Show NAR it 1 the following article on narrow mirow gauge roada clipped from the tho st louis globe will lo be 10 read int interest orest tu to live ther st foals wit in your I 1 bianc s tie of tile the th 17 1711 ith ight 1 tilt hu of wine some tit ot tuo tho hitoi ni TOi roads anti another article arti clo 3 JM in taso paper I 1 desire to 10 giro abw a fw fuw achi in itt regard to the economy of construction and equipment compared with ali roalo roi of stand artl gauge this question lir lima been much ad nud mod tho ilia Ad advocat vocal here have at tit tho idea of economy irk in too tho constructs ni and nil nd operation f t n of f roads on tile narrow gi aijo principle r r e I 1 io to uj I 1 argued that its ilo iho 0 C opacity capacity IA i r b 1 IB a proportion as aiu 9 gallo gall 2 11 o Is 1 figs wo AVO sa ikuji I 1 tro see it Is to so will 1 eon 6 brosted rely now by liy roads in operation 0 11 kj all ft to com cland their kulion alL kt eulion that to bonu thing mil md to conflict compel them to admit what sha clear evidence true that is Bo if we ITO can goves raid mid a reet raup road it wt cost ot of on only 17 a ft mile u fill full equipments where it would cos cot coil t from I 1 0 O to wm a milo mile for a groad Is cage wo we tor for building a gaego even if its 11 rap capacity wu was but ut L half alt that of tho ilia giber dill but besides thin saying no ine flud tho the earning capacity of tho the three hat goal gango ruby fully cual to tho the four OL ft at t eight uj and a hf cinclini se shown haro after TheD valer and ad ilia aitio granilo grando llotd 1104 IA i throe fot gaggo li now ni about 21 miles mild ral cools con ru fully ily equipped el I bout about per mile while a fur four loot 1 eight g ands and ft a half inch roud road OMri iamo route would cost over pir rc economy onomy about per mile cult tho the specifications rr fur thin liidi road tro are width of load hod bod in cuts cute ft foci 12 wid width tit of rood bodin bod bed in banks rust feel 10 sharpest curve dt di red reci 6 grado fiat adika Wl Au af inka ika feet cert 75 7 length of tied fo act I 1 G CS ci of I 1 st p yard patinas 30 KI im ot or ka aatu 1 I 1 to I 1 i lipa of italika I 1 toa to I 1 bl klopot aps cps of solid 14 toi to 1 in a district like that of cot colo rilo rado tho meant in ID cot nr loun as instance TUB tilt road arox cm CITY TO ilio glam Is tu in K tho the dujam un rates being mido made tram from rom centrist cartful survey eur veya the tho four feet and tt hilf half anoh gaego a road d twenty MIT in length would cost 1 b 7 rf per Por milo tho three thre eNat roid road panic irame length ing tb over aimo n me rente ro nit wf nit hiltl pir mile ghents in cando except rolling dock stock an nd I 1 how a ditle rence in la favor of the narrow gyugo of per milo mile I 1 1 on cost of roid road alone rAti Ealim calLes ita made upon actual surreys for tho ilia ild sod and knoxville road jioia jed th iberl flit flirted flitted ted through throng lt a 1 favorable favor blo country la a the following figures figure 0 I 1 tt t 03 il 3 aa mj R a el 0 6 0 fa narlan Z 60 ls R i q 2 pa sa 0 O I 1 1 0 0 II 11 las r hi n 1 n th thirty irly z edca 5 ft 3 0 I 1 Vs U thirty miles mile J lt it 16 1089 SIG I 1 in f fi y vor or of narrow ga g ngo go SW ial 1 in in 1 cost per mile of gauge 00 coot coat per milo mile of 3 feet gauge 83 deflit iu in favor of narrow gaego 17 ei and actual can lio bo gian 1 I 11 to fill your piper paper 70 now ay 9 to san eving ingia iu roll a g anil c irra art sag ing capacity where when we ire claim for tile tho narrow gau gauge gotho ho greater adiao Ligo I 1 lato not t so 10 vatis satisfactory factory dati off sa aa I 1 desire rt caire but mr C of Lon gondou doti ingland Ing lund last haj 0 Y to I 1 his on onu u and found I 1 tho to nit all that could he be ankud the narrow mud and and call ieng aing go 0 o nine much lighter titan than a those or of ilia broad tho the first cost coit is was rot tor tori lally ally team hu and tho the dead or nonpaying non paying ying we weight baulie tay boy about ono fourth ea can in of throe for iott I 1 gauge neighing neigh ol hing ing two tons lona win will ca carry r r y six BIX and eight tons lona while ullars Ul can oars of font feet cig t A and one hall baft I 1 tieh a ch gauge weighing ten tuna fund 1 will mil I 11 carry ton lea tons moreover the tho norro narrow galigo engine will mily beat ila 10 freight up a par wit ardo a that the broad shugo engine could not mount with its ita fought this ill clearly set forth in tile tho able ahlo report of R esq coq 1 c ginevr engi is nur mcklem mar gar land road after car careful 0 fur for that road llo lie aabye fkr of broad alula and narrow ar row gauge gauga freight trains traina nom tuo the forc golo 9 wo we icam cam 1 1 that in an engine of thi ilia threat f fott gauge con can like a greater number of tons of it lit in IQ lid if cira cara against the laino game g grade rade and 42 2 that it will li liall val ilia bo tanio nuat number cumber er of ct tons lona of load in ItS Carst 11 ap p steeper graded grade if than the bugled ot of 0 alie a four feet tight and a half balt inch tie gouge gauge eth its ill loaded cars cm can at lit all accomplish com 1 1 11 1 1 afo 1111 nan lian c shown bat tho the load of fei feigion gjon on thoa tho the 48 4 at 8 4 t inch gauge abinet a 20 a 1 10 grade 14 tons tom ariit that load can A lo bo increased on tho the three birco dlugo to tons loin afra luet a like grado rado do BO aba a banit cm can it bost bo atod that the ilia froisin load of tont ton not being nert ased on tho the three foot feet road it could bo be taken by tho the barrow gau gauge engine over 33 feet fett grades 4 d ca instead of 26 fi 1 iff 10 feet oct a gain gaia in gra F ilent 1 t obtained of 25 IKC coat cent by adoption of tho the gaego it amass thon then clear that while be power of III tho 0 aliro fet gaage engine is ii tie no grealer than that ot of tho the I 1 witt tho paying poorer of ot tho the narrow road exceeds that of the standard by to VA 57 ab per annual on ono one hundred miles AC according Cordin to the gorlod kod on tim this la Is earned carried out in nearly tit tho the 0 orama tamo proportion iro portion la in tho working of t traine happy regalia aro are c encouraging to the tho 1 constructors of narrow eau gango go rows roadoff and while tho the narrow la Is being so BO BUCO au cc fit bollt roll III ke iu america belaf eng EngY england and aBd N korwan drw ind india libusia lii usia ac a ahry fy have A basis on which to build oo 00 all their work which no broad gango gaego advocate can devir deroy oy ands and it is very apparent alsa that miny many heretofore considered ina may now BOW bo be blessed with railroad connection hh tho the rest kuttot of tho the world gild and mimy many I most worthless tM jl mineral al tracts made valuable thereby it is believed bit loved by tho the ut manager W rs ot of tome some of 0 tin tile three fock feet gauge roads that the tho operating cannot fifty pir cent of income while the tho brood Opra operation Lou COO coett bs from rom aty sty to cia eighty aty live ire per cent it if the arosa kro row earnings caringi of on bro broad ad gauge is now noir per annum their net profit cannot bo be computed at moro more thin then shirly ute aire pr ant cent at present rates rata tile the narrow darrow gauge might bo be expects to on the tho ume of routs roada nut dot it ian than or 75 more moro thin than the hie standard gauge with greater to at file fame am speed of 0 trains train J graur aa peaty with tho tiamo tamo and greater 0 0 O j ia 2 0 operation 1 ion the threefoot three foot gango axi roal road Y eventual 1 11 1 IT 11 T ilio tilio t Pree odOs of the standard gongs iho proof them of is 13 1 rowina daily yours respect respectfully folly 8 B D |