San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-03
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.spect every thing and every man and
see where could save the company a
dollar"
"What positions have you held in
the railway service?"
az have held almost every position,
from office boy to general superin-
tendent."
"What is the capacity of the Aran-
sss Pass freight engines? How many
cars, 20 tons per car, can they pull
from Affair to Houstop?"
81 have made an estimate here, !"
docking at paper
"Did you make this estimate your
self?"
':Most assuredly I did. From no
other PERSONS estimate. l made 1t
myself and not from any one else's
estimate"
"What is the capacity of the differ
ent freight engines OF the Arkansas
Pass.?"
"There are four different classes,
one of which is the switch engine. j
made no estimate on that, as they
don't run very fast. The great mOgul
engines weigh $4,000 pounds, and
have driving wheel of go inches
The size of the wheel makes great
deal of difference in the power of the
engine. These engines will pull SIS
tons to train, on q one per cent
grade. That is the amount they will
pull from Muldoon to Attain"
What would sane engine haul
from Affair TO Houston?"
"68 cars or 2y03l TONS"
"What would be the average num-
81 ,<vs, a
haul from Muldoon to Houston?"
"42 cars
"what is the distance from Null
doom to Affair"
II do not recollect. II 1 had time
table could very soon tell you. The
distance from Muldoon to Houston lie
80 l-2 miles,"
"The distance from Muldoon to AL
tair is 81 4 10 miles From Affair to
Houston SO $40. There would be less
than 40 cars to the train. The distance
from Cheatam would take 33 l-2
cars"
I'm estimating weight OF cars how
much freight would they haul?'
Thirty tons would be the weight
of the car. A stone car empty weighs
IS,UUU pounds. That would be go 600
lbs. rolling load, or 81 tons of freight
There are Mogul engines on the
road, The Baldwin straight boiler
will haul Is ears. The other hauls II
cars from Muldoon to Affair. On the
grade from Affair to Houston it would
haul II cars. The average would be
over 80 cars. There are four
of these engines. The next grade
is the cylinder Mogul, capacity 20
cars Of Il tons of freight, on level IS
cars, average 81 and 25 40ths. There
are ~ OF these engines. That is the
engine | would advise to be used.
There are p of these, and 6 of the
others,n
"You speak of q tons on the car
That lie A, 900 pounds?"
"Yes."
Scars of 10000 pounds-are they
ever overloaded?"
1t out. They are supposed to be
loaded to marked capacity. l have
made an estimate of the cost per train
mile of hauling stone from Muldoop
to HOuston.n
"Where did you get this?"
From my own experience. Any
railroad man ought to bt
auIe ~ do IL off hand; 65 q 100
cents per mile is my estimate on this
or any other freight, regular service.
have included the wear and tear on
the cars going and coming. An esti.
mate on locomotives and cabooses
from Muldoon to Houston and on
cars from Houston to Galveston and
return. have not made allowance
for mileage paid from Houston to Gal
weston o. use Of cars to other roads
In my calculation l have included
cost of engineer and fireman, two
brakemep, fuel, water, telegraph, oil,
waste, train, track and bridge repairs
depreciation In value of cars, locomo
tives, new wheels on locomotives cars
cabooses, stock damage by killing,
train supplies, ETC., making q
total of Is 27-l00 cents per mile.
This covers everything except the
pro rata of officers wages and bonded
Indebtedness of the road. I have
been rsilroading 25 years. 1 figured
ON $50 cars at SIS per car for side
boards, etc. 1t might be cut down q
fraction on the wholen
How long have you been with the
8. A. PIP"
'Since February last. / was to in.
spect all the work going on under
Mr.. Sands for further economy. ]
was formerly general superintendent
of the Denver Apex & Western for {
months. Before that superintendent,
Denver Il Circular railroad. am 81
years old. The former one lie q new
road from Denver to Salt Lake
There was no track, but q mile
or mile and one.half grading
was done, as construction had
just commenced. The other wa.
the Denver Circular road, in