The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-01
RAILRoAD NOTES.

An average locomotive costs $4,000.
An expert electrician asserts that an
electric tIain making 1875 miles an hour
would require 1000 feet in which to come
to a stansJill.
The gauge Of the Roman chariots 2.000
years ago was feet 81 inches-same as
standard railroad guage of today.
The railroads Of the country employ
roo, 600 men, Each year they lose 1900 OF
their number in killed and 10000 Of them
are injured.
There are over 100000 railroad cars
and $4,000 locomotives In the United
States.
Two hundred styles of locomotives are
made,
A new railrood is to be BOLT between
Chicago and Omaha.
Chicago Is to have a $500,000 railroad
station built by the Illinois Central.
Over 1000 miles of railway are pro-
jected In China.
The work of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in Elizabeth, preli mary to elevating the
tracks has been greatly in excess OF the
company's contract with the city. The
The eievating will begin early next
spring, and the company has promised to
build stone and brick arches of an orna-
mental character. instead of eiron struct-
ures at several of the principal streets.
The work of the Central road in depress-
ing streets and altering grades has like
ment with the city called for.
1t is the duty o, locomotive engineer,
saws an exchange, to show his running
orders to his firoman. If you are ordered
to sidetrack at Totec for No. the ire
man begins to figure on that. 1.-The has q
good steamer he will let his fire burn low
in nearing meeting point, SO his engine
won't pop. II he has poor steamer he
will scheme to get his steam up to the
meeting point, and, in either case. II the
engineer pulls by the fireman will be the
first man to notice 1t. 1t will not detract
from the engineers position to mix up a
little Gociollv with his fireman in this
way, and it will make the fireman good
engineer If we were making train rules
we would compel engineers to DO bhlss
and ii that failed to work we would have
an extra copy of the train order made for
the fireman. The conductor should show
his order Ia the fireman.
American Car Company. capital $780,
600. Is to start at st. Louis.
New York Steam Railroad Mems Union
has 5000 members.
Nine women ere station agents on the
Brooklyn local railways.
The railroads Of this country are col
lecting $500, 900 900 every year on ficticious
bonds and stocks.
A company from Chicago is to build q
line of railroad in Nicaragua 200 miles in
length through rich coffee region.
A female engineer, MISS lua deWlCU, IL
regularly employed on the Cairo & Kama
Wha Valley railroad in Vast Virginia.
Many railroad telegraph operators in
the West are giving up their places to be,
come firemen, brakemen or switchmen-
because these occupations are paying
better than telegraphing.
The directors of the Chicago, BurlinR-
ton & Quincy Railroad say that the strike
of their engineers three years ago cost
the company at least So, 100000.
The increase In railroad earnings DUR
ing the month of August over same
mouth last year was little over seven
per cent. For the year the increase has
been about S17, 100000.
The gross earnings for the New Jersey
Central for August were s., ,305, ,042; oper-
ating expenses, S744.0 .072 net earnings,
$56O,969. The operating expenses for the
month were $36,513 greater than the cor
responding period of last year. and the
uet earnings show an advance of $27, 900.
The Erie is about to put in pneumstic
gates at street crossings and the gatemeu
will be perched aloft in towers so that
they will not be diverted from duty by
conversation with persons on the street.
The New York, Ontario & Western
railroad discharged eight conductors on
Monday. II is said that they were sus-
pected of "knocking."