The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-13
RAILROAD NOTES.

The number of rail lengths passed in
twenty seconds on all standard roads IN
the United States is the number of miles
travelled per hour.
1t is estimated that railroads in the
United States lose ss,eO0, 600 yearly from
landslfdes, s., Ooo, 600 from floods, 81 ,o00, 00G
from fire and 50, COS, zoo from collisions.
The Atchison system controls &, 600 miles;
the st. Louis and San Francisco / 400
miles, and roadsprevfousiy operated Jointly
by the two systems, I LOO miles. These have
recently been consolidated under one man
sgement.
The gross earnings of the Denver and
Rio 0rande company for the laSt fiscal
year were IS, Csc, COS, an increase of over
$S77, 949 over the previous year. The net
earnings were IS, 332,4i0, an increase over
the year previous of s7o8, 432.
Train No on the New York Central
railroad, it is believed, makes the fastest
time on that road between Byron and
Chilli Junction The distance is fourteen
miles and the schedule time of the train is
thirteen minutes This is at the rate of
sixty-four miles an hour
The Grand Trunk railroad is building a
tunnel under the St. Clair river, between
Sarina, in Ontario, and Port Huron, in
Michigan, which will DO 500 feet long. 1t
will practically consist of a twenty foot
iron tube, and will be nearly four times as
large as any other tunnel built by similar
method.
Bedford and Bellevue, Mass, are nine
miles apart, and are connected by rail-
road of a gauge of but ten inches. The
road crosses eleven streams in the nine
miles, and yet makes the entire distance in
less than thirty minutes. The rails weigh
but twenty pounds 10 the yard, while the
cars weigh but four tons, against twenty
six tons for the ordinary car. The engine
has a weight of but seven tons, and. like
the cars, is elevated but slightly from the
roadbed. thus making safety all the more
certain. Ia many ways this is the most
remarkable road in the world.
The Austrian government has followed
the example Of Hungary in establishing a
''zone" tariff; that Is, system Of group
rates for passengers. The first zone covers
a distance Of ten kilometre, or six miles,
and the smallest fare actually paid Is four
cents. For each additional SIX miles, up TO
thirty, four cents more is charged. The
next TWO zones are nine miles III WldIn, III
volving in each case six cents addition TO
the fare. The Bext zone covers twelve
miles, with eight cents charge; each add
tional zone covers thirty miles, with twenty
cents extra charge. On express trains 50
per cent is added 10 all fares.
An elevated electric railroad Is conten-
plated IN Montreal, 90 consist Of a series Of
single posts sixty feet apart. Single grid
erz, resting on these pillars and sunk six
inches into their heads, carry the ralIA
The cable for carrying the electricity runs
along tho top chord Of tho girdcr. The
motor Is fastened under tbs center Of the
car, and the electricity Is conveyed 20 II By
two wheels, which grip the cable and can
be regulated from tbs interior Of the car
Tho wheels are completely free from brake
friction, as the brake system consists Of
pair of shoes adjusted 80 a. 70 grip the top
chord Of the girder on either SIDE
Those elegant flowers o7nsrnentfrg the
beautiful hair Of the japanese lad5es are
made Of pager.
The garment of the boetmsn who con-
ducts you on bosr7i: the tobacco pouch,
cigar case-all are paper.