Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-30
Wednesday, July 30, 1884.
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Changes of Engineers On the
 Cou.oItdated ROad-COnnectfcut
 Men Building Railroads In Florida
 Ventilation of Cars.
 The recent changes in the runs of engin- eers on the Consolidated road, the raising of their pay to 31s cents mile and the low ering of the number of engineers will not les sen the expenses of the road, according to Superintendent Davidson. The cost will, in fact, be little more, as the rate of payment of the engineers is increased, and there are the same number of miles to run as before by the trains of the road. The reduction in the number of engineers will be very slight, as anyone can figure out for himself by compar- ing the length of the runs with those former ly required. The increase is small percent age, and this increase will substantially measure the reduction in the number of men to do the duty.
 There has no doubt been some complaint among the engineers, but it is not likely to
 be very extensive when they are put in the way of making more money than before, and
 probably it comes more from the fact that
 some of them will have to change their resi-
 dence and go to New York or Springfield,
 than from anything in the work itself. A little grumbling at this is natural inevitable
 and temporary. An engineer, paid at the rate of 3 1-2 cents mile, is always allowed
 pay for one hundred miles if he is called out
 at all If the run is over one hundred miles he is paid 1-2 cents for each mile rum, but if the run is less than one hundred miles he gets his S3. 50 all the same, even Ii he had only been called to run from Hartford to Newington on some special business. 1hls is one of the advantages over the time when | the men were paid certain sum day ana \ got nothing for extra or double runs
 ! General George w. Bentley, general man. aper of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key l West railroad, who has been East for short 1 time, left New London Tuesday night to re, sume his duties on that road after his brle1 vacation General Bentley was accompanied | by General Mason, the contractor for the ex ! tensions of the road, which are to be com | pleted this fall One of these extensions, the Pa1atka and Indian River, is 100 miles long | and the other, the Seville and Halifax divi sion, about 35 miles. All the New London l boys employed on this road are delighted l with the climate and see a fair futute before l them.
 l A recent writer in a railroad paper discuss es the matter of ventilation of cars at some 1 length and suggests some important defects l of the plans commonly used. According tc 1 him the essential thing is to have the ail l that enters the cars screened through the fine
 netting, to bring it in in large quantities at $ 1 moderate speed. In substance, he argues fol plenty of opening at the top, arranged not SC | to exhaust the air, but to let it fan naturally and for sufficient lower openings at whicf
 the air can enter. He favors having the
 windows wide open in very hot weather, or
 the ground that it is the only way in whicE l enough air can be admitted, and suggests 1 that they may be protected by nettings whicE will catch ali the larger, red-hot cinders.