Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-14

engines and cars here aud export them
to the United States and make lair
profit, Notwithstanding the heavy freight
charges. All of the cars on this Chinese
road are built here. They are lighter
than our cars aud are more after me
the English pattern. IhNy arc mace
with higher wheels than ours we dia'
meter being AL inches, WINE the
American railroad wheel is' ] DeueNe,
only g inches. These Chinese wheels
cost more, but the English engineers
think they are cheaper In the end, as
they will last five times as long as our
wheels, without being returned, 10 IS
wonderful that they can make the cars
80 cheaply, as nearly all Of the materials
have TO be imported. The outside wood
Of all OF the passenger coaches Is Of
Siamcsc teak, the freight cars are
shcatbcd with zinc, aud the iron rails
and the iron used in the making Of the
machinery OF the road come from
Europe. Even the ties have TO bc i'm.
ported, but with all this the road has
been soldly built. II Is OF the regular
standard gauge. II is ballasied with
stone ana the cars move over u as
smoothly as they do over the Pennsyl.
vania road between New York and
Washington. The length OF the line
which passed over Is IN TACT nearly as
long as the distance between New York
aud Washington, aud ia my talk with
the directors the Pennsylvania company
was frequently mentioned, and many OF
It's latest Improvements will probably be
adopted here. saw in the car works
samples from the Pennsylvania rail.
roads Of lamps aud other devices CON
nected with car making, and some Of
these will probably be adopted.
This Chinese railroad is far different
In many respects from an American
line. There arc two classes Of cars, the
first aud second, and the second.class
fares bring In the most profit to the
country Only foreigners and a few Of
the big Chinese officials travel first class,
and a mandarin and his rellnuu Of from
ten to fifty servants usually have passes
The fares are, believe, the cheapest in
the world. The fitstcla,s passenger
tariff Is less than two cents a mile in
silver. and the secund.class less than
one cent mile or less than half cent
a mile Ia our currency For distance
OF thirty one miles the fare was twenty.
seven silver cents or about fourteen
American cents. The tickets sold are
Of the same size and shape as our ordi-
nary local tickets. each being about as
large as the smallest size Of a gcntlc-
mans calling card. They are on yellow
card board. The color being Thai Of the
emperor aud all connected with him,
ana they are printed IN both Chinese
aud English There are no mail cars,
and u the Chinese had their way they
would run the freight aud passenger
cars IN one train. As II is, there is an
open car back Of the engine IN which all
sorts OF baggage and freight are carried,
This Is made In the shape VI pen,
with walls about iour ieet high, aud is
contents are cattle. baggage and freight
On our Train there were pony and two
donkeys IN this car They were tied by
their brides to the iron rail which ran
around It's top and were surrounded by
bags and boxes and bales OF all sorts OF
goods. The train, all told. consisted OF
about a dozen cars. Back OF this half.
cattle hall baggage car was one con.
tanning passengers and freight; behint
these large number OF second.class