Show A the wooden railroads in the ilia vicinity or 1 tt 0 are attracting coob etc it appears that there are now miles iu ill operation the tha gauge is 4 feet 8 81 inches the running time is per but bin trains have been run at the rato rate or of 30 bilci per hour the rails are made of mit maple malite inches inc lios set up edgewise and notched into tile cro crosa 83 dell fl lour inches deep and ami held by two wedges driven tn in tile notch outa ide of the I rail ail I 1 lie ties are arc 8 inches thick and laid ZO 20 inches apart the cars have four and some of tho weigh 30 tons in frosty weather the driving wheels have hato leas adhesion than on an kettil rail but no n considerable difficulty is ig experienced experience d arom this latie lati e iho raili milt will laa front from two to four years according accor dins to tile quality odthe of the timber and tile he amount of alic traffic anc erst of macli roads is froni from 1000 to per mile ahey 1 hey seem to be i cry well adili ted fur fear light traffic tr alTic and as B soon its the bu kincid of such lines italy require it wetal rails rail way may be lor or quod without auy any change ili angi in tile the |