The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-05
Estimates for Narrow Gnure for An.
Savannah Valley RatIront.

&ss''ma,es Tor Q Marrow Gauge for the
Savannah Valley Railroad.
Mn. EDIroh: Yout subscribers are graft.
NED, as well as edited, by the publication
nah Valley Railroad. And some of ns are
retsretting the omission of "Supplement r."
being estimates Of o Marrow Gauge for the
same line Of Road, which we hope will
prove so1nuch cheaper as to save the line
IN the event OF o failure 70 raise money.
supplement e." If in your power: If not :.
apply 10 the authorities for 1t, and obiige
many CITrzrNe
In compliance with the above request.
we made application to Maj, Lee, Chief
Engineer of the g. Y. r. r., for "supple.
ment E. of his Report TO the Board of
Directors, in response to which he has ftirn-
ished us the following, which we gladly lay
before our readers as u mntter of general in
| formation:
EsGINEEa's OFFICE s. V. r. r.,
ANpERsoN, Is. c., Aug, 4, 1880
Ma. EnlToR; BY request, / SEM "Sup-
Piement fS OF my report OF survey of s.. Y.
~. r., giving an estimate of cost of the
narrow gauge (3 feet) on this line. 1t Will
ne observed that the grades. and curvation
are the same as those used in the survey
made for this road on the broad guuge sys-
TEN. The estininseo presented may be Iurye-
| iy reduced by using such grades and curves
as are perfectly practicable, on t,,e narrov,
gauge system. For it is fact that cannot
h pc Henieu, tnat narrow gauge engine can
haus greater load than % broad gsrIire On.
CINE OF the same weight, oyer the same
Erades and curvesI not that the laws OF
lfclof enc gravity are imperative when
! applien 10 the narrow gauge, bnt that the
character OF the cars on the two systems tre
30 entirely different as to render this state
ment practically true. a, single examnle
OF actual practice win best e.,oW tliis:- sS
On the nenver end Rio Grandc r.. r.
marrow, gauge) O. train Of twenty carn re.
Geiyes she freight from the Kansas Pacific
II. M y. l5road gaagel ont Of siEtns;: se=:rs..
car, 81 tons each, 138 tons; load. 10 CONS
tons.
Narrow gauge train-20 cars: Weight or
car, tons each, 90 tons load, 81 tons each,
Log tons; weight of cars and load. 22o tons.
me M hrosd I'D gauge cars are 80 feet long, ia
SaEa-fSp ieet. The narrow gauge cars nre
"a feet lone, 20 caFs-4Sa feet" 80.
IL VIII be here aeen that the harrow gauge
train is the saline length (shorter because the
engine and tender are shorter than the broad
. gauge e. and tender) as the broad gauge train,
Thus !. will be seen tia. tho narrow gauge
eHglAe can tFRvetse higher Grad dea aud Sharper
curves, haplipg Che same aplount OF freight,
than the broad gauge. u
There are many and great advantages OF
this system over that OF the prevailing 8
to enter into this subject, but will sand YOU
IN eytyepk feoHl q letfey just RECEIVED HoM
the Chief EngineeF OF lWo narFoW gauge
roaIs ABOUT being cQmnleted, He says /;
i have 40 doubt about the great advalita-
ges Of tie narrow gauge system. 8 . The
QrirfY Yrnat -, -. 4 n r..
bridges are superior work. . Nothing
less thnn q cyclone can move them. do
not know better bridges shan these. p
Our equipment for 90 miles, operated, Ia oae
,, ten ton and one thirteen ton epgne, pna
PnSdseangs,r Ind aggs,, s1nehi enc expEesa aud Eail var
saae 'sess s4se aa sad sgRsaa RYs IT, tea e inst
Baldwin loGamotiy6, with all improve
mefts, price S5,400. We are building our
own box caEs coat $3.50 EACH, Our Is ton
engine hauls 81 tons paying freight ovsrli5
grade grades M ana @ 1o' curves Enclosed is an esti-i
have an exceedingly broken country, q
ntiaaass ,sa,aa ssd actnal soss sseia nile eenl.
o,.. 49, s, .Aos, +: Lar,
Chief Engineer s. \. r.. r.
"apPp4RNEHy R,n
ASsmate aa Of ss1sse assa sd. eqNSippsd ~ feet
minimum curvature, 956 fest radius:
TABOR LIt,Ey
Grading 81, TAB
bridging and dTrestlework.. 1880
% asonry ........... 2SSa8
SupesstructnTe e b7 Ga &n1' Ris,rs ..ss
aug peF mite. ,.,.,. s., ..,,,.,.,.. 1A5 0t9
.,......s........ 4s, $40
Contingencies.......,.. ..".......-"."...s 5000
Total. ). ........ $40 oss
KENNEDY LINZ. ites 8
BragISg aG u.s., as5sS 5
@ siliss ID O. sssls
AUG pef milo,.,,................ 1o2 GA
Eapiphisnts !. AzEol
COCO
Totei. otei......s,.....................,,aa aasas, 50.
rnIckEt LINE ..ys s
| Grading, ......,., h5 069
Etdsgsg Atidg ana 'rrestle@oFis 5sSY
~ asid5 miles Is aso
| ?1,1vv per ml.eu",n,,, ,.,,,,,,n..n.. led,e52
| 5squ,pnent .""s." .............-........ 47, $40
| Cnntingencies...... .,.............:....... 6,000
Total. 5. J. ). ). 9s7 !, 81
ooaIBINisD LIKE.
Bridging and TEestleWof5 .,.......a.s.::; 80; 1900
8S, ,i0l
| supeissFnettiFe, 90 miles s a -SS, 100
per miie!....... ..-......-...:......,.. 100, 400
equipment. 4762C
0ont . .....:.... oD0
Eptsslms.;,... .,,..,.. ~,
ny comparing the easimRtes of cost for a
broad gauge. ss puhlIslIee last wesls, with
< n rap !