, 1879-07-01

lore Involve devices to prevent such Rtra!nlnE,
ni!a tIWsc tlrrsrrA tt Is hcslrabln to hvulsl. is
the Rulne reason curves IN s,lct, raliwhy khoall
hc nyoh'e'.. II cisanEc VI direction ba AUST
lnsely necessary. It ran be managed hr tusn'
tahie ut thu inr,iitsy where clIahEu VI align.
tncrt Is desirable. Thu Mvof,a.Ee Ut curves
wonld greatly snpllFy The construction NJ
,hc rar IN which the s',ll' Is 10 he trans;.
purr4i. This rat would probably bc f,r,nrh
hy j.,i,,iug aeycral separate sccslons together,
asrtnt'ug II tsn length II tlic sllip. Each fcT'.
atate srctnn wntll Nrahahty be 100 Iert long
athl he enspDrt~l br ahs'uL aoo wheels, SON.: u
wtcsi should ae drivers, att.,ated bv tr"prlt'l'9
ricnca. Rubber nr sttci springs should bc IN.
scrt'naed lmlwrrn the axlcs of t:1r wllce!s at'l
the rar. Each section OF tho car nr traale ltiat
carried tht eflii, would really rUn*tittc lrrs''
tn0iivc. The propeilinE cnsInrs won1l no
PLACED ntl catll side. a,.,l Ut eI!eh llsgnt Us
prevent sublerUcrec when ilic ci.F w''tllti ~
sunk on !l,s elevators or III NY locks' ing
their cargocs wt,, not exceed 10, 900 tnts and
FUrh Il t,na wo,tlA bc cnrrird IN eFsttllt cum
nU.cd of tlve sucl, lus'l'lptlses' lltche Wonlu
have nhuttt ,D9O wheels, ieAelng s'si eight Or
ten rails will pressuTu of about twelve tous 70
each wheel. Tlls Il univ twice as 1s,uet as tho
pressure Oh ,lr rails nntlcT the drlvI1IE-whee!s
Il tie locomotive Of an express tram:
The, total weight u shlp: cargo, m.l
nrva Of road-bed forty feet wiuc bY
5ON feet !onr, lln1 would hi only t.a99 ponnds
per sqlnro fos, allowing 2,oo0 tons tor tic
weight NJ the cur. This I. nut half te psessttrc
tie rnrt' under sacl. tc whru each pair ot tc
srivlng-wbcels Of nu urlinary locomotive passes
nrtr II.
Un moderate grades M ordinary freight loco.
m0iru will null nbult l.fty Da1cu cara from III
teen Ia twenty miles s.er hanr. Tic weight of
,le surs n,ni their )uat1 ia about 1,003 tons, md
tubs Is eAtr1rtl oil nt,otit tN wheels !ience tie
lnFgcst ship ami her entire carGo should not re-
nnrc more than Tue pnwct of tieEc st,cll loea-
motives III H,nye It Il. the saIye aleen over sin-
ifhr JrrHtths tf}I1 II I'M trflput lint
lite ship n,lrc safGlr rfncch III Il pEDrcrlr-con-
6trllctctt car. adjusted to the rasiWas pf stub.
sfnntinl nnI wclt-ballastctt rplu-hetl, can DO
moved With certainty nns cusc at lnucl. 'liIh"r
rate oi sucrI tl,an would be rafs III .l.e very
best canal TINT has been proposed would,
| however. not expect to usc higher rate 1T
speed Oh Il ship railway than eight miles per
| hour.
Tic praeticabity of lifting The heaviest shtps
| out Of water with perfect saittr on cradles ad-
| justch tu rceetyu them Is illustrated 1t, every
doekyar.l III tlie country, atAl oilg oe Thu 'nett-
uls ilayc rcferre.l to NJ hu!l'. huge hydraulic
I elevator Inns Ecen put tO u prne1isnl test. a
tirY-0ck WAS constructed upon this t,r1llclplc In
EnstnnI II few yrnss ago, ind sent to tile East
ntil les. hy which stlt7s nlarct ovcr platform
sunk to teceiyc them uro lifted vertically out Ut
Watcr br hydraulic pumps.
| Of course, t!lc works and tlevIcpa required fnr
The successful operation Of 4 ship railway should
bc Uf thu most substantial character. and tic
clcyatInE n,arlliaers should he 0l such strength,
and power rs tu nlnke thu trnnsfer ot tho thto
from the railway tn il,c SEA, I'M: frnm thu seA TO
thu railway, matter of perfect safety aila dis
! patrli
The actual cast Of oncrai!,,c auch railway
wou!u lie, think. considerably less Ii, proper.
iiol to tic Tonnage moyea nyer It than tint oi
the nlnst BHecesslu railway line In Tits country,
fur tie reason that ']ie tonnagr carried 'yulsld
BE- handled t,r machinery czrius!vely, nnd The
would be ;nur!, ereatcr. Tic cos. ot main.
| tc1lltcc III proportion tu llG tonnnTG carried