Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-06-27
NOTESOFTHE RAIL WAYS
An Interesting Experiment In
Electric Railroading.
MISSOURI PAo1FIos NEW SCHEME.

System of Telephones to he Put In
Along Its Lines-New York Central
to BeGutify Its ROute-Features of
New Railroad Bridge I'm Russia-A
Club Car.
American railroad men will watch
with great interest, says the Atlanta
Constitution, the revolution in railroad
construction contemplated in the bill
which has just passed the house OF
lords providing for the constructio- Of
an electric road between Manchester
and Liverpool.
AS described in the cable reports, it is
to be a single rail road. The train will
run on a track shaped like an inverted
", with the single rail as the apex.
There Is to be one long car, which will
straddle the track, one-half Of it hang
ing on each side Of the track. Every
car will carry its own motor. It is ex-
pected that the distance Of 50 miles
will be covered In 80 minutes, or about
ITO miles al hour, and the projectors
claim hat as derailment is impossible
this high rate of speed will be safe.
This saddle back idea, as it is called,
has been demonstrated a possibility in
experiments made in this country some
years ago,b but it vas deemed impracti-
cal because Of steam at that" time being
the only motive power. 1t is now
claimed that with electricity the rail
road can be made a practical success.
The Missouri Pacific Railway compa-
ny proposes to try a new experiment
with a view of making things more
convenient for its patrons and at the
same time building up it's own bust
ness, says a Topeka dispatch to the
Kansas City Journal. 1t intends to put
in a system of telephones along its
lines to connect q station that does not
Justify the employment Of an agent
with the nearest station that does.
A telephone station will be establish
ed at the siding, and the key to the box
will be left with the nearest family.
Then when a farmer wants a car set in
at the siding or wants to send a mes
sage he can go to the telephone, call up
the agent at the next town and trans
act his business over the wire instead
of being compelled to drive to the hex
town for that purpose. The board of
railroad commissioners was recently
notified of the plan. If it proves sue
c~essful, the railroad commissioners be-
lieve that other roads will adopt the
same scheme.
The New York Central railroad in
order to beautify its stations and track
with parkways and other scenic effects
has employed a landscape gardener
49, I'LL -o.Ix~ At. q -4r-I- IT,
is not only to lay out grounds at sta
tons with grass, flowers inc shrub
berry, but also to ornament the run
ways, entertainments and hillsides
where the track is laid with various
kinds of trees and shrubbery, a the
New York Tribune. The man chosen
as landscape gardener is Charles w.
Leavitt, Jr., Of New York city.
Consul Hughes of Coburg, writing to
the state department, says that, accord
ing to Russian official publications, the
old wooden boat bridge over the ANU
Davja, on the Middle Asiatic railroad.
near Tschardjni, will be replaced by
an iron bridge 5000 feet in length. The
new structure, continues the consul, is
to be built in such a way as to pre-
vent the river from shifting the bridge
foundations. According to the plans
published, there are to be "a piers,
each about 1876 feet apart. The totaI
weight of the structure will be about
$40 tons, and, it is estimated, the cost
will be about $2,55S,5OO. The consul
suggests that this may be an oppor-
tunity for American bridge builders if
Immediate action "a fQIxQn
a new feature has been added to the
Washington and southwestern vesti-
buled limited Of the Southern railway
In service between New York and New
Orleans In the way Of a club car fol
lei An observation car has also beer
provided especially for ome