The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-09
RAILWAY ITEMS.

An order hos byur promulgated pN Noin-
missioner Fink, HuI norz'ng lurlher re-
duotipu q. frdgAlf, IN oonsequohc- col re-
rput deyei tumeuis %. rl'1. uiung cnlnf'r,
.a,fUlIow Ch.carl tn Nov York eighfhio a
uasis ai 20 cents por 100 poundF seyraih
cleo, % cents nor Too; ,.lth c,Ass 80 CENTS,
aud on hoes Is cCUts, 90 Toxic elect on lAt
ia iustult uuI remain i0 in'ca only uaul
urip.r arrangement Ir' whde iof no re-
.lrf.i,n ard permanent maintenance o.
The estRh'is'ed tnr'L' ,.-..t-.....
There vii hs a met ting vi 500 JOINT exec
utive eopim.iltr un lie iOti, - inquire into
the causes II tho ungotlcd condition o.
fr,aud with Y.ss tO restGr,g thS TAR II
A lalr writing toA L'Ndop newspaper
suggests thlt clock " thn WMunt 90 ~
NJ a railway station Ia n greater boon - ths
traysler tnGn the neat array 81 t7Als hhu
bibles W IA which chat drearv Gp2rtnent -
Generally furnished The suggestion IS a
Good onn Although the rural walting-room
m thia country is no. overloaded 10 any eN-
tent ,,ith bibles uud te1ti to Guide inc
weary traveller rightly, nevertheless c'nck
L, re- 'ieys the monotony OF the t1ohcc' spit
covered stnve aud mucl lT-WhlOled beucNes
would no blessinn, b.t oil3 10 'he brhV'
liar. hut TO the everW ofked iicttt sgent,
etc. who generally has 10 ac' al nm auimat =
cnronometor for every body wac comes ~
The suggestion rs commended to suIeriL-
tendtnts. so,
IL is sYpected that twenty millions OF
acres o. land will DO recovered ifou me
rail way land monopolies by the ioriei ure
of unearned land grants. twenty mlIinns
OF acres mako land surface about equal IN
aren I +, the province OF Indiana u hich co1-
tains little more than u 600 OO acresl, 1t
ia perhaps fourth or tihh part OF all the
land that government has given away in
railway subsidy bills. ana that RAJ gay
companies would have got u the conoluons
of the grants had Desn IN all cases iulil led;
But tho part which ou be recovered WI
by no means incl ude the best lands that
wee given away, nor perhaps any that are
not rather below than above the average
quality. Still IL 10 gratifying 10 be assured
thst 20 Geo, 600 acres Of oven the poorest OF
the rail way So bsidy lands can be recovered
Mr.. ApLus Sinclair describes, IN an artl'
Gle in the American MGchinlst, ipe methods
adopted tor running ne rev YORK anu
CHICAGO limited over tho PennsylygaiN sys'
lem al an averga speed -oi % - mites per
hour between New Hosk aud CdicaEo
Some OF his statements are as iOlloWs 10
keen on time soEla paris Of the bret d!vis'
ion must he traversed ut speed OF over
sixty miles en- hour, while my miles an
bour must be maintained over consldera-
HE portion Of tho other divisions. The
Il ret essential tor Il high speed locomotive -
the means OIL generating steam freely rs
fast as it is used up by the cylinders. The
next consideration is properly.desiIpau
steam dist ribution gear aud well-pTopOr
toned machinery, so that hea. energy pro-
duced by the boiler may be converted into
useful work In propeling the engine with
the least possible loss OF pOSer. To hanole
the fast trains be,ween New YorR and Phil
sdelphia the mechanical talent OF the
Pennsylyania railroad. aided by filiy years
,nherted expert nee, has produced the form
of engine known az clsss X. This IS an ar
targcite coal burning locomotive, with i, no
square feet OF heating surface 10 supnly
steam 10 cylinders lSx2i inches, which turn
two pairs of coupled drivers rs inches in di-
nnpter. The traction force Of the engine 10
90 CD pounds for each pound OF effective
pre. sure per square inch cf the pistons.
The valves are the plaiu slide, with full
travel of tiva and o1e-1all inches. Loco
motiyes belonging 10 this company are not
ngrnitt II TO cool down, unless the fire mas
I pe drawn that work may be done. AT
tins end II Il trip the IRE is cleaned and
h.nksd. 10 wait Tor the next run. BY get
ting 10 the round house two hours before
train me we find our engine receiving he
fiat work of preparation for the trip. The
fra ia spread over the CRATES anu ireah
sunnlv Of coal laid over the whole fire. To
n1sEea an engine team freely with anthra-
cite coal IL is very important that the IRE
should be properly burned through before
starting out, About two houis' time IL
needed for this, 50 that the mass OF coal
will get properly iguited without the aid OF
the blower. A lire that has 10 he forced
along with the blower never proves sau:-
4 Glory.