The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-09-12
RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAVEL.
Illustrated by the Pennsyivania's vestibule
Limited.
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General Horace Porter's very interes-
ting article on Railway Passenger Ira
VEL" in Scribner's for September, dis
cnsses the development Of railway travel
In most entertaining style. He regards
the vestibule train as the highest point
reached in securing the perfection of COM
fort and safety to the passenger. After
detailing the progressive steps by which
the vestibule was reached, he says -
This invention, which was patented
in 1887, succeeded not only in supplying
the means of constructing perfectly en-
closed vestibule OF handsome architectural
appearance between the cars, but it ac-
complished what is even still more i'm.
portant, the introduction of safety APP
pliance more valuable than any yet de-
vised for the protection to human life in
case ofcolisions. The elastic diaphrsgms,
which are attached to the ends of the cars,
have steel frames, the faces or bearing
surfaces OF which are pressed firmly
against each other by powerful spiral
springs, which create friction upon the
faces of the frame, hold them firmly In
position, prevent the oscillation Of the
cars, aud furnish buffer extending from
the platform to the roof which precludes
the possibility of one platform riding
the other, and producing telescoping 10
case of collision The first of the vesti-
buled trains went into service or the
Pennsylvania Railroad In June, 1886, and
they are rapidly being adopted by rail-
way companies. The vestibuled limited
trains contain several sleeping cars, din
ing car, and a car fitted up with q smok-
ing saloon, q library with books, desks,
aud writing materials, bath. room, and
barber shop. With free circulation
of air throughout the train, the cars
opening into each other, the electric light,
the many other increased comforts and
conveniences introduced, the steam heat
ing apparatus, avoiding the necessity of
using fires, the fast speed, and the alb
sence OF stops at meal stations, this train
Is the acme of safe and luxurious travel.
An ordinary passenger travels in as
princely a style in these cars as any
crowned head in Europe In royal special
train.
In recent article, published 10 one of
the Southern newspapers, Dick Taylor,
formerly rebel Brigadier, discusses the
groundsIupon which the North was able
to bring the South to submission. In his
opinion, the South made two great mis-
takes, the avoidance of which would have
given her the victory. The first error
was that Southern congressman failed, 10
the Winter of 1857 SO, when they had the
power, to weed out every protectionist
clause from the tariff and thus open the
door to Free Trade. They should have
then made a tariff the effect of which
would have been TO close the furnaces,
workshops, wooden aud cotton manufac-
tories, and steel and iron works of the
North and West and to scatter their
workmen over the prairies and Territor-
les. Then, when the war broke out, the
North would have been entirely unpre-
pared for 1t. 1t would have been impossi-
BILE TO arm and equip great army aud to
place II 10 the field; nor would 1t have
been easy to create large naval feet.
The North would have been without sup
plies, engines and workmep, and would
have had neither money nor credit.
These arguments Of Gen. Taylor let the
cat out OF the bag. Can IL BIO that the Of.
fort to bring about Free Trade now is to
redeem the errors OF the pasla Taylor's
opinions are fully as logical az they would
have been q generation ago, aud certainly
their practical application would now
have the effect that be has outlined.