Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-12-27
SWIFT TRAVELLING.
ARGUMENTS AGAINST GREATER SPEEl
 ON RAILROADS.

Wider Trzcks-The Dan%rT T. Great My opinion Is that th, speed ifa1y a. the locomotive c.lginp has n..,.n gc;s,-.. %. with ile present gaugt ai tI7irs ....- diam, ni '!rirlng wheel -.:.5 L1- "a, Watk ri ;se Natio.:i ,r;,-rc,-. %: have }re:, --n to understand ou rs.. credih!- ....iarity .h an engine uI a.,.. road h.is airrad; u l.. a record u: laa miles an hour-ot Conrs' over d very ...0rt distance of perfectly straight ara level track
 If that Is to be beaten II will uu,r E.. done by increasing the size of the hoiic. to begin with To gei d gr42:,.r ,-., ..;,.i 2 of boiler 1t will b. necessary tp wl;ia. the locomotive aui tf'r'inr,' inc t.tcS If speed of anything l';,- ..l fEi!es :. hour is to bt "htainel II tAr futu.e h- track must he wIiane'i- not hy inc.I-. but by feet i.p., 51,- slzr nf the iTiv:u: wheel prOpo- 'n .-.l:-Iy
 Naturally ia' ,;.;, ,,,' ion of safety j. th- first one brought Gn ln connection WitE a disc1sSion ri .4;.- sG5jtyt. and t j. asked Can trtlr- iA' run with a. IHr";! security to l.it am iii.lb at l:jl ui.las -,.. hour ;i. at tifty: llv answer tc this ia No FG1e a .gIvei stretch of track, l.. perfect condition with nothing in ta, way a;id a tram is rnor' .i i- to r,lr off the rail when going at I5J miles an nour ihan waen travelling at sixtv Bu. sucl idt.a! conditions are not usually foui.i m railroading
 EACTS 10 .,ONSJDFR
 "You mus: consider that there are such thin'-s as frogs and switches which get out order or misplaced. as well ss nuli itude of other things more di4lir,-i' to To k out for the more rapidly trGias are gong Most important to think of too. is tine fact that if au accident does occur the train that meets with it is going to suffer in proportion to thc speed at which it is going at the moment of interruption Two trains each go:l. at the rate nf l20 miles an hour ant coming into collis.an would quickly h, reduced to kindlin.; wood If not to tooth picks
 Another thing worth i:lquirlng abOut IS the number ot Eiru that are going tu be required tn r1In niie of tiltsp rag;aos If the future. .:tt ar,4 tO travel G-3 lus3s> an hon; l':#r ,i'I ;}.iir o...' of t:' f....i fiying ir'u!.Iu.:,-.- a; i.r.,'v CitE i',.. -arrIrs vnn tp r.:iia.3rlp..ia at tGp rd.- 1t rra'iv a T.. r. 8 uIIuute D., ,hirs rut watch tE" signal. as you pa.s, Wi.a 'I.chtHlg S.~, it'i-rG,h ritv aftef cit, 2t gri.:;- an ! (, TOSS railway after r.. '.-.i1 N,.., -.-I E,,l ,i aliuut all ynH time tn catch then.
 How LI,scn l,.l.,j.r,. E:iS the engineer linen in look after l!is s;,-ain gaT-s' and water Gauge tn >rr :n his airiIreak. t. make sure that every part of his mighty nlarhlnr k IT order. |" keep in touch .vltL t:Ir tram dispatchpr's office and to identify anyrytra trains as they pas: him that no mistake shall be made: 50 tremendous is tha strain upon this mans .Irrves thar ;,S q iIt;tSure of economy the ,unIpany only permits iiim 10 work foul lays each we,.: and he spends the rp ..lalnIng three m resting and bTaciug up Tor further contests with space and time
 PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS
 Trains III England on an average Atu idSltI llifsu l.i llllS NOtllliIN l4ti- .-ars or carriages are not nearly so heavy K nrlrS they have not relrly so many nravv grades and sharp curves. and .!.s .:.w gives the railway exclusive rights vel their tracks tE;. infringement of sch Is punished by fines and imprison-
 . In England 0n- person out c. -.'.Ty T. 230. .Gtlh carried k killed To ridt ,I tie railway in France is more than
 .,-I;'e is dangerous. lr:iSmuch as one out
 every 2.0G0.uUO passengers Is killed hpltaum Is muih safer than England in Jhis respect: only one out of every 5000 O0 Is killed on its roads Safest of all :,y far are the railways of Prussia, " hicE flly kill one ont of every 21.5O0. COG prOple carried
 There ire many advocates in favor O. making OFT r.'ilrOad cars much hghteI the argunI.-at being that 1t is absurd t. lrag a whole row of houses over the rails Tn order to transport lot of com paratively light packages in the shape of people But 1t iS very certain that heavy .ars have the advantage to safety in pro portion to their weight You will notice that the passengers i'll the heavily built parior ears always get U;I with very much less damage III an accident than dO the Dccupants of the ordinary cars, which are usually tele~coped by the Pullman 3r Wagner coaches
 Extra heavy weight to draw means F=tra expense for the railway companies. Hut safety for thp passengers they carry means saving of llnney in damages in theSs- days Of coarse you read in the newspapers aaout the rllaiIg of BJyn- lon < hlCycir eliglur;:t Brighton Beach at the rE,r of a i::le i!i thirty TWO seconds. or ll2 miles an hour That may give |, no Ron of the future of rililroading as re ards speed. ont am not myself of the uplnIon that the bicycle idea will work EHy revolutiou III the business of trans lurtation by rail " Washington Star
 Couldn't Repeat the Lords Prayer.
 There is president in one of our Maine collv-,s, q bright. smart man who made q rather peculiar statement in conversation some time ago. He was talking about his inability to quote cor rectly and sIid that. while he had an excellent memory for ideas. sentences and phrases would easily slip by him Why do not know that 1 could re peat the Lords prayer word for word" he asserted Noone would suspect such an admission from the worthy president 10 observe him i'll the pulpit. Journal 
 There are glaciers III ule nImaIayas which are rom thirty to sixty miles in length. and there Is one thirty-three miles iong which Is fanked on either