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61O [AUGUST11,1893THE FAILROAD GAZ ETTE.
Mr. CharlesA. Schott'sarticleonTerrestrialMagnettismin North Americahasnospecialinterestfor railroadmen. It discussesthemagneticneedleandits variations,local,secular,diurnal,solar,lunar.TheauthorhopesforanotherArcticexpeditionandacompletemagneticsurveyof the regionsurroundingthe pole. Hefailsentirelytodiscussthe theoriesof magnetism,ortoclearupthequestionwhethertheearth’spolarity isduetoelectricalconditions.Hemakesabriefreferencetotheeffectof the sun-spotphenomenaand to disturbancesaccompanyingaurorallightsandstrongearthcurrents. Thesearethe only refercnceto electricalcausesofpolarity. Thepaperfurnisheslittle that hasnotbeenpublishedbefore. *
NMr.BertholdStahl’spaperona MethodtoSecuretheStabilityofa QwayWall explainshowthe causeof alandslidewas remediedand the destructionof docksaverted.Thequay wall was built withoutprovidingproperdrainageandthesurfacematerial,whichresteduponasubstratumofclay,slid down againstthe Wallwhentheclaybecamesoakedand slippery. This is afrequentconsequenceoftheneglecttoprovidedrainagefor retainingwalls.
Thewall havingbeenbuilt upon aplatformfoundationrestinguponpilesthewriterfirstsoughtto securethispilefoundation.Thisheaccomplishedby runninglongtie-rodsto heavytimbersanchoredsomedistancein shorein thesubstratumofclay. Therods wereprovidedwithnutsor turnbucklessothat theycouldbetightenedandmadetaut. To insuregooddrainageandremovethecauseof theslidebykeepingtheclay Substratumdry andstiff, theditchescontainingthesetierodswerefilledin with stoneand holesweremadeinthe walland platform. The spaceinsideof the wallwasexcavatedand also filled in with brokenbrick.Thequaywallwasrelievedfrom furtherlateral pressurebybuildingabetonwall behindit to takeup thewholepressureoftheupperbackingsoil and transmitit tothepilesaslowaspossible. Pipeswerecementedinto thiswall to insure theescapeof the water. Therepairsseemto havebeensuccessful,and the paperaffordsa striking exampleofa failuredue to lack ofdrainageinthepresenceofclay.
American,Grain Elevators,byE. LeeHeidenreich,isa briefdescriptionof theseveraltypesofmoderngrainelevators,includingstorage,transfer,cleaningand terminal elevators. The writer describesthe generalmethodsof constructionandgivesseveralplatestoillus"tratethetext. The final paragraphsof the paperpre:sent a digestof the main featuresof the paper,andsuggesttheimprovementtobesought in elevatorconstruction. Theauthorsays:
Theprincipalrequirementsofagrainelevator,namelystrength,tightness,light,and effectiveand accessiblemachinery,aresuchasto invite the attentionofengineers;and beforeclosingthewriterwishesto saythatthehandlingandstoringofgrain,both in the interiorand at the lake and oceanterminals,presentsa widefieldfor futurediscoveryand improvements.Someofthe immediatewants are: larger capacitycleaningmachinery,adequatedrying apparatus,automaticweighingmachinery,fireproofbin construction,andpneumaticunloadingof carsorvesselswith aview ofgreatercapacityperhourthancanbeobtainedat present And last,butnotleast,ageneraluseofelectricityfor drivingisolatedpartsof machinery,or,perhaps,fortransmittingpowertoeverypieceof machineryin theentireelevator.
Themainprincipleswhichmustbekeptin viewwhilemakingtheseimprovementsare rapidityand economyofconstruction,andareductionof the labor employedin thehandlingofgrainin Americangrainelevatorsofthefuture.
ForeignRailroad Notes.Oneof theRussianrailroadsisshortlytobeequipped
witharotarysnow plowessentiallythe samein designassomeof thosewhich havecomeintosuchextensiveusein thiscountryduringthepast10years. It is beingbuilt by Messrs.Baumeister& Wain,of Copenhagen,Denmark,andis tobe capableof developing300H. P.
Theshopsof theHungarianState Railroadsrecentlyturnedout their 500thlocomotive,and celebratedtheeventwith considerabledisplay,2,000workmenin theirSundayclothesturningoutto receiveprominentmenandto heara speechfromthe Ministerof Commerce,whois the responsiblechiefof theStateRailroadsystem.
Someideaof the extentof thesleepingcarserviceonthecontinentof Europemay beformedfromthe factthatthe InternationalSleepingCar Company,whichprovidesmostof thecars—perhapsa larger proportionof thewholethanthePullmancompanyin thiscountry—had$1,092,000ofgrossearningslastyear. Its profitssufficed for a five-per-cent.dividend,amountingto$120,000.
TECHNICAL,
Manufacturingand Business.The Jackson& WoodinManufacturingCo., Berwick,Pa.,havejust completeda newcar wheelplantSuppliedwiththeWhitingsystemof cupolasbytheDetroitFoundryEquipmentCo.,of Detroit,Mich.
Thefollowingcompanieshavebeencharteredin Illinois: The McArthur Bros. Co., of Chicago; capitalstock,$250,000;toconstructrailroads,canals,sewers,andbuildings;incorporators,HenryW. Magee,GeorgeE. Wissler and Arthur F. McArthur. The WilliamGoldie& Sons Co.,Chicago;capitalstock,$40,000;to
constructbuildingsandbridges;incorporators,HenryW. Magee,GeorgeE. WisslerandWilliamGoldie,Jr.
The South MilwaukeeMalleableIron Co.,ofSouthMilwaukee,Wis, hassuffereda lossthroughthepartialburningof its plant. The new works of theBucyrusSteamShovel& DredgeCompany,adjoiningtheburnedworks,werein greatdanger,butweresaved.
TheDepartmentof RailwaysandCanals,Ottawa,hasawardeda contracttotheCentralBridgeWorks,Peterborough,Ont.,which amountsto nearly$50,000,for theconstructionof 1,300lin. ft. of steelpipe,with angleplatesand flangesin connectionwith the Sault Ste.MarieCanal.
The Heath Rail Joint Co.is contemplatingremovingits manufacturingplant from West Superiorto Pittsburgh. Thecompanywasmanufacturingrail jointsattheworksof theWestSuperiorIron& SteelCo. Whenthat companysuspendedit was decidedtomovetheirmachineryto a morecentralmanufacturingpoint,andthecompanyhasaboutsettleduponPittsburghas itsobjectivepoin'.
Thisjoint is nowin useon52railroadsand the companyrecentlycompletedanorderfor five milesof itsimprovedpressedsteeljointsfortheSt. Paul& Duluth.
Articles of incorporationhave beenfiledatAlbany,N. Y., for theExtensionCar Step Co. The capitalization of the corporationis $100,000.The officersare:President,C. W. Hackett;Vice-President,A. C. Salisbury;SecretaryandTreasurer,I. J. Griffiths.
A numberof residentsof Elmira, N. Y., includingDistrictAttorneyCharlesH. KnippandWm.R. Comp—ton,haveorganizedastock companyfor thepurposeofmanufacturingtheO'Dellrailroadswitch. Theswitchis theinventionofA. P. O'Dell,of Bradford,Pa.
TheBothwellCompressedAir Improvement& ConstructionCo.hasbeenformedunderthe laws of theStateof NewYork, with officesin VanderbiltBuildings,NewYork City.
Thecompanywill engagein the manufactureunderitspatentof air-brakes,steeringapparatusandotherdevicesin whichcompressedair is used. Thedirectorsandofficersofthecompanyareasfollows:W. T. Bothwell, Jersey City, N. J., President;Geo.W. Waite,Jersey City, Vice-President; Fremont Wilson,NewYork, Secretaryand Treasurer;Jas. R. Naylor,Brooklyn,N. Y., GeneralManager;A. R. Boluss,JerseyCity,ChiefEngineer,andJ. W. Rosencranse,Brooklyn,N. Y., SuperintendentofConstruction.
TheBloomsburgCarCo.is building100sectionalframehouses,16x 18ft., to beshippedtoSouthAmerica.
Iron and Steel.The Bessemersteelworks of the ColorodoFuel &
IronCo.will start upAug.15,havinga month'sordersfor rails. By that time the companyhopesto getotherorders. The merchantbar mills areclosedforlackofOrders.
TheCarpenterSteelCo.,of Reading,“Pa., announcethatbyreasonofnewcontractsit will putin operation12new cruciblefurnacesthis weekand giveemploymenttomanynewhands.
New Stationsand Shops.The OswegoRailwaySpring Co.'sworks,at Oswego,N. Y., are beingenlargedby the additionof a newbuilding,125x75 ft
.in size. The newbuildingwill be
devoted to the manufactureof elliptical Springsforlocomotives,passengerand streetcars,and whenthisdepartmentis completedand in use,aboutAug 20,theentireplant will have a capacity o
f
about 30
tons of
springs a day.- - -
WorkonthebuildingsfortheGreatNorthernshops,
at Spokane,Wash... is practicallycompleted.Theround
house is alsocomplete. It will take six months to fitout the repairshopswith machinery,workonwhichwill bebegunwithin a short time. The buildingcontractorswereAshenfelter & McKenzie.
TheBerlinIron BridgeCo., of
EastBerlin,Conn.,hasreceivedthecontractfor thenewpowerstationfortheAtlanticImprovementCo.,Astoria, L. I. Therewill b
e
twobuildings, a boiler-house62
ft. wideand 85
ft. long,
with a dynamo-room70
ft.
wideand130 ft. long. The
dynamo-roomis controlledby a travelingcrane, to be
furnishedbythesamefirm.-
-Air Resistancesof CurvedSurfaces."
A very elaboratepaper on
the 1esistanceto 'air currents o
f
bothstationaryandmovingbodieswithcurvedsurfaceswas recentlypreparedby Prof. GeorgWellner, o
f
theRoyalTechnicalCollege, at Brünn,Austria,
and appeared in severalsuccessivenumbers of
theZeitschrift o
f
theAustrian Engineersand Architects'Society,beginningwith the issue o
f
June 23
of
thisyear. ProfessorWellner'sinvestigations,which, in themain,wereexperimental in character,werepromptedbytheincreasingattentionlatterly given to theproblem o
f
aerialnavigationand the generallyappreciatedlack o
f
dataonthe magnitudeand direction of
air resistancesencounteredbysurfacesexposed to aircurrents
at veryslight angles. To thosemoreparticularlyin
terested in thesubject,therefore,the large number of
tabulatedresults of
measurementswhichhehasgiventogetherwith thedescriptions o
f
the experimentalapparatusemployedandthe conclusions a
t
which he
hasarrived,will prove o
f
valueand are desirableforreference. Thepart o
f
thework done by him,which willprobablyappealmoreespecially to most o
f
thereaders
of
theRailroad Gazette is that relating to theair resistances o
f
surfaces in motion,the investigations of
thisbranch of
thesubjecthavingbeenmadeon a ninemilesectionof therailroadbetweenBrünn andStrelitzwhichhadbeenplacedathis disposalby the railroadcompany.An elaborateseries o
f
measurementswastheremade,therecordinginstrumentsbeingcarriedontheseveraltrains running over the line atdifferentspeedsandondifferentdayswith varyingatmosphericconditions.Painstakingcareseems to havebeenused
in thegathering of
thedataandthe workingout of
theseveralvalues,andthecontributionas a wholecanundoubtedlyclaimtobeone of the most thoroughandcomprehensiveonesthathasyetbeenmade to thesubject. Forobviousreasons,however,we cannotundertake to enterinto it here in eventhe most superficialmanner,butmustcontentourselveswith simplythisreferenceto its treatmentin our Austrian contemporary.
Silk from Wood-Pulp.Themanufactureofsilk fromwood-pulpwould,at firstsight,appear to bemythical,but it is a factthatthework
is nowbeingaccomplished,andthat a mill for themanufacture o
f
the silk is in full operation at
Besançon.Theprocess is thatof M. Chardonnet,and is described
in detail in a recentreport of
theUnitedStatesConsulatSt. Etienne. It maybesummarizedasfollows: Thewood-pulp,suchas employed in paper-making,afterbeingcarefullypuritiedbyacid and dried in alcohol, is
dissolved in a mixtureof pureetherand alcohol,thusforming a viscouscollodion,like that used in photography. Thiscollodion is placed in a vesselwhere,underairpressure,it is first o
f
all forcedthrough a filteringapparatus,andthen into a horizontaltube,having a
number of glassexit tubes of verysmall bore. From
thesetubesthecollodionissuesin threadsso finethatsix o
f
themmust be
combined to make a strand of
thenecessaryconsistencyfor weaving. On its exit thethreadpassesthrough a vessel o
f water,which frees it
fromits surplusetherandalcohol,and thus helps it to
becomea solid. It is alsosubsequentlypassedthrough
a bath of
ammonia to deprive it of
its highly inflammableproperty.—ChambersJowrmal,London,July.
Prince I dward Island Tunnel.EngineersleftOttawalast week to resumeworkandcompletethesubmarinedrillings startedlast summer
in connectionwith the proposedtunnelundertheNorthumberlandStraits, to connectPrince EdwardIslandwiththemainland.
Water Power Installation atSwitzerland. -
One of
the latestelectricwaterpowerplants in Switzerland, in whichcountry,by the way, powerinstallations of
thisclasshavebeendevelopedmorethan in
any other, is that at
the small town of Chur,
at
the junction of
the Rabinsaand Plessurrivers.Thewater is taken from the former,andthepower,about500 H
. P., is usedboth for electriclightingandfordrivingelectricmotors. The head o
f
wateravailable is about 190 ft., the river Rabinsa beingdammednaturallyby a hugemass o
f
rock. Thepowerstationcontainstwo turbinescoupledto a commonshaft. Ordinarily,however,onlyone o
f
the wheels is
in Operation. -Theextent o
f
theelectricdistributingsystem,andthedistance o
f
thepowerstation fromthetownmadetheuse o
fa high-tension,alternatingcurrentdesirable,and
theproposeddynamoequipment,therefore,was to consist o
f
five100-H. P. generators,andcapable of supply
ing a current of
33
a mpèresand2,000volts. Threesuchgeneratorsare now in place. Thetransmissioncablesrunoverheadfrom thestation to theoutskirts o
fthe
town,beingcarriedon oil insulators,and withinthetown theyare laid underground.Theconvertersarelocated in thecellars o
f
the variousbuildingsSuppliedwithcurrent,thesecondarycurrenthaving a Voltage o
f
120. Eacharclamphasits ownconverter,bymeans of
whichthe2,000-voltcurrent is broughtdowndirectly to
oneof40volts. -Completionof the Stewart Avenue
locking Plant.One o
f
the mostcomplicatedinterlockingplants in
theworldwasputintooperation in Chicagolast Sunday a
t
the Stewartavenue,the Canaland Sixteenthstreetand the“St. CharlesAir Line” crossings,andone o
f
themostdangerousrailroad crossingsbecomes
as
safe as
suchgradecrossingscanbemadewith existingsafetyappliances.At this crossingtracks o
f
theChicago & WesternIndiana,theChicago & Alton, thePittsburgh,Ft. Wayne & Chicago,theIllinois Central,andtheAtchison,Topeka & SantaFeall crossand allhavetransfertracksandportions o
f yardsnearby. Onthetracks o
f
theWesternIndianarunthetrains of
theLouisville, New Albany & Chicago,the Chicago &
GrandTrunk,theChicago & Erie, the Chicago & EasternIllinois, and the Wabashrailroads. To give anidea o
f
thenumber of
trainsthatusethis crossingandadjacentswitchesduring 2
4
hours is impossible, as
thereare no figuresavailable,but it is safe to say that
there is scarcelya minuteduringthewholetime when
a train is not in sight. Severalyearswereoccupied in
designingtheplant,much of
the work of
whichwasdone b
y
Messrs. E.
L. Corthelland J. F. Wallace. Thework o
f installing it has occupiedmorethan a year,havingbeenbegun o
n
June 4, 1892,andcompleteda few
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AUGUST11,1893] 611THE RAILROAD GAZETTE.
tro-pneumaticandtheapparatuswas installedby theUnionSwitch&SignalCompany. -
Theplanof thetracksandschemeofinterlockingwasillustratedin theRailroad GazetteJan. 29,1892,andsomeofthedatagivenwiththeillustrationissufficiently interestingtoberepeatedhere. Thereare84signals,37signalswitches,22doubleslipsand22movablefrogs,all of themworkedfromamachinehaving48workingleversand six sparespacesoccupyinga floor space5ft. x 24ft. Thereis about10,000ft. of detectorbar,the largestamounteverworkedfrom one machine.With a mechanicalmachine,accordingto Americanpractice,a machineof187working leversoccupyingafloorspaceof14ft. x 77ft. would be required; and ifthe Englishpracticewerefolloweda machineof 243working leversand afloorspace17ft. x 93ft. wouldbenecessary.An interestingfeatureof this plant istheilluminatingofeachsignalby electricity,the currentforwhichissuppliedfromthepowerhouse.
At 9o'clockSundaymorningthefirstconnectionwiththeswitchesandsignalswas begunand the last onewascompletedat 10:30,theworkof connectingOccupyingonlyanhouranda half. Theplantwasput in operationofficiallyat 12o'clocknoon,and no difficultieswereexperienced.
THE SCRAP HEAP.
Notes.Theentire 1
89
miles of
the PittsburghDivision of
thePittsburgh,FortWayne & Chicago is now operatedundertheblocksignalsystem.
The SouthernPacifichas subscribed$50,000to themidwinterfair which it is proposed to hold in SanFranciscothe comingwinter. A considerablenumber o
f
exhibitors at
theWorld'sFair haveagreed to supportthisCaliforniafair.
TheBurlington'soffer of
free transportation to theWorld'sFair to theemployeesonthe IowaDivision is
conditioned on
thejourneybeingtaken“while itravel
is light.” ThePennsylvania'strainsforcarryingitsemployees to Chicagoareloadedwith500or600passengerseach. * *. ---
TheIllinois RailroadCommissionershaveapprovedinterlockingsignals a
ta crossing of
theIllinoisCentralandtheLakeShore & MichiganSouthern,and o
f
theIllinois CentralandtheElgin,Joliet & Eastern;also o
f
thesignals at
Alvan at
thecrossing of
the Chicago &
EasternIllinoisandtheIllinoisCentral.On the night o
f Aug. 2 a freighttrain of
theLakeShore & MichiganSouthernwas boardedbyabout 6
0
tramps, at Tolleston,Ind.,and the trainmenwereter
rorized. Oneof thetrampswasshot by a companionwhileonthetrain. Seven o
f
themwerecaptured.Onthenight o
f
the5th, at Delphos,O., a passengertrain of
thePennsylvaniawasboardedby 25 tramps, of
whom a
fewwerecaptured.Theysaidtheywantednothingbutfreetransportationeastward.The Fitchburgroadhasbeenarrestingconsiderablenumbers o
f vagrants in thevicinity o
f
Boston.SouthAmericanNotes.
TheCentralArgentineRailroad is commencingworkOn a branchlinefromVictoriaStationto San AntoniodeAreco, a distanceof23miles. This will connectthenorthernSectionof theCentralArgentinewiththePergaminoline,shorteningthejourneyfromBuenosAyresto Córdobaby 1
4
hours.
A movementis said to beonfoot in BuenosAyres to
holdaninternationalexhibition in that city. Such a
measuremightbe turned to greatadvantagebyourmanufacturers,particularlyafterthecompletion o
f
theTrans-AndineRailroad.
Thefollowingtable of grossreceipts of eightprincipal
ArgentineroadsfromJan. 1 to July 8 for 1893and 1892respectivelydemonstratesa gratifyingincrease o
f prosperityforthatdebt-riddencountry:
IV,1893. | 1892. Increase
BuenosAyresGreatSouthern$5,209,188|| $4,740,598|| $468,590BuenosAyresWestern....... 2,871,6452,170,505|| 701,140BuenosAyres & Rosario.. . . . 1,591,2391,349,211242,028CentralArgentine. . . . . . . . . . 1,723,2421,377,849345393BuenosAyres & Eusenada.. 337,520 302,56934,951BuenosAyres & Pacific.. . . . . 2,064,7571,666,175 398.582CórdobaCentral............... 1,543,0761,475,66867,408Córdoba& Rosario.. . . . . . . . . . . 585968 407,332178,636
The projectfor the proposedgrandcentralstation
in BuenosAyres is apparentlytaking a definiteshapeTheplanwhichhasnow beenlaid beforethe government is substantiallythatwhichwasfavoredby President Pelligrini'sadministration.The governmentasked to cede70acres o
f
land adjoiningthe Madua.Docks,betweenthefoot o
f
Calle Cuyo and Calle Belgrano;theterminusandworks to be foreverfree fromall nationalandmunicipaltaxes;all materials to beimportedfreeofduty;all railroads to beallowedaccess to
theterminus;a tunnel1,300yardslong to bebuilt fromPlazaConstitucion to thefoot o
f
Calle Brazil; an em.bankmentfor thetracksof the RosarioRailroadto bebuiltalongtheriverfor a distance o
f 8,400meters,theembankmentto beprotectedby a breakwaterfromthemouth o
f
MaldonadoArroya to the gas house.Theestimatedcost o
f
theseimprovementsis:Branchline,Caballitoto Barracas....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £140,000Tunnel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... ..
.• * * * * * * * * * * * 320,000
Embankmentandbreakwater......,* * * * * : * - e < * * * * * * * * * * * * * 413,00Grandcentralstation...................................... 390,000
Total....................... ......... .................. £1,269,000
It is reportedthatworkwill becommencedin OctoberupontheGuadalajara & WesternRailroad of Mexico,
for which a concessionwasgranted to Messrs, L. Niendorff,WilliamDick and A. L. Clark. This road willform a continuouslinefromSanLuis Potosí to Chamela: onthePacificcoast,passingthroughCocula,whichwill betheend o
f
Section 1.
Thetotallength of
thelineWillbe509miles,and is estimated to cost$25,000,000..
is .
Thetotalnumber of immigrantsarriving in Argentine
directfromEurope in thelast 36 yearsamounts to 1,355,
000; of
these817,000wereItalians.Spaniardscomenext,with 239,000,followedby Frenchmen to thenumber o
f
141,000,. In 1892upward of 11,000emigrantssettled inArgentine.
MinnesotaStateElevator,Thefollowingbidshavebeenreceivedby the Minne
Sota Railroad & WarehouseCommissionfortheerection o
f
thestategrainelevator at
Duluth: ButlerBros.,St. Paul, $209,000;HeidenrichCo., Chicago,$242,000;Metcalf-McDonaldCo.,Chicago,$239,000;J. T. Moulton
& Son, Chicago,$237,000;F. H. O'Neill,St. Louis,$198,700;Barnett & HecordCo., Minneapolis,$229,500,andHonsteinBros.,Minneapolis,$238,000.
Thebidsarefor theentirework,includinggrading of
siteand dredging of
the slipalongside of
dock. Thecontracthasnotyetbeenawarded.Openingof the CorinthCanal.
TheCorinthshipcanalwas openedby the King of
GreeceonAug. 7,
in thepresenceofall the membersofthe royal family,the cabinetministers,the foreigndiplomaticrepresentatives,the principalmilitaryandcivilofficialsand a crowdofcitizens.
ThefirstsodofthecanalacrosstheIsthmusofCorinthwasturnedbytheKing o
f
Greece in April, 1882.Theisthmus is aboutthree and three-quartersmiles in
breadth. In themiddle of
the isthmus is a ridge120 to
180ft. high,which is approachedoneachsideby a plainfrom the seashore.bottom,80ft. a
t
thewaterlineand 26
ft. deep. Itemsconcerningitsconstructionwereprinted in theRailroad | N. Y
.
GazetteFeb. 3 andMarch10last.DredgingGladstoneHarbor.
TheRacineDredgeCo., of Racine,Wis., has the con
tractfordredginga 19-ft.channelfromthe“Soo docksatGladstone,Mich.,tothemainchannel in the LittleBayDuNoc. Theworkaggregates80,000yardsand isalreadywellunderway. *
Calumetand Pullman Electric Railroads,ChicagoAbouttwoyearsagotheCalumetElectricStreetRail
wayCo.beganbuildingits line at
SouthChicago,andduringthetwoyearshascontinuedbuildingsosteadilythatat thepresenttime it has over40miles o
f
tracextendingthroughSouthChicago,andwestandnorth to
JacksonPark,makingconnectionsat Sixty-thirdstreet
withtheSouthSideRapidTransit road,and at Sixty
seventhstreetwiththe(ZhicagoCitycablesystem.TheelectricsystemalsoextendswestandsouthfromSouthChicago to West Puliman,whereextensivemanufactoriesarenowbeingerected. Lastweekextensionsofthe Pullmanand Calumetlines werecompleted to a
junction at Ninetyseventhstreetand Stony Islandavenue,andthe two roadsare to be operatedasone
line. Cars beganrunning over the extensionslastMonday,andnow Pullmanhasstreetcarconnectionswithall theadjacentChicagosuburbsandwiththecarlines o
f
the city. The combination of
the two linesmakesa Veryextensiveelectricstreetrailroadsystem.The Calumetline is laid with 78-lb.JohnsongirdersteelrailsonOakties. It is equippedwith overheadtrolley system o
f
wires. The engineeringwork wasdoneunderthedirectsupervision o
f
Mr. John Dougherty,of NewYork City. The PullmandoubledeckcarsaretoberunonthePullmanlineandtheCalumetconnectingline, theybeingsimilar to thoserunningon£a Brooklinedivisionof the BostonElectricstreetI'O3,O.
The Transatlantic Mail Service.It wasstatedin theBritish Houseof Commonslast
WeekthattheGovernmenthaddecidedto abandonastoo costlythe experimentthathadbeentried o
f
forwardingthe Americanmails to Londonby a specialtrain. Hereafter, if a steamerarrivesat Queenstownwhen the Ordinaryrail servicescannotbe availedof, her mailswill be landedat that port, but theywill be taken to Liverpool.The Postmaster-Generaladdedthat he did not think this plan would makemuch difference to those concerned.The specialtrainexperimenthadinvolvedan expenditureof £150everytimethat it hadbeentried,andspecialtrainshadbeenengagedabout a dozentimes a year.
A Railroad Projectin NorthernIndia.One o
f
the mostpromising of
theproposednew railroads in Indiawouldappear to be a line projectedby acompany o
f
merchants of Karachi,EastIndia, to extend
fromthatcityto Delhi,themostimportanttradecentre
of
NorthernIndia. Mr.JehangirH. Kothari,an influ.entialmerchant o
f Karachi,andanenthusiasticadvocate o
f
thisroad,hasrecentlyvisitedthis country,on a
touraroundtheworld,andwhile in NewYork Cityhadconferenceswithseveralbankersregardingthefinancialpart o
f
theproject.Hehopes to interestAmericancapitalists in theproject,andarrangewith themfor building the road,with suchfinancialassistance a
s maybesecuredfrom the local merchants.Mr. Kothari basgivenussomeparticularsof the railroad. It will haveforits WesternterminusKarachi, a townin East India.and an importantport on theArabianSea,near thenorthernboundaryof Hindoostan,and about600milesnorthwestofBombay. -
A railroad is alreadybuilteastof Karachi,via KotriandHyderabad,to Umrkot,some200miles,and thisline it is proposed to takeoverandextendnorth-eastabout500miles, to Delhi. • . . . . •£ o
f
thislinelies in thefactthat it gives
a nearlydirectroutebetweenDelhiand the northernandinteriordistricts o
f
India to a seaportonthenorthwesterncoast,aswill bereadilyseenby a glance a
t
themapof India. Thepresentrailroadtrafficto thesedistricts now makeslong detours to reachBombayorOthercoasttowns. Thenewlinewouldextendthroughthevastwheatandcottongrowingplains o
f
northernIndia,andwouldhavetributary to it the trade of
thePunjab and manylargetowns,as well as Delhi. A
surveyhasbeenmadebyMr. HoraceBell,whomakes a
favorablereportupontheroute,andestimatesthe costpermileat85,000rupees,or about$28,000per mile. A
prospectushasbeenissuedand furtherparticulars of
theenterprisewill befurnished to thoseinterested,by6|Mr. Kothari,whomaybeaddressed a
t Karachi,India.
CAR BUIi-DINC.
TheBloomsburgCar Co. is building100steelcars tobeused in transportingcement.
TheBoston & Mainehasjust receivedtwonewparlorcarsfromthe PullmanCar Co., which completestheorder o
f1
5
vestibuledparlorcarsorderedsometimeago,togetherwith 1
5
vestibuledsleepingcars,which havealsobeendelivered. •
The canal is 68ft. wideatthe
BRIDC E BUILDINC,
Allentown, Pa.—Bids havebeenreceived,but nocontractas yet awarded,for a new iron 55-ft.bridgeover the SanconCreek, in UpperSaneonTownship.Therearesevenbidders.
Belair, Md.—Plansfor a newbridgeoverDeerCreekhavebeenlaid beforethe Board o
f CountyCommisSioners.
Columbus,O.—Proposalsfor a plategirderbridgewith a 70ft. spanoverthecanalontheClickingerroadwill be receivedby theCountyCommissionersup to
Aug.24.Owing to thefailure of
thepurchasersof $100,
000worthofbondstotakethebonds,no contractscanbe madefor the constructionof the proposednewbridgesatWesterville,over Big DarbyCreek,and onEastBroadstreet in thiscityforsomeweeks,andnew
| proposalsfor thesale of
thebondswill beaskedby theCountyCommissioners,andthe projectswill havetowaittill after the bondsare sold. Ironwork for theFrontstreetviaductovertheLittle Miami Railroad is
arrivingandthework of erecting it will commenceatOIO,C6.
DelawareCounty,Pa.–It hasbeendecidedby theCountyCommissionersto erect a new bridge a
t
Shoe.makerville,betweenMediaand Chester. The totallength o
f
thestructurewill be443ft.Elmira, N
.
Y.—The Elmira BridgeCo.has shippedone o
f
thetwogirdersfor the two track plategirderbridge o
f
theNewYork CentralRailroad at Qriskany,
The girder is 90
ft. long,9%ft. deepandweighs35tons.
Harrisburg,Pa.—Anordinance,hasbeenintroduced
in CommonCouncilprovidingfortheerection of
anironbridgeoverthecanal at
Marketstreet. The estimatedcost is $8,000.
Hichingbroke,Que.—Thecontractfor buildingtheMcCurrybridgehasbeenawarded to J. Johson.
Hull, Quebec.—Applicationhas beenmade to theDominionGovernmentfor power to constructtheproposednew bridgeover the GatineauRiver, betweenHull andGatineauPoint. Tendersfor theStonepiersandironsuperstructurewill becalledfor in a fewweeks,andtheworkwill b
e proceededwiththisfall. To erectthestonepierswill increase,the cost o
f
thebridge,but
it is expectedthattheadditionalamountswill be
madeupbygrantsfrom East and WestTempleton,L'AngeGardienandothermunicipalitiesdirectlybenefitedbythebridge.
Narrows, N.
B.—Theplans of
R.
B. Rogers,Super
intendent of
TrentValleyNavigation,for thenewironbridgehavebeenaccepted,andtenderswill beinvitedshortly.
Niagara Falls, Ont.—Anironbridge is to bebuiltbytheNiagaraFalls ElectricRailroadacrossSmeatons,Ravine,Queenstown.
Norristown, Pa.—TheGrandJury hasrecommendedtheerection o
fa bridgeover a portion of
thePerkiomenRiver a
t
Landis'Mill. -Philadelphia.—Thepartial destruction o
f
the Falls
of SchuylkillBridge on Sundaylastprobablyonlyhas.
tenedthework of demolishingthat structure, as
bidshadbeenreceivedforthat purpose.The erection of
a
newbridge at
the site hasbeencontemplatedforSometimebythe Department o
f
Public Works, and planswereprepared in Decemberlast for a newstructure.Theseplansprovidefor a bridgewith two decks,theupperone, 6
2
ft. abovetheriversurfacewith a width of
71
ft. and a total length of roadway of 1,131ft. The
lowerdeckwill be22ft. abovethe river. The mainbridgewill havethreespans o
f
196ft. Thesuperstructurewill beentirely o
f
steelandtheconstruction of
thePratt trusssystem.The total cost,exclusive o
f
landdamages,is estimated a
t $700,000,and the matterwillprobablycomebeforetheCityCouncilnextmonth.
St.Thomas,Ont.—James A. Bell, CountyEngineer,
reportsthat a 30-ft.spanbridge is to be built overBigOtterCreek,betweenBayhamandMiddleton;thattheGrangestreetbridge is to berebuilt a
ta cost of $1,933,
andthePort Burwellbridgeat a cost of $1,860.
Windsor, Ont.–Plans are beingpreparedfor thenewbridgeoverthe MichiganCentral R
.
R.
at
thisplace. It will costabout$15,000.
Youngstown,O.—Thebids openedfor the Holtonstreetviaductsuperstructurewere a
s
follows:WisconsinIron & BridgeWorks, $19,169 o
n
draw and sidespans,and$39,800onviaduct;King BridgeCo., $52,600onviaduct;YoungstownBridgeCo., $58,500;DetroitBridge & IronWorks,$52,218.Theaward o
f
the contractwill not b
e
madeforsomedays. It is amongtheprobabilitiesthat a newbridgewill b
e
built at Spring
Common,on the WestSide, a movement of
citizensbeingonfoot to effectsuchanenterprise. **The YoungstownBridgeCo. is buildingthreegird:ers for a bridge a
t Duluth,eachbeing 86
ft. longandweighing30tons.
RAILROAD LAW-NOTES OF DEC|S|ONS,
Powers, Liabilities and Regulation of Railroads.In Indiana,theSupremeCourt holdsthat thesucces
sor of
a railroadcompanyby purchase is liablefordamagesfor breach o
fa covenant of
the right-of-waydeed to its predecessor,providingthat the granteeshouldfencetheroad andforevermaintainthesame,put in cattleguardsandwagoncrossingswheneverdemanded,and make a Wagonand stockpassagewayundertheroad.*
TheSupremeCourtofCaliforniaholdsthatanactionon a noteby a bank against a railroadcompany is anaction a
t law,andthecourthas no power to appoint a
receiverfor therailroadcompany,though it consents to
suchappointment,and thoughthe complaintallegesthat it is insolvent,thatothercreditorsarethreateningtosue,thatdefendanthasnopropertyout o
f
which to
satisfysuchjudgment,and that the action is brought
in behalf of
all othercreditorsWilling to come in asplaintiffs.2
In Oregon it is held that a city,under a grant of
exclusivepower“topermit,allow and regulate”thelaying o
f
tracksforstreetcars,hasnot power to grantfor
a term of yearstheexclusiverighttooccupyits streets
withstreetrailroads.3The SupremeCourt o
f
Illinois decidesthat a traindesignatedas a “fastmail train,”andusedmainlyforcarryingthemail,butwhichalsohascarsfor theuse o
f
passengers,is a “regularpassengertrain,”within the
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