The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-16

Twenty QmestiOns About Rail-
ways and Electricity Answered.

twenty Questions About Rail-
ways and Electricity Answered.
Scrihnef's Magazine originated the
very interesting method Of
imparting useful'information:
ABOUT RAILWAYS.
I. How manv miles OF railway 10 the
United Stases?
2. How much have they'cost?
8. How many people are employed
by them?
What Is the fastest time made BY .
train? I?
s. what IL ths cost Of high-clsss
eight wheel passenger locomotive!
g. What u the Iosgest mileage oper-
a;ed hv a single system?
7. What i the cost Of palace sleep
ing car?
8. What IL the longest railway bridge
span In the United States?
8. What Is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States?
10 Who built the first locomotive In
the United States?
IL. What road carries the largest num-
Der Of passengers?
4Ss W I'M - ttiC 0vN' - ~ 'sesfy 49, ss''0
of IN American locomotive?
IS. What is the longest American rail
way tunnel?
u What IL the average cost Of con
mile ~ railroad? F?
l.. Where and when was the irs
car used
Is. What are the chances Of fatal &C
lciient in railway travel?
IL. What line of railway extends fur
Ithest East and West?
Is. How long does steel rail last, will
average wear?
l9 Whist road carries the largest mum
Der Of consumers!
| 20. What 10 the fastest time made be
tween Jersey City and San Francisco
ANSWERS.
/. 10000 miles about half the mile
age Of the world.
2. $1,000 O00,O00.
| 3. More than 100 600.
| 4. aga 6-lO miles In hours. % min
utes (443 minutes y one mile being mad
lin IL ll.29 seconds. on the West 6hor
ltsiiroad, New York.
5. About $500.
u U. AtCuIeOUs AOPF0S oou 0ooto =
Isystem, about 5000 miles.
/ z. About ol5.0OO or $1,000 II "Vest
buled."
.. Csntilsver span in Poughkeeps
lbridge. 5l8 feet.
3. Kinzua Visduct, on the Erie roc
l3O5 feet high.
\ 10. Peter Cooper.
y II. Manhattan Elevated Railroad, Ne
York 5a5 QUO day, Or l9l ,625. .0u0 yea
n IL. About 500.
Is. Hoossc Tunnel, on the Fitchbu
Railway, "a miIes.)
~. Al the present time about e2O.OO
Is. Upon the Cumberland Valley IA
Iroad OF Pennsy ivsu,a from 1896 10 lS3
l6 Que killed Ia ten million Stati
|tics show more are killed BY falling o.
OF windows than iu railway accidents.
| IL. Canadian Pacific Railway. runnir
lfros0 Quebec 70 the Pacific Ocesu.
Is About eighteen years.
10. Illinois Central, l.S28, ,22s, In lae
20. 3 days, = hours, 80 minutes and
sccouds. Special theatrical, June, 49,
i ABOUT ELECTRICITY.
I. How strong . current 10 used
Isend message over an Atlantic csbl
2. What is the longest distance ov
(which conversation BY telephone Il dsi
Imsin,ained?
8. What is the fastest time made BY [
Ielectric railway?
4. How many miles Of submarine cot
lsre there IN operation?
s. What IL the msximum power gel
Iersted BY % electric motor?
8. How IL break In submarine cab
! located?
!. How many miles Of telegraph vi
lin operation Ia the nited Ststes?
8. How many messages can be tran
United over . wire al one time
III 8. How 10 tclegrsphing fr0m . moviS
,ltrain accomplished9
d 10. What are the most widely seT
rated points between which u 70 pos
BILE to send teIegrsm9
IL. How many miles OF telephor
!, wire In operation In the u. ST.
". What is the greatest candle pow
of arc light used in . lighthouse
Is. How many persona In the U0it
Estates are engaged In business depen
ling solely on electricity?
n Il. How long does It take 10 transu
Ella message from San Francisco TO Hol
Kong?
!. Is. What IL the fastest time made
an operator sending messages BY MOI
system?
!. Is. How many telephones are In q
lin the United States T?
!. IL. What war vessel has the most cor
y plete electrical plant? !.
Y 1s. What is the average cost, per mi
: lof q Transatlantic submarine cable?
10. How many miles Of electric ra
way are there in operation in the Unit'
Estates?
20. what strsngth OF current II do
Igerous 10 human lifeS
ANSWERS.
l. Thirty cells Of battery only. Eqt
Ito 80 Volts.
3 About ESQ miles from Portlau
= as-s-~ 49, nuSIalo ~ W