New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

Millions were swept from the hand of III. H.
Rogers almost in day. Weakened on every
side Standard Oil lost it's leadership. and the
MOrganS once more became the masters by saw
ing Wall Street from utter ruin.
To-day the bulk of the Rogers estate lies in
the roadbed. rails and equipment of the Vir-
ginan Railway H III. Rogers. the younger a
man thirty years old. is the sole owner. and in
that respect occupies a peculiar position in the
railroad world. His father unable n0twith-
standing his great natural vigOr to survive the
shock occasioned by his financial loss, died on
May 10 last following another attack Of apo
pleXy. The younger man. who. largely by virtue
of his ownership of the Virginian Railway.
seems likely to become one of the worlds rich
st men, has had a thorough training for the
responsibilities which have fallen upon his shouI-
ders. Already he has become president treas
trtr and a director in the Staten Island Mid
and Railway. assistant secretary. treasurer and
! director in the Richmond Light and Railroad
Company. secretary. treasurer and director of
he Atlantic Coast Electric Railroad. a director
II the New Jersey < Staten Island Ferry Com
amy and the Southfield Beach Railroad Com
any. and he holds responsible places in stv-
raj other corporations identified with hi
itthers interests
Besides young Mr.. Rogers watching the
rd haul of December 10 were his brother-in-
'aw. Urban II. Brouehton. Ircs dent of the rail
yay: Raymond DuPuy. vice president and gen
aral manager. and several others of the com
lany'S officials
The total weight of the mile-long train a,-
tween engine and caboose. including coal was
. 12O tons Each car carried fifty-fve tons
yhich included 10 per cent overload. for the
ordinary capacity of this type of gondola is
at nf h.
Mallet compound articuated type and it car
ried 203 pounds of steam consuming twelve
tons OF coal during the run. No coal was taken
route. although several stops were made
causing total delay of fifty-four minutes
The actual running time was hours and II
minutes.
The most marked feature Of the engine which
is of the largest types constructed is d
leading two-wheeled truck and the absence of a
trailing truck at the rear. The engine weighs
on the drivers 301 900 pounds and on the front
truck $4,000 pounds: the tender weighing when
loaded l63,OoO pounds. has capacity of 9 500
gallons of water and fifteen tons of coal The
high pressure cylinders of the engine are 22
inches in diameter by 80 inches stroke. and the
low pressure cylinders are 81 inches diameter
by 80 inches stroke. The driving wheels are
twelve in number and each measures "a inches
in diameter. The pressure of the boiler is 2O5
pounds; the total heating surface is 565 9 square
feet and the CRATE area is 81 square feet The
boiler contains 3I4 fiues, "a inches in diameter
and 10 feet q inches in length. The total cal
culated cylinder tractve effort of the engine is
figured at 1O,SO0 pounds.
Last June test haul of eighty cars on the
Vlrginian Railway from the summit of the Allie
ghanies to. Tidewater fulfilled requirements for
the two-tenths of 1 per cent grade. The weight
of the coal carried at this time was 1910 long
tons. Early last fall this record was broken by
a train of one hundred carrying almost
exactly oooO tons of coal. There was total
weight behind the engine of 1862 tons. The
train was made up at the assembling yards in
the usual way and turned out without any spe
cla preparation. Long trains were first used in
the summer, and trains numbering eighty and
ninety steel cars have been running regularly