The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-01
SPEED On RAILWAYS.
TIE FLlERS ON AMERICAN, GERMAN
AND ENGLISH LINES.

Trains DO Not Pay Expenses, but TIieJ
Benefit the Service In ots,sr ways.
The writer preached lae subject q
fast trains recently to enc Of the sbrewd.
est civil engineers employed on one Of
the roads entering Washington. This
employee has made railroading Ifs
study. has inspected the railroads Of
Europe ana speaks by the card. BE
said:
IF our railroads could spare the
money to elevate their tracks in cities
and at crossings, to say nothing Of com,
pleting the work Of STRENGTHENING ous
ouryes, now going on, l. for one, viii
predict that we can make an average OF
SO miles an hour between New York
and Chicago. say this with The Ale
ghany mountains almost staring me in
the face. Wemight lose time going NJ
that range, but engineers, rs a rule, liBa
to coast, and wouldn't they slide down
the other side with G roadbed minus
curves and grade orossingsl Ia the mat
ter Ut cost in making Improvements,
few people are aware OF the expense at
tached thereto. In round numbers on
road blew in fully S., 600. 600 in the
latter part of 1892 and the beginning q
1893. That was before the financial de
preston set in. We are now resting on
our oars. We cut one curve over q mile
long, and the work cost US fully $500,
600. Other roads have been doing ike
wise, and with the return Of q prospes
Gus period we viii surprise the world
and especially the English, with thea
arage speed cur trains will attain.
Many people Will be surprised *
learn that Germany and not this coune
try or England furnishes the fastest traiI
in the world. The United States conner
second and England third. The German
train runs from Berlin to Hamburg, 3
distance of 178 miles, in 2V4 minutes,
M average outside speed-that is, not
counting stons, of over % miles an hour.
The Empire State express on the New
York Central road runs from New York
to Buffalo, a distance of 40 miles, Is
500 minutes, and its outside speed aver
age is nearly 81 miles an hour, The
fastest English train, that comes third
ON the list, is called the west coast fier
and runs from London to Edinburgh, O
distance OF 100 miles, at an average OUT
side speed OF 80 miles an hour.
The farther we go west the slower
she train service becomes, q thing nCs
looked for ON account vi ttssIy,-aaail4s-- ~
miles of track traversing prairie land
The Burlington road best train aver
ages about 36 miles al hour. That on
the Milwaukee, road. the limited, car
only reach an average Of 81 miles 81
hour The Denver limited, on the North
western road, has to hustle to score an
average gait Of 20 miles an hour.
Very few Of the fast limited trains
IN this country pay for the expense Of
running them, and it is an open secret
that the limited between this city and
New York, the limited between New
York and Chicago and the Empire Stats
express between New York and Buffalo
and the Chicago limited IN the New
York CeutslI road cost their respective
,oads 3 good deal mora than they bring
IN, bat ohey are great advertisers foy
.hoir respective roads.
1.-THE advantages Of fast train service
IN we'll built and well equipped railroads
are not confined TO the carrying Of pas.
ssngeTs swiftly from one point to auoth
er. They are felt all through the operat
ing department Of a road and exercise
III important disciplinary influence. This
running of such extraordinary fast uaina
as the Congressional limited and the
Empire State express has had a wonder.
ful effect in increasing the vigilance anci
efficiency Of all the trainhands. The
schedules on which such trains are run
require the most arbitrary enforcement
and they consequently keep the men all !
along the line traversed constantly Oh /
the alert. Each man is made to feel h{a /
fnIl share Of the burden of responsibility,
and the never ceasing admouftion to |
watch for the fiier reduces to a mini
mum personal inolinations to ta slaef
or neglectfuL The telegraph operators
have a suspension Of 80 days staring
them in the face for the slightest delay
to the limited, and similar penalties aR
imposed on other employees.
Besides this stimulus to duty the |
fast trains serve as an incentive to the |
rnen to strive for promotion. Conduct
ors, engineers, fremen and other hands
on the limited getmore pay then do the
men employed on the trains of subMdi I
nate grade. That the 'aior, in its &c
nerio sense, Is actually an improving in.
in railroadiug is evidenced los
the remarkable careers Of the Congress.
sional, the Royal Blue and the Empire
State express These are the fastest
trains in this country and have 3eeD
running several years back, and, wit.
one uninportant exception, have met
with no mishap. These trains pass
through gear after yaar without a sin.
gle nIshap, and believe it is all from
the discipline put upon the employees
By the fest service. The men take
prfd0 r tbs East ls.o@ns- " asAsrgscs
Et=r
The New Hampshire law providing
or the establishment Of free public Il.
,faries tliTough the agency Of a board
If library commissioners was passed IN
Sal AZ that time there were so towns
nd cities III the state maintaining free {
ib.lries, and l73 were without any.
he present record shows these figures
xaetly reversed. There are now only
o towns which have no FREQ public Il
1
Tary, while l73 are provided With
hem The libraries recently established
each population of 100. 00O> -Bostup
ournai
That JOYFUL Feeling
fifth the exhllarasing sense Of renewed c
cath and gtfength and internalI d