The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14
RAILWAY ITEMS.

AN order has been promulgated by Com
missioner Fink, authorizing further I'd
dnction al irpights, Ia consequences OF "a
| cent deyelnpmenis OF rtte.cuttlng changes
~ follow: Chicago 10 Nov York. eighth TO .
basis ot 20 GEMS per 100 pounds; seventh
class % cents per 100; nluth elias. 80 cents,
and OF hoes, % cenis, To take effect on the
h instant aud remain Ia force only until
proper arrangements arc made Tor the res
| IOration ard petm-neut maintenance ol
| the established tar II,
There will ba q me. ting Of the joint exec
utiys COMMITTEES Oh the 10Th, t. inquire into
the causes oi the unsettled cIndition ~
rates aud with view TO re'torlng tho tar Il
| Il practicable,
A lady writing 20 a Lnndoa newspaper
gus g,s's tiat 4 Q ock ~ the wliJinP-'G
OF n railway ,ttlion u greater b'Nn % the
traveller than the neat array OF texts and
bibles tn which that dreary apartment Is
generally furnished" The suggestion Is u
good Que, Although the rural " dtinG room
in thi, c,untry Ia not overlnadtd - any ex-
tIt with bles and trxt' 10 guide the
weary traveller rightly, nev-it le es' clock
u 70 i.ve the mnhotohy oi tis tnhncci sol =
covered stove and muol J., Whitfield beGc res
would he 4 biessiUg, rot only 10 The trav.
lar, but to the evetroik ID ticket agent,
etc., who generally has 20 act ~ On animtt'
chronometer Tor every boy VINO comes ~.
lne HugktbltOh 70 ~ ehpNiih
tendents.
Il is expected that twenty millions Of
acres of aud " II bs recovered from the
"a | Yay laud mounpol'es by the forth ure
OF unearnrd md graf t.. Twenty millions
OF acres make | sud I'll tface shout eqn,l in
area tie province OF Indian. hicn coz.
taiGs Il | tie more than 2l,OOO OW acrrs). II
Is perhaps a fourth or tith pat of ali the
,ni that government has given away Ia
IA lgAy SUBSIDY bills. and that RI gay
com panies would have got u the condi',ois
of the grants had osen m sll CAFES III IN ~.
But the parf which ON be- recovered " II
nv no means ir,l Iie the best l'ndi th4C
wee gwen away, n1r perhaps a. trG' are
not --tler u l'w ,hsn above toe average
uu t.. 5 II H. IS grat tying - b. assured
tut - OGJ,tVO .crna ot even the pncrr"t Of
the IA | way 81 n-lGy lands can b. rec yrrei.
MIR. AnAus SiGClair describes, IN an art.
Gle IN the A meflC.u hSchiui5t. tho methods
aiopieh TOR ruuuing ne New ltrk md
Chicago limited oyer The PSnuSvIytrip sGs.
TEN at an aveEGe ppesd -ot 35 ~ miles nsr
hour between New York and UniCago.
SJnle OF hia sta .m5nts are 20 follows 10
Keep gu time SOme parts of the 6rst d Wis
ian must be t-sv-r.cd At a speed ct over
sixty miles an houT, While fifty niles an
our must DO iusiptAingd over GOnsdera-
HE - IFtIUq III zoe Other divisions, fhr
tirst sen IA, r u hi IN speed locomotive is
the mttus ~ z, n2ra NY u an Freely hS
fast Il, Il II used up py tho cylinders. The
next c>usiierr'iun Is properly-hesisn5
steam ui5i bacon gear ana WelI-prupDr
toned machinery, 80 tbs: neat energy pro.
duced b. tue bOilcr may be converted iItb
us iul work IN pTopeiling the engine win
the ,as5 possible oi5 OF pDver. To handle
the fast trains b., ween New York and Phil
edeiphia the mechanical IA eDt OF the
Pennsylvania tailioad. aided bv fifty years
huo a 3 h.sf IN
OF engine known as cl IS X. This ia an an
tbrscie coal buruing locomotive, with 205
steam to cylinders 1924 inches, which turn
two pairs OF couuleu drivers Is inches In d.
nmster. The tract on foros Of the engine lie
80 50 poupds for eSch pound of effective
pressure per square Inch of the pistone
The valves are the plain eide. with full
travel of tive and One-rslf inches. Loco
motives belonging to this com osny are not
permit ID 10 cool down, unless the tire mas
to be drawn that work may be done. At
the end Of trip the Are is cleaned and
banked, tn wait TOR the next run. BY get
ting to the round house two hours before
train me we fad our engine receiving the
frat work OF preuaratiun tor the trip. The
fire is spread over the CRATES anu fresh
gu pUly OF coal laid over the whole fire. To
make IN engine 4 aui freely witl al tina
cite coal it. j. very ,msDriant the, the nre
should ba rr JpeTly burned Through before
starting out. About two hnu's' time Is
needed for tuig g. int tle mass ot CD!l
will gat proper !, nited wi houJ the ad OF
the bio yer. A fra mat has n be forced
long with the blower never proves satis-
T. Try.