The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-10-27
RAPID RUNNING by RAIL,
Iiow n Train Travelled Three Hundred iii;rs an
Hour.
lFrom bic San E,anei.eo chronicleN

st'"'s
(From the San EiauriAco Chronicle)
When George Stevenson asserted his
ability to run passenger coaches at II
speed OF twelve to fifteen miles an hour,
scientific and practical men deemed him
lit for II lunatic asylum, but time has
shown that trains may be run ut Il much
greater velocity without materially add
ing to the dangers of railway travel. The
flight of the fast express on the Pom
sylvanla railway is n marked example of
the possibilities III the way of sustaining
high rates of speed. This road now runs
the fastest train III America. Nine hun
bred and twelve miles, including seven
stops, are accomplished in 25l hours,
and the average time is $3.50 miles an
hour. a portion OF the distance is run
at the rate OF 10 miles an hour. At Il
speed of 60 miles an hour the driving
wheels OF the locomotive on this train
make 25Si revolutions q minute. VIM.
Vanderbilt's squirt of 81 miles in CT min
utcs on tho New York Central is declared
to be the highest rate Of speed ever at
tanned III this country, but this speed
was not a surprise TO good engineers,
many OF whom are firm III the belief that
100 miles m hour will yet be accom-
plished on American roads.
Ihlrty-one years ago Colonel Nlciggs
read a paper before the New York Farm
ers' Club on Culture Travelling" in
which he expressed the belief that rail
road cars could be safely propelled bv
steam at the rate OF 800 miles an hour
He said: "Thc Emperor OF Russia has
taken the first great step toward what /
deem the ultimatum of railroad travel
Instead of cutting what / call o mere
drill through tho country and going
around everything in the way for q
straight line, he has cut q broad way for
500 miles from st. Petersburg to Mos
COW. He has made it all the way 300
feet wide, SO that the engineer sees
everything on the road. This is part of
the future-the railroad from point to
point with n mathematical line; the rails
ten times stronger than are now used;
the locomotives on wheels Of far greater
diamcteri the gauge Of n relative
breadth; the signals and times perfectly
settled; the roads on both sides during
the transit of trains having the gate of
the walls oil closed-then instead of
travelling 100 miles an hour, we shall
moro safely travel 800 miles an hour"
One of the latest efforts at improve
ment in locomotives is that of q French
man anne Estrada, who has construct
ed an engine which he calls La Parisi-
enne. La Parisienne, when watered and
fired, Weighs AZ tons. It's driving wheels,
six i'll number, are 81 feet in diameter.
The cylinders are outside, with valve
boxes on the top. The diameter of each
cylinder is 49, inches, and the length of
stroke is 2 feet and 81 inches. This en-
CINE is built for high speed, and will
carry q pressure of 200 pounds to the
square inch above TIE atmosphere, or an
absolute pressure of 215 pounds. Es-
trades engine is designed to run at the
average rate of 70 miles an hour.
1t is said that the latest how among the
young ladies is a little brush broom. This
they use to dust the coats of their lovers,
where they have laid their pretty powdered
faces.
IL ls conjccturea that the reticence of the
War Department Is owing to the fac. that
4 waiting for Gcronimofs report on Gen.
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