The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
From the jackson CO., Herald

favor than at present and it is AUST
appreciation of enterprise and atten-
ton to the wants of the people and
the spirit of the age, upon the part
of the management, ever striving
toward perfection that gives it such
nnbounded popularity as well in For
eign countries as at home. Its per-
lfect road bed, double track of steel
rails, frst-class Passenger equipment
and all known safety appliances
which ensure a degree of comfort in
a long journey are unparalleled.
Cars run from New York to Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Louisville and st. Louis with
out change, presenting such a vari-
ETY. of grand and beautiful scenery
as is afforded by no other route in
the country. The road from New
York to Philadelphia, while passing
through ell of the principal cities of
New Jersey, does not deviate six
miles from an air line drawn between
it's terminal points, and this devia-
tion is made necessary by the navi
gable waters penetrating the State
it crosses. Through Pennsylvania
it ~traverses some of the richest agri-
cultural valleys in the Union, and
opens views of rivers and mountain
scenery unrivaled in their pictures
queness and granduer. For
than three hundred and fifty miles
its course is a panorama of scenic
beauty, varying from cultivated
plains to verdant slopes, from thriv-
ing centres of manufacturing and
mining industry to rural villages m
blematic of comfort and repose.
The construction of the road is
well known for it's superiority. In
railway enterprises the road bed and
track are confessedly the requisites
of prime Importance, and in these
respects the Pennsylvania Railroad
constitutes the finest example of
modern engineering skill and ability.
Throughout a quarter of a century
this department of construction has
been the object of jealous care and
nnremitted thought and labor. Elab
orate specifications are published for
the guidance of trackmen and super
visors, who, in addition to be unlim-
tied as to cost, are still further slim
.lulated in their efforts towards per-
lection by the annual awards of pre-
miums. The result of these many
and other experimental and costly
fefforts has been the highest standard
of excellence which has thus far in
the history of railway, enterprise
been attained.
The track is double the entire dis
lance Of four hundred and forty. four
miles between New York and Pitts
burg, and all the lore populous por-
tions are provided with a third track,
thus enabling freight trains to keep
entirely out of the way of passenger
traffic. The rails are Of steel, weigh.
ing sixty-seven pounds to the yard.
laid on heavy oak ties which are i'm.
! bedded in a foundation of rock bal.
last eighteen inches in depth. AL
bridges are of stone or iron, and
built after the most approved models
Track-tanks are located along the
route, from which locomotive-engines
of express trains take water as they
Igo, thus enabling them to run dis.
tances of yer n hundred miles
without break or detention of any
Ikind-a feat not attempted on any
other line in America or Europe. In
this way the purposes of a speedy
transit are accomplished by uniform.
ity of progress and the necessity OBJ,
waited for an excessive rate of speed.
The safety appliances in use OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad will illus
trate the liberal and ~far-seeing policy
of its management, in accordance
with which the utility only of an i'm.
provement and not the cost has been
the question of consideration
Among many may be noticed the
block system of safety signals, the
? Wharton patent switch, the Janney
coupler buffer and platform, and the
Westinghouse air brake.
The Wharton patent switch, as is
well known, leaves the main track
%unbroken, thus securing perfect safe.
ty even if it should by accident be
left wrong.
In the opera ton of the safety sig.
mails the track is divided into sec.
tons technically known as blocks,
and the principle of the system is tC
let no train into one of these sections
until the operator in advance has
telegraphed that the last train has
-passed his station and that conse.
quently the block is clear. In this
system, again, the purpose designed
is not defeated by the carelessness
of the operator, as in that case an
automatic movement displays the
signal of danger.
These appliances, in conjunction
with a perfect track and road-bed
constitute q combination Of precau.
tions against accident which have
reduced the possibility of it to the
smallest minimum attainable by hu.
man skill.
* The distance from Columbus tc
Pittsburg is 1872 miles, from Pitts
+ burg to Harrisburg 260 miles, max.
ing 452 miles which you can trave.
lover from 4 o'clock p. m. until $40
a. H., arriving at Columbus, Ohio.
No ordinary newspaper article
would give our readers an adequate
f idea of the greatness of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, and we will not at
!, tempt any further description, but
close by saying that a fit representa-
tive Of this road in the West, is Col
W. L. O'BRIEN, at Columbus, from
whom all information in regard tt
connections, &C., can be obtained
upon application.
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