Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10

OF FtOf1dd journal ana ESSEX
COUNTY Herald" we have got 500
miles on the way to New Orleans
and the great Exposition. We start
ed in hurry, and we are now NOV
ing in a hurry-95 miles an hour.
We left Jacksonville at p. m,
March 80, over the line of the Flor
ida Railway and Navigation Com
pany and the Louisville and Nash-
vile Railway. The first thing of
interest we found was the far famed |
Sayannah River, oyerhung with
flowers and bushes, and looking like
picture, in its lpxpriant wealth of
foliage. Being half railroad man
from my acquaintance with the jolly
boys Ct the G. I. r., made friends
with the conductors, and they told
me of the different points of inter
est along the road. About $50 miles
from Jacksonville we saw the smoke
arising from the Wakulla swamp.
Where, why and how it comes from
no man knows. The darkics eq}l it
"The Devils Tar Pot" though what
the ID he wants of tar pot l
don't knoy. 1t is supposed to be
of a sulphurous origin, bnt being in
an impenetrable swamp it can never
be Investigated suffice it to say the
smoke is always there, and can be
seen from all directions.
Next we come to the capital of
the state,
TALLAHASSEE.
This is a town of some 1000 in.
labitants, and called "The City Of
Flowers" being laid ont in a mass
) Of floral beauty. we passed it il
| the night, SO we saw little except
; the State buildings, built on thu
A regulation plan-columns, steps ant
, domes, The next place Of size is
PENSACOLA,
Y the chief commercial mart of tn
=; state, city of about 10000 people
+ Here | saw the smallest locomotiv
: ever built for regular service. Fo
G the benefit of the " boys" we appent
S the following from the Gulf Stream
: "The miniature locomotive, whic'
? is as perfect in its mechanism an
q equipment as the huge mastodon i
7 conceive, was designed by Mr.. job
l. Douglass, the master mechanic G
the work, and was built under hi
IS direction. The engine is for a 2
y inch guage road. The cylinders ar
u SKIS feet ; driving wheels II feet j
a diameter wheel base, 7 #. 9 il
l. The boiler is fl. 8 in. diameter
II it. 8 in. is the greatest height aboy
lie rail ; 2ad it has 81 fues l l-2 in. d
ls ameter. The tank is made TO carr
"a 100 gallons of water, and the CO;
4 bankers haye q capacity of %
n pounds. The whole machine is 9
S 6 in. long, it. 6 in. wide, an
4 weighs, in working order, three an
one-half tons. A novel featu
about the little engine is the noun
ing of the main frame on two fou
err wheeled trucks, one being the dri
u ing truck, which is connected to 6
,r intermediate axle hung in the midd
s- of the frame with a special bearin
in so as to allow the driving truck
IN move around its centre to dust
n. self to the. irregularities of the roa
,v This arrangement gives great fire
cd dom in passing the sharpest curry
w and the long wheel base gives
mr. steady motion to the engine on Il
v. track at high rate Of speed. II
ad engine was set to work hauling CO
n struction material on the wharf, Il
he track being very uneven, but s.
ad operates very satisfactorily. S
of pulls Is loaded cars, weighing abo
nv 40 tons, and handles them easil
a A pressure of so pounds is carrie
ut and the valves are planned to C
it. off at "a stroke"
ed Pensacola is pot pretty; fl
w Southern cities are. But its impo
Id ance as a business center is sue
1 that it deserves passing mentic
he Pensacola is entered by this 70,
ed over four mile bridge across t
it Pensacola Bay. Next comes
ed MOBILE, ALABAMA,
am Ala miles from Jacksonville, 8
Su- of which was in Florida. Mobile
at on the Gulf of Mexico, in size
to parently city of about $4,000
ich habitants. 1t is dirty and smol
ira and does not show up.
csc As we close, we are at Scyant
,eh Mississippi, los miles from N