add
ing together these. two weights.@we~haxe
a total of $50 tons. y Now it will require
% narrow gauge cars, carrying 8=tons
each, to Transport the same 200 tons, ,bu
the aggregate weight of cars being only
100 tons it will readily be seen that there
is a saving Of SO tons i'd dead weight =
The day passenger. coaches on wide
gauge roads weigh from l3 to l6 ions
and have capacity for carrying from 81
u 65passengers each, and the marrow
gauge coaches weighing 81 tons have 8
capacity for i56 passeng gers q Now If we
suppose on the average go passengers
are transported per coach, the wide
coaches would be carrying ESTIMATING
each passenger $50 pounds )ela tons
which whenededafcted fromlthc weightIo,
1.-THE coach, says13tons, there is shown Il
be a dead weightiof III tons, or LIZ;
pounds for each passenger While aor
1.-The other hand, il we, deduct Il tons
Ifom the, weight Of the narrow ceaeh3 81
tons, we have dead weight ofi6a tons, OF
675 pounds tothe passenger-a saving il
favor of the .narrUw-gauge coach of14|
tohs,. or of 81 tons for: train of 81,
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| Fromothe insight we have obtained il
relation to the construction and advan
tages. of narrow gauge railroads, we ar
satisfied that the day is mot far sdisthn
when they will assume appointment Fpo
siiion by the side Of the first class road
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| I'VE notice one or two errors in tn
figures Of the above but the results ar
not materially affected athereby.-ED;
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