Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04
RAILWAY RUMBLGS,

In England locomotives have neither
bells, headlights nor "cowcatchers."
A road will soon be built from Fincastle
to Cloverdale, Va, shortening the time six
hours from Pittsburg to the south.
The Baltimore and Ohio is laying third
track for quite distance out from Pitts
burg to better accommodate its rapidly
increasing business ut that point.
Timothy B. Blackstone president of the
Chicago and Alton railroad is said to be
the only railroad president in the country
who owns majority Of the stock in the
road he manages.
The New York, Lake Erie and Westerns
iron bridge over the Chemung river, be-
tween Corning aud Painted Post, on the
y heavy steel bridge. The old one was too
light for the present heavy traffic
f. B. Thomas, vice president of the Erie
company, states that the Erie In now prac-
tically free from any floating debt for the
first time in m0ny years. The company
now has in it's treasury ample funds to
meet any demands of such character.
The Queen and Crescent has just estab-
lshed new line of vestibule trains be-
tween Cincinnati and St. Augustine, Fla.
These trains are marvels of beauty, con-
tanning buffet, sleeper, boudoir car and
coaches equipped with the Scarrit high
back seats, covered in gold plush. The
trains are equipped with the Barr vesti-
bules.
The first railroad in Sweden was opened
in 1856. At the end Of 1896 the total length
of lines amounted to IT'S kilometcrs
(about l, 104 miles,, and Mt the end of 1854
the figure had reached 6,590 kilometers
about ,09S miles,. OF this length, 2,3l2
kilometers belonged to the government
and ,2S7 kilometers were under private
control.
| The Chicago and Eastern Illinois has en-
tered the field as freight line, in connec-
nectiou with the Big -Four, between Chicago
and St. Louis.
The Pennsylvania and tie Canadian Pa
cific roads are to unite in building a road
from Toledo to Detroit and to construct in
the latter city depot to cost 100000
A well known railroad man, discussing
the influence of the wind on trains, says
there are times when an eastern bound
train from Denver could make schedule
time without one pound Of steam.
1t is announced that the Pan Handle
will run to Toledo before March, using /;
new road constructing from Coshoctou tc
Mansfield. This will give Toledo direct
route to the Walhonding Valley coal fields
The Baltimore and Ohio has made great
improvements in the Grafton wv. Va.
shops Several buildings have been erected
and the old ones have been repaired. a
new and improved lathe has been put il
the machine shop.
William w Wilhelm, the veteran trav
cling baggage master of the Pennsylvania
railroad, entered its service in 1850, and
losing but few days. duty in forty-ont
years, has travelled 2,9O0, 600 miles anc
never met with an accident.
1t has been stated by the steel rail manu-
facturers OF this country that orders fo
| GOO, 900 tons have been booked, which Is ont
| OF the best evidences that railroad building
is being pusaed with vgor The steel raj
industry is sure to keep the mills runnin!
on full time for at least a year
San Francisco railroad men consider thG
the road now building to the eastern Dor
der Of Nevada by the Rio Grande Western
will be soon on the way TO the Pacif
coast through California via the Beckwortl
pass, where rails are laid and the roat
graded through a considerable portion o
the pass,
in the years from 1855 to 1870" said
railway perinteudent If an enginee
got sixty to sixty-fvc dollars per month i
was considered good wages, and often tn
puymaster would be two or three month
behind in paying employees. Now an eugi
neer who is lit to run an engine gets frol
$l20 to Sl25 per month, and sometime
reaches $50 to $3.50.