The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-12

S"i tons Of freight anH G,9ao passengers
per llllIe ~ Il Sl"eu "l lt'IFly'hNo h'IiVS
per hour :,
MAJOR AhelSE0I", eIa'e engineer LOT
sweden, says IN every G0So w E,tt
SmaII'gauge ralIro"'S nave ten p,i'''
they nave rGallzeu every ,eXpeC!"lioh'
Col W. H. HrcenwoOn, engineer ~"
general manager "l inc DehTeF MO
'tranue. railroad !9he huh9rSu anu sew
cniy miles "I whI!II Is IlhishG", 'ne Gu
tire length to hC cighi hUndre" ana my
miles, says that he has no hcSltancy ~
declaring the capacity OIL MS roau lu'Iy
equal TO th"I Of u DrOau'gHlge roh' IL
is Onl va three lCct gauge, anu YET no was
unable to sec any difference as to capacity
in favor OF u brOad'gauge' lie cOul'i 90
rs much business on ms ROAD Us coul" DC
done on nineteen twcnllethS oil the BROAD
gauge roads.
Mr,SpOoncr, engineer, says that during
the whole time he has had control Of ne
FcStlni0g kallrOAu, II mas Ghlirely ue'
m0nslrAtcd the theory OF tho immense
saving on the narr0w'gaugo system, III
having carried moro lrclgnl anu pasSeh'
gers at less cost than any line oil railway
now in Use, ana that the cars can run AZ
the rate o. Iilr'y'IlVo lIIIeS per honr WIN
perfect safety, ana can DC maintained NJ
not more than OnG.hdy The cost " The present
Sys',U', 10 DO he same business
From inc iourIh annual report Q, 'he
Board Of Railroad Commissioners 0l Mas,
sachnseits We learn that the railroads OF
that State (all standard gauge carried N
1873 an average OF Only6I tons Of freight
per train, and that they carried three
tons Of dead weight for one ton OF paying
freight; and in passenger transportation
the average was OS passengers per tram,
and for each passenger there were trans
ported $3.50 pounds Of dead weight
What is true OF these Massachusetts
roads IL true OF the standard roads III the
country. The weight OF cars, engines ana
machinery IL iearilllly disproportloncu
to the business done, and hence the high
rates upon the paying traffic. 1t would
scent to be Il .eli'eVldcnt proposition that
any system OF transportation when en-
pIoys, for carrying single ton OF freight,
from three to ten tons OF carrlageS' must
he radically detective, and 1t would be
strange il the inventive cnlll'oi the pres
rni day was not competent to devise an
Improvement upon 1t. -.
President Palmer OF the Denver " mo
Grnndc narrow'gaugc rond, III MS last an
nunl report, says:
"lhc gauge oi ! icct has continued To
demonstrate it5 advantages
"a regards the cost OF operating. II me
line had all the business to do when tic
capacity OF It's present rolling STOCK even,
would permit, Instead OF being 40, would
not have exceeded 10 per cent, and 1t
would have been very much, less il the
full capacity Of itS single track ana pte7-
Cnt sidings had hCcn reached
Upon this road ascventeen't0n locolho-
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TIE "uL7IioN Or lH"NSt |"'
The objection that the construction 0I
u larrow.gaugc railroad Will render q
transfer OF freight necessary wherever II
shall connect with a brond-gallEc road IL
one which demands attention. Without
discussing the question at length, VT SUBJ
nit the following suggestions:
u the hnrrb gauge L. the better ana
cheaper road, we may safely assume that
it will notbG many years before We shall
see n narrow-gaugc system extending
throughout the country, and therefore in
n large degree independent oi the. broad.
gauge roads in tho maIterot transfers and
competitions. .,,.,,..
nc co,t " tF" Y! ~, ~ general general "'cr,
'',linaltu' W ~ l"ct sILl : le'n ~
comparison WIN illc sum wnlCn I'Ny w.
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