Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-04-09
SWIFT TRAVELLING.
ARGUMENTS AGAINST GREATER SPEED
ON RAILROADS.

The Limit Reached "a 100 stiies an Hour.
! To DO Better win Require Larger Lo- J
eomotivs Boilers. bigger wheels and
wider TracLs-The Danger Is Great.
My opinion is that the speed limit OF
the locomotive engine has been reached
with the present gauge OF track and
diameter Of driving wheel. said Expert
Watkins at the National museum. II
have been given to understand on very
credible authority that an engine on one
road has s.ready made record OF 100
miles an hour--of course over a very
short distance Of perfectly straight and
level track
If that is to he beaten II will only be
done by increasing the size OF the boiler,
to begin with. To get greater capacity
Of boiler II will be necessary to widen
the locomotive and therefore the track
II speed OF anything like l20 miles an
hour is to be obtained in the future the
track must be widencd. not by inches
but by feet, and the size OF the driving
wheel proportionately
Naturally the question of safety is the
first one brought up in connection with
discussion Of this subject, and 1t Is
asked, Can trains be run with as much
security TO life and limb at $50 miles an
hour as at ffty1 My answer to this is:
No Take given stretch Of track, in
perfect condition. with nothing in the
way, and train is more likely to run
off the rail when going at 100 miles an
: hour than when travelling at sixty. But
such ideal conditions are not usually
: found in railroading
FACTS TO CONSIDER
, .You must consider that there are such
/ things IA frogs and switches which get
out Of order or misplaced, as well as n
{ multitude OF other things more difficult
y TO look out for the more rapidly trains
Q are going Most important to think of.
too. In the fact that IL an accident does
J, occur the train that meets with it is
n going to suffer in proportion to the
speed Mt which IL IL going at the moment
8 OF interruption Two trains each going
v at the rate Of 100 miles an hour and
Il coming into collision would quickly be
reduced to kindling wood. IL not to tooth
a picks
y Another thing worth inquiring about
Is the number of men that are going tC
be required to run one OF these engines
"a Of the future that are to travel 100 miles
an hour Jump on board one OF the fas
4; flying locomotives at Jersey City thai
TX carries you TO Philadelphia at the rat'
OF nearly mile minute. Do nothing
!, but watch the signals as you pass will
y lightning speed through city after cit.
off
intercepting You will find that il take
about all your time to catch them.
da How much leisure has the engineer
ke then. to look after his steam gauge ant
a water gauge. TO see to his airbreak, :
he make sure that every part of his might
ee machine Is in order, to keep in touc
with the train dispatchers Office and
eu identify any extra trains as they pass hiI
:, 30 that no mistake shall be made. 5
4 tremendous is the strain upon this man
ed nerves that as measure of economy tt
ite company only permits him to work for
ed days each week. and he spends the r
manning three in resting and bracing Z
me for further contests with space and tim
'er PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS.
NY Trains in England. on an averag
J. run faster than in this country The
N cars or carriages are not nearly so hea,
,ha as ours. they have not nearly 80 mar
,er heavy grades and sharp curves, and Il
ain law gives the railway exclusive righ
ted over their tracks. the infringement
we which is punished by fines and impriso
ON ment In England one person out
every q. ESQ, 900 carried Ia killed To ri'
~. ~ on the railway in France is more thu
swice as dangerous. inasmuch as one o.
the OF every 2.000.0 900 passengers is kille
ing Belgium is much safer than England
but this respect; only one out of every e.00i
the 600 is killed ON its roads Safest of ,
i'm by far are the railways of Prussia. whi'
the only kill one out of every 2l.500.0
,Ts people carried
!. ~" There are many advocates in favor
making our railroad cars much light,
the argument being that 1t is absurd
drag a whole row of houses over {
ac rails in order to transport a lot of col
~ ~ paratively light packages in the shape
ne ,,,' people. But Ii is very certain that hea
,te. cars have the advantage to safety in pl
iny portion to their weight You will mott
-ew that the passengers in the heavily bu
ing parlor cars always get off with very mu
orn less damage in an accident than do I
% .srs occupants of the ordinary cars, whi
' sne are usually telescoped by the Pullm
~. or Wagner coaches
re- Extra heavy weight to draw mea
the extra expense for the railway compani
|. but safety for the passengers they car
. is means saving Of money in damages
am these days. OF course you read in
lrst newspapers about the running Of Boy
o'S tons bicycle engine at Brighton Beach
the rate OF a mile in thirty two seconds,
1i2 miles an hour. That may give
tion Of the future Of railroading as
the CARDS speed. but am not myself Of
'een opinion that the bicycle idea will We
any revolution in the business Of ira
,sn, portation by rail. - Washington Star
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