, 1875-12-04
RURAL RAILROADS.
A 6ysectn Of ENrtoSv.GnuRo Steam
1tnilronttn IN Ernncc.

n o&0*CAA "1 AS<N"HNAANQ AA1tAN
ltnilronttn IN Ernncc.
PaFts Corrrspondt,t< PAipf.tf,AGs Buii<tin.
4 plan Ia tunt Het un foot fur tho construction
Of what &te to he caisa ''1tu.sl Rsl!roads' IN
Ftancs. which soema deserving Of not,ce. I nm
not aware Of a similar dssclptlon having been
yet contemplated III Amor7ca Or any othnr coun.
trr. lint experiment OF Tho kind IlAs tuht
baen dcoihea upon In ths Denattment Of tho
SeIno-ct-dArne. and Rsnc.al blti on tbs subject
whioh has beon reported on faverAb1y by tho
Consoil dFEast, will he submitted to the AsAeul-
bly suns tina after tbs reopcnng Of tho sctslon.
Tho project wha first b1oachod IN tho Socioty Ut
Agriculture OF Franco, by BIT. Chsbrier. a wolI.
known civil engineer, who has devoted much
t,no and attsniion to it. and il has nlnco bocn
adopted and patfonlzad both by that SqcletY aud
hv gEca: EuH1bsr Of tho Conari!s Generaus Of
the Depar.mentr, ns promising to afforl most
valuable addition 10 the ,netHH Of Transient Tor
their produce to tho agricultural districts.
Tho proposition Ia for THO construction Of
narrow lines Of "rura! raroads," Of 4 WId:b OF
tina meter only instoad Of tho ubusi gauge of y
netnr and hhlf-alon9 tho w,do space which
DO land sometimes wondered 10 eoo} Ieft on tlle
uida Of Almnst overy high roAd. Now. 1t prar-
ont, the ordinary railroads tEannport heaFy gooda
at the rate Of throp or four cantIrnea {os less
than cent? per ton per kl!omcter; but they
only do this tuder ths condition Of allowing =
iAsRo accumulation of rnch to tAkn pilce. and
consequently gtcat loss OF ti,o to 10 incurred
at tho different stat1ons or .dopote. aud then
heavs goot,s train. NON, these "inra1 railroads."
economically constructed, and without nations,
or accommodations OF auy kind, prosees 10 be
nSio tn repiaea ordinary cirIiaEes. without any
delaya. at two or three times lcss than she pres-
ent cost. 1hey Hil connect tito Email towns.
AMI villages. md manufactures al over tic
county, and carry on thelg ptoduco agricultural
or nther.as It is roadv for transport. Fer thei.
constructlon thero will be no need of ''acts OF
Parliament" or compulsory appropriations, OF
surveys. or other expensive pFellmfnarien, any
more than for tosliF contributions Of any kind
a'ong the !ine. All ti,ht vii. bo required viii be
ths "conceEsion Of tho Ioadsitles for tho p,lr-
pose by tue Canaol. .Ganatate Of tho Department,
NTH tho authority to modify, hero Ana tbsfe.
the inclines whom too stecp. hut tho speed is
not !ntoudsd TO muoh exceed that Of IN otdtuary
road-eaEriage, and tbs traius will stop aud plck
up Goods swaiting tAem at every road they
ctoss. Sin'ple sece'yip1 eaicas u,aY BE- astee.
lislled at village Bt0fos. or tic o*nBr OF gooda
may bring tbom to tho trains himself, and ac-
company them to their dentinAtiop, paging his
fare On the way, just a. In an omnibua Of train.
way, without tho ceremony Of ticaps-taktng or
other impedtnent. Tho expeuse Of laying dnw,l
prepared est,uate, will no. oxccod Is, 600 francs
per k,lomcter, instead OF mora than 100, QUO
irat CT. which ID tho avon on the most econ-
oneally constructed ordinary railroads in Ftapec.
Tbs estimate also. OF tho proosata al auch
IiueB, based on tate OF % centines per ton per
kilometer. and on the average road traffic OF
goods aud passengers. 6eoms to ba fAir.y Eemun'
erAtiyo In tinanclsl polut OF vlew aid as m
Investment, exclusive OF the general advantage
to agricultural inte1ossa to be expected from tho
undertaking.,