The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-27
Miscellaneous RuInbIings.


Mr.. Diamond Joe, and the only recourse
will be to build through to Pine Bluff"
Miscellaneous RumbIings.
SEVERAL hundred Memphians took adj
vantage OF the g round trip rate to Nash
vile Saturday night.
". X. McINrosH, contracting freight
agent OF the Chesapeake u Ohio railroad,
has returned from the north.
TnE Kansas City, Memphis 4 Birming-
ham road has ordered number OF the
Hart Wood switch appliances, and will
put them into service at once
ENTERrRlsE, Clark county, Miss, viii
hold a special election shortly 20 vote on n
proposition 10 subscribe $4,000 toward
the construction OF the Pensacola 4 Mem
phis railroad.
SKI HAAS, late traffic manager OF the
Richmond * Dnnyill0 railroad, has been
appointed to a similar position until the
Chesapeake q Ohio and Richmond x Al
lcghcny railroads consolidated.
TuE Kansas City, Memphis 4 Birming-
ham road gave notice yesterday that the
old rates on the first six classes Of freight
between Memphis and birmingham il no
iVils'i III cHtSti anu iiihh tiu oiu ihbo IN
restored.
TnE Louisville, New Orleans & Texas
Railroad company will, about September
|, receive two tcn-whcel locomotives from
the Rogers locomotive and machine
works, OF Patterson, n. J. These will be
the last Of an order for twenty given SOW
eral months ago.
Az excursion party numbering about
600 people from points along the line Of
the Memphis, Birmingham & Atlantic
railroad arrived in Memphis yesterday,
and spent tho day in visiting the different
places OF interest. Tho cXcusionists re-
turned to their homes at o'clock last
night.
EIGurEEN years ago, when the nir-bako
was tried, II required eighteen seconds 10
apply 1t TO a train 1000 feet long. -Four
years lalor the timo was reduced 10 four
seconds. Recent experiments with tho
air.brakc ON freight trains show that il can
bo applied tO every car in train Of that
length running nj the rate OF forty miles
an hour, and that this train can bc stopped
within 800 lcOi, on Ono-iOuuh its own
length, and all this without any serious
iOlling.
~
Inns been introduced by Roderick II.
Smith, OF New York. The coupling Is
metallic. no rubber hose and no gasket be-
ing used. A ball joint and a swinging pipe
Joint give universal motion. Tho coup
ling comes apart when the ears separate, n
slotting link lifting tho coupling when IL il
stretched. Two Bundy radiators arc
placed Ia each ear, ono at each ond The
main pipe IL placed whniy L-..,'',..,i, u'r
| bohy OF Tho ca urd n Hap a placed AZ Its
lovort point 4 simple rod expansion trnT
Is used, placed In n diagonal position be-
meath the ear.
! Tng Kansas City, Memphis 4 Birming
ham Railroad authorities have decided Ia
| build branch line two miles ia length
| from point Just above Jasper out Ia the
nov coal mines of the Coal City Coal and
Coke company la Walker county. Work
will commence on tho branch In u
Few days, as the surveys have been
made and preparations Tor beginning
work arc now under way. The
branch is Ia bc used Tor transporting
coal from the mines a. the main track,
where It will bc shipped away. The line
| will be- finished IA a few weeks Work on
the company'c proposed limo from Abcr
deem, Miss, a. Columbus q distance 81
about fifty miles has not yet commenced
The survey Wis finished several DAYS ago
but since that time the authorities hay,
taken NO action. The building Oi IN,
branch may Ice delayed until next spring
FouR-urrIs of tho engines now work
ing In the world have been CONSTRUCTED
during the last twenty-five years. Tn,
force equivalent a. the working steam on
/ tVs
| Z. JOl. OlO horse power IN England, 1000.
OOO hor,c power; In Germany, i.No. On
in France, 100000. in Austria, 500, 900
In these the motive power oi tho locpmo
tive Is not included, whose number In al
the world amounts to las .OD1, and ppr
scnts n total VI 3,On,Un hnr-o power
Adding this amount 10 the other figures
We obtain the total of iGOnOO hurs
power A steam horsc power i equal {,
three actual horses power, living hons
h equal a. seven men. The steam engine
tolay represent IN the world approximate
~ the work ui ,ObO. ull,u ON men. ~ mon
than double tie working population IT th
earth, whose total population amounts /
l,3ti, p2AUO Inhabitants
Muru has been said AMI written about
double daily pa~Cngcrtmin service ON ia
Kansas CITY, Memphis n birmingham
milruad with line Of through sleeper
from this city to Kansas City, but all IN
while the officials have kept quiet abou
the matter, SAYS the Birmingham 10
Now that they have come forward and ~
nouncCd that the double daily service vi
be- placed on the road september !, Il ma
. hc rclicd on ~ hying true. Train Mastt
! W. y. Marshall Says that everything
r being gotten into proper shape Tor anoih,
I ! through passenger train. Tho Cxa,
. schedule has not yet been announced, bI
!. il Is known that the train will leave her
4 lor Memphis about % O'Clock at night nn
4 arrive hero from Memphis at about
= O'Clock In the morning. OF course, Whc
a this Train b put ON through slccptrs vi
. be- run % Accommodate the heavy tuv
e which the road is sur 20 have. The pre-
n Cnt through day trains will also be rol
inuvd aud will keep the same sChcdul
" very near the same.