Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-06
RAILROAD.
This country has just half the rail-!
roads of the world.

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This country has lust half the rail-
roads of the world. .
An express traih IN Nor"aN
runs ..i,s. az u an M average Spceu Oh '"eiVe
Douole 'dGGN catt'e cers arc no ID
use Us ooa az ,he west anu freight cars o'
io'oo1 IDS '"pac'N'
The increased earnings of the La
N. for the third week in February
assi aSis oou " Vi''-'o o''i INV pei'ou
u 'aS' car
Foreign railway news show that
the Englishman takes nin ;teen rail.
way trips year, The Belgian eleven,
the Freuchman aud German five, and
the Italian one. .. .4
The bill authorizing the city of
o Owensboro, Ky to aid in the build
ing of the Vinceunes, Oakland City
e Greensboro road TO The extent of
100000, has passed the Kentucky
Legislature.
cauauc.ors aud o,o;,oors IN tbe
employ of the Erie Railroad Compa-
ny have been ordered to carry watch
es which have been certified to be re-
liable by inspectors appointed by the
company for that duty.
Hho ,on % uo nov, Nroni,obo
.ii.oH =" aa0 ,a'm oL o 'm Ill J ,"n'.;to,n
an G@u I, ''Js nj '%,uaTo 'U ~
and lni6csA Y iSt'.' u n, az ;d;, ai;p E
,hyough surpasses anything eyer
known,
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According 10 an engineering Jour
nal locomotive Dullu'hg III uernany
becomes eacn year more prohtless,
ana heighDorlng countries thaV ior-
merry depended on the permah
works nave ehtirely Withdrawn their
patronage.
The Ohio e Mississippi road is de-
livering steel rails to the Louisville
oouthetn road at me ra.e OF 81 car
loads a week. W men tne Lou'svliie
southern IS completed IL VIII De a
valuaple Ieeder 10 lhe Louisville,
New Albany " Chlcago'
II ia stated that many of the lead.
ING lines of railroads have Instructed
baggage men not TO check baggage
over the @. II. & O. route during The
continuance of the strike. This or
der is made for the reason that the
C., b. & o. will not be able to care
for baggage while their passenger
trains are run with such irreuuIarily
Some experiments have been made
on the Fort Wayne. Cincinnati &,
louisville road on the use of natural
gas on locomotives. The gas under
the natural high pressure, $3.50 TO CSC
pounds, to the square, inch, is stored
in cylindrical steel reservoirs and
carried on a special car behind the
tender. 1t is stated, however. that
natural gas, however much com
pressed, is enormously more bulky
than coal for an equal heating power,
~. q iew arc psg inniug ~ hnu
out tnat lhe spec'al 'ral" % 10 no! @ "na'
II Is cracheu up 70 Te, aIu' IL .ne3 y,
as necessary evils. There is speed
that is too high for comfort. Itmust
be magnificent roadbed, and hav-
ing fine rolling stock, that can make
high speed and not injure the ner-
vous system. Man is like a piece ol
bridge iron. You can. increase the
vibrations till he goes to pieces, and
he may not know what is the matter
with him.
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