Year: 1868

EosroR SrArssHAN lin your issue Of the 18th
inst, was published the law or act now pending,
to enable Walla Walls county to assist in the
construction Of the much needed railroad, and
surely when these acts become laws we will be
in fair way to accomplish this great object.
also notice an article in relation to cheap roads,
The Denver road is mentioned, in which tits pro-
posed to use sxs square timber for rails, with
car wheels 4inch tread. This would answer
some purposes if the road was perfectly straight,
or nearly so-that 10 to say, II the Aange of the
wheel is three inches wide, and beveled from
the plane of the face of the wheel or tire one-half
inch, bend or curve of two inches TO the rod
could be successfully run. But one thing have
demonstrated as impossible and that is to make
any considerable curve on wooden track,
where the track Is wider than the tread Of the
wheel, for obvious reasons; First, q car With a
burden of one and half tons to tho wheel, will
imbed each wheel one-fourth of an inch into red
Hr rail, land this would be the best timber we
haVe). Now, curve for Instance to the right, four
inches to the rod !, the car is straight, and has
no compiling by which the forward wheels, like
= EeEane are kept in line wjth-ths track then,
81 e6tsss, must 60 Straight forward 81 side
sideways four inches to each rod. Now, as the
wheels are imbeddsd inch in the rail ledge
is formed on the outside of each wheel (proVi>
ded the fail is wider than the tread Of the Wheel
which prevents the car from sliding to the right
in order to make the curve. One Of two results
follow The ~fange of the left>hand wheel cuts
into the leftShand rail and thus leads the car
of the track, or else the two rails are pressed
asunder until the right-hand wheel drops be-
tween the track. The outside track on curve is
elevated several inches in order to assist the car
in sliding sideways, but if the inside rail is
wider than the wheel this will not answer the
purpose. allude to these as few of the diff.
culties in the way of working wooden road.
But will not discuss these wooden plans for
tram roads, ard will only add that the people of
Walla Walla do not want, and never will build
a wooden railroad of any description. What we
want is this Subscribe as much stock as we
can afford without iucumberiug our other avo>
cations, induce as much capital from the o. s.
N Company and others outside of our commu,
nifty as we can, and then make up whatever may
be the deficiency by means Of a county guarantee
or a loan. In this way we shall be able 10 build
thirty miles offrst>class railroad, to form q cons
Meeting link in the great North Pacific, or the
Columbia branch of the Union Pacific Railroad,
and then when we invest our money we know
that the time will come when we will realize
something from it. Let me say word to my
friends of Walla Walla: Suppose we were on
the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, and had
it clearly within our reach to build 80 miles of
road and become part of that great enterprise, at
the same time securing to ourselves the Advan-
tages of an immediate outlet, would we hesitate
10 move heaven and earth to accomplish the end7
Then, let's go after i: with q will. NAE.