New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-04
.STRA NOTES HERE AND 1HEHE

| STRAYNOTES HERE AND IHEhE
Rents seem to be steadily advancing in TINS cl'y' III
| ,,,.s, which tho largo number of vacant houses
| seem, rather strange somehow or other reh'''S ""
| not appear to be governed by the law OF supp, .
demand. People want cheaper hats lu''''''u naa
| nnfurnlshed. \ woman who advertiser ' g.,
| Nat on sunday and said II was d" rare chahc', nav
thrtysiN callers who annoyed her so that size II" "'
nm the Mace and ran away. All wanted to get II III
fieir price and she wanted 10 let 1t AT hers III ,"c
FLOCK I'm which she lived there were fourteen ooncr
flats to let. some Of them having been "i'ho"' wv"
pants for months.
| The New York behaved rather badly on hcr last
| voyage from Liverpool TO Ncw->ork. ll'r' "''
sonnet hing wrong with her screws. Shc met WIN SUM
nasty weather one big broke over tn" bridge
and sma she'd a venatOr. \ party oi chHlhc''' N','"
her at her pier and went through her, even oTa"""H
| among the boilers in the stoke hole >or' OF theh
| mad never seen an ocean steamer before ana whi'
most surprised them the Size Of her shat. iheN
could hardly believe 1t possbl" that piece ot ore"i
| steel twenty-five inches in diameter could br'"".
! Whcn informed that there were III hretcn emP''s'"
TO feed the fifty four bocrs-hfy seven being on oy
| I'm each watch Of four hours-and twenty thcc eiI,
ginccrs 10 start and stop the thing aS on" o' '''''
| expressed ~, they opened their eyes "iu'H'
| The engineer who pilocd the visitors through inc
engine room advised them TO leave their watches DE-
hind and called a boy TO take charge Of the instrh-
mcnt>. one sccpca member Of the party frchh'i I"
part with his. The dynamo room was visited wn're
| a seven foot wheel was making 12.Wo r"voiu'
uons an hour The spokcs were. Of course. invisible
ON reaching the deck III" sccpca man was anNc' ny
the engineer for the time. II" conld not t'H, III,
| watch had stopped. He has been nmmcring u ana
| shaking 1t since. but it Will not co.
An English slipbulldcr who came over on IN"
NcwYork to make contracts for vessels says th"t '
cost Of ocean steamer now Is mn'h greater ,'''''
| II WIS ten year, ago Materials were cheap mn,
| while now they dear \ first class snip COSTS
| about -. 100000.
| According 10 ". Martin, "N-ag"nt OF III" fana'h'
| Canal COMPANY the man who In 17-' brought 10
tbe publ,c attention the scandals of official oorrip
| tion enormous quantities Of wine were USED py VI
Dc LcSscps 20 bride Parliament men ana make 'N'''
| amennblc reason. lie did not according 10 Nui
fin invite these men To his hou,e'or hotel to have
| all .orts ~ prnnis.s MS men will do In their cups
| He simply sent them the wine win ms coinP",hnHS'
and they took with all that II Implied. me uranus
| most used were Tokay. Chateau fqucm ana Lah'''
| James Irving Crabbe may yet bo the Governor OF
| Florida IIc has sent circularlctt"r to Tie news
papers ~ the state which Indicates that n" ht'"uS
10 take time by tho fcock. instead OF the for"ocA.
| Mr. Crabbes first candidacy Was in 1891, when he
wanted To succeed Governor Fleming. HIS letter 10
| the press then follows:
| "Gcntlcmen VIII kindly announce that
! shall be- au Independent candidate for the once OF
| ing ANY comment Won may make friendly or other
wis., will be appreciated ~ yours frnt"rnally etc
coal Is 50 high in prcc that gas l. used largely
| In preference. Gas engines rapidly taking the
place ~ steam engines. sn- Stoves nrc Suppanting
coal stoves and gas radiators Supplantng coal
fire. ia crates Tho new cutlery and silv"r"ar" works
Of Iiiany a Co. viii b" 9T"rncd BY ras sng an
In t,srf O. ii Of
| success ,iully tested.
Tho In glsh railroads much heavier mil than Is
commonly used In this country. and for simp" reason
namely, u. cheapness ~ steel and the co-illncSs OF
timber. Cruss ties in England. and for that
reason few Of them used, only about 1000 to the
| mile. while IN America the average 4, from 1000 To
| 5000. Tho further apart the tie, IA" heavier the
rail must be. Will th" rail used on most Of the
tho yard. THAT the English road, Is from 80 10 100
pounds.
| The weight ~ the rail used on tho American roads
ha, been Increasing steadily these twenty years not
| vfthSanding the abundance" of timber for teo. This
il due solely To the Increasing weight Of rolling stock
Cars of very description much heavier than they
! were formerly. and their capacity is greater. Twenty
| years ago the maximum capacity ~ freight
| from 10000 to $4,000 pounds. To-day II Is from
10000 Ia 10000 pounds. and. indeed, few cars havc
been built that will carry 100000 pounds Of freight
ihlrty-ion engine was regarded as Of fair Size
| years ago but them now Weighing sixty
| seventy and eighty tons. Until within the last ten
or a dozen years The average wight OF RAILS In use
| here was fifty lA pounds to the yard.
a simple rule for determining the number OF tons
| Of rails required 10 lay mile 81 rack-a rule Of
thumb. not found in any Of the standard text books
not In Triutwine-is follows: Multiply the
weight per yard by clever, and divide the product
hy seven. For example: Take seventy pound rail ::
vi icb it.d l,
| 40 the number Of tons required 10 the mile. Every
railroad man should paste this In his hat
The pric" Of steel rails. at the mills. Is $40 a ton
The duty Is Si3 ton. Though contracts have
been signed. there 1, an understanding between the
manufacturers that prices shall not be- cut and they
work in harmony. Most Of III" mill, are fun Of
orders. which may indicate that there Will le "A great
deal Of railroad building this year and next. Many
mill expect that the Congress will reduce
the duty and looking for considerable reduction
In the price Of rails in consequence.
Numerous metal ties have been invented and many
road, have tried thcm but all have proved unsatis-
factory. The principal objections to them based
ON their cost and their non ella ,iicy. A track laid
on metal tie, out rolling stock much faster
than one laid Oh timber.
| a very busy broker said yesterday moved TO
Brooklyn bccal,c the elevated road had smoking cars,
am too busy smoke my office. my wife
won't let smoke at home. have to enjoy my
cigar on the road. ! shall back 10 New York
when the elevated road, put smokers. which /
predict they VIII do within i month from the day
| the Broadway cable road starts
Another man who 4, fond Of his cigar on the road
wonder, why the French custom is not adopted In this
country. ON almost all train, in France smoking
/, allowed In every car which Is not specially Reserved
for ladies.