| Show EADS SHIP HIP 8 RAILWAY SCHEME A few days ago the senate took acal act I 1 m n ox oya the ends railway scheme which now gives assurance of the enterprise has bas already received the sanction and promised aid of tha mexican government tho object of the railway is to transport ships across the isthmus of thus creating a shorter route for ocean tride between important commercial cial ll 11 points the chicago inter discussing the hegje he oje baye the railway is the least expensive solution of th the grave problem pre the isthmus as aaa a centra central transit of loaded mei merchant chant s p ps ot ther the largest clasa class by railway h hae been demonstrated rated by engineering engineer hig sc ec 1 beuce tence and the economy of the method I 1 as compared with a it canal system is obvious to any one ia la with the topography of the country such means of trans ler ter are not as modern as many may mail imagine they having been employed as early as B C by the Grefka and in the middle ages by the turks the ends railway is however the mot ruo t elaborate thorough and only permanent plan pla of the kind ever the methodi method if rai raising ming hauling and handling 9 vessels are easily explained pla ined at each terminus ter minue of if the line there ther will le be an excavated basin leading le ling to a walled do dock i ck dook lu itil this dock will be placed a pon toun toon which on the principle of an all ordinary lifting dock will raise the vestele ve seele abi n vr will i 11 b be e roade inside of etcel steel with bulk beadi athwart chipi fore and aft 1 feet lung long 75 feet wide 15 fiet deep t hat can be sun sunk k by opening sluice gatea and r raised by meana of powerful pumps J there will avill be provision to r mcg eg by hydraulic annia the wel weight glit bearing bulk of nf tho vesel 1 I us not nor to J injure ciure I 1 Us its structural integrity the buoyancy buby aricy of the tile pontoon will be regulated by hydraulic go governors located locate d at ita ta conr cornera by means of ef thy the pontoon ponto tn with its ship carriage the att kel will be lifted to a level with the h ro road adbel bed the weight af if the he t is trana iran berred to the carr carnage 1 l ge frota the rams rano the equalization n of welliton wei liton on the carriage being is as perfect as a that no the ranie rame the wheel ot of the carriage can c an be arranged arrAll ged with two flanges instead of one oue to secure greater accuracy and as a precaution against derailment though these wheels are so numerously and closely et the breaking nf or one OF or several would nota oot affect ct the in of the carriage ail all that remain to be done after the railing raising of the vessel its i to attach the motive power to the he par r ariage Is ge support supporting ug it extra power ful engines will he be used t and fur for maximum u 1 loads three eng engineta inva bijl be employed empl oyed running abreast on oil parallel tr track ackt there being three teta sets of rail fur the ship railway ench each set however will be of the regulation gauge so eo that the track way can aleo also be used for ordinary railroad purposes jl it ie is intended ed to uee use turntables turn tables along the way to effect a change of direction when detour va would it id gave the gre great cost 4 i ot 0 excavation it ia is estimated that the coat coet of ope operating r a i ting abbe the road would be 30 per cent on ton tons to further ibis this project the mexican government has made aland graut grant of about boa acre but the financial bidwill aneo entirely not from the united states government but from american enter prise peise the advantage of if thia this railway may be imagined when it 6 computed jiow how great a it in 1 time may ruay be by the econ roy my of die batice to be traveled there will bea he nce nil mih 8 9 between new york and san francuch Fran Franci cUco peo which is tate exas if r he cap calm horn route over the pro pot aed ed cut the new route in fine would save oct ocean an versea dealing ealing ft b anil and betru Ve tru ports the iuli tittle j around South america iv i now i for toft to follow ilow |
