Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-01-18
WONDERFUL PROGRESS.

10 giving 4 review OF Ceniur!'s
progress in railroad building the
Boston Transcip. says:
Only med OF imagination OF the
first order, ever III the first decade
Of ihs century. toresaw u tenth part
OF what was to lie accomplished 20
the next seyenty.dYe years. The er-
p%erinen,s continued. but most oi
those Sbo were al work Only hoped
10 carry freight Rld :ase out the
products OF mines with their steam
euslDes OF railroads. The great
steel thoroughlares OF today were
u~ndTeaned Of. Bat when, a. 1887. a
passenger lice vas opened, things
moved Slih grea; rapIdiry. During
ls-9 a railroad had Oe-n built from
baltimore 10 EuIroii's Mills. The
motive power was the horse; the
hopei-tor power was 4 sail car; IL"
dreamed Oi power was d s;eau loco
mUti-e. lie line was opeHei- he
beginning OF the prescott great balu
more IL Ohio s!gten-on the 2Ud II
May l-39.
The sail car vas mode rately SUE.
cesstul. the horse ~eutirei! 50. b. the
18th OF August Peter Cooper had his
very crude locomotive -Tom Tnumb."
ready for Trial. The engineers pre-.
dic.ed that the curves would prevent
success. But they were @rouE. The
man who latter became famous g. the
greatest practical pLilauthrOpEt Of
the century, himself stood at tie
throttle and drew u rain 81 cars
from Baltimore 70 ElIrOli's Mills
and back. This vas the first pas
senEer train that was ever run " the
world, and the revolution liz modern
methods % trave! had begun.
b! IcJ9, IL ;he United States We
had 4C2l miles Of railway; II 1870.
tA-= had Increased 70 1865; IL 1915.
~ - 81; IL lsSJ. ! o G32j1; II lSJy. To
1858; n 1914; to 1859. This
gives us ii ths country abUui one
mile Of railway TO 3J5 ye Jy!r. while
the travel Is o grea: gEat the 10 al
mileage Of passenger trains SHOWS
that each man wOmaD and cLiG, had
they All travelled equally. would have
gone IN 4 ga IN excess Of two hun.
1rei miles.
We are the greatest travellers II
the Tni.d AID require the best accom-
mO1atioIz and facilities In Europe
they only have 4 mile 81 railway To
t"on'y.hundred people; in Ruasia.
. mile 10 four thousand. What !
more our railways have nearly al
=a!E gone il advance VI civilization.
ahead Of Necessity. IL section
L 10 br settled, nrst Is tie railway.
then lie settlers. This accounts II Z
great measure tCr u excessive ull!e.
-. Nov that, there are Ulurara
ti.e!! no ungpeaci sec;!oL-. railroad
building vail not ue 50 rapid. 10.
deed, there has O-rn d great falling
Oi IL the last decade. But wlnl. the
mii@age l. not beng Increased 20
rapidly, Ts=, runs are expended Tor
D%iteruenis. We are getting better
engines and cars and better rcEsi
beds. Tins mase for comfort and
Hecurlty. Wig. the security - 81
great at present that a passenger. &C.
cOrdIng 20 mathematical ejaculation,
~on!d have Ia travel at tine rate OF
thirty miles an hour FOR 10 years be-
fore getting hurt, aud about Loco
years before being killed. That il
safer than staying at home. II Il
surely much safer than walking in
Broadway.
We also have the tastes; record ~
america. Tho best il a run Of met,
miles at the rate Of 5S miles ~
hour including stops, and at the rate
al G22 miles an hour excluding stops
Ihis trains maximum speed wa.
seveniy-tive miles an hour. The
next fastest record, and protabl,
really tile best, is a run Of al g mile
at the rate of $50 miles an hour. in
Guiding stops. and "a 3 miIes. r1cIud
ing stops. Tho maximum Of TIL
train Is GS.j miles an hour. This il
the famous EUrpire state Express, %
the New York Central.