The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, January 17, 1890, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTIJJ3 COR ViXLLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1890, IN t'AVOIt OF METAL TIES. The evidence laid before the re cent railroad congress in Paris pointed clearly to tiie economy to be gained by the use of metal ties. In Switzerland metal ties have been in service a sufficient length of time to give some reliable evi dence of their value as compared . with wood. They were there sub jected to severe tests ot climate, gradient and curves. The report of Mr. Slayer, the chief engineer of the Western railroad of Switzer land and the Simplon railroad, was that since 1983 metal ties had been used for a considerable por tion of the renewals on all sections of the roads in his charge, the total length now in use being more than sixty-eight miles, representing 120,990 ties in track, and that all renewals are now made with them in consequence of the satisfactory service they had given Of the number laid down since 18S3 only iorty-three ties had been taken out for breakage or other causes. It is impossible yet to say what would be their duration, as the iirst laid down show no deterioration, but one of the same number of oak ties under similar conditions of time and traffic they already had had to replace bet ween 20,000 and 25,000. It was found sufficient to space them three J'eet from center to center. The gradients are as high as 2.-3 per cent, while the traffic amounts to thirty trains a day in eacii direction and the max imum speed forty miles an hour. The experience of the company is that there is a noticeable decrease of ordinary road maintenance cost after the second year with the metal tie. On this point another Swiss company stated that on a section of 12.9 miles laid with metal ties against the same length of section laid with new wooden ties, the cost of maintenance (not renewal) was for the third year ijiS(J9, against $1503, or about 45 percent. Erom all the Swiss rail roads the verdict was in favor of metal lies. Her Branns, at t he re cent meeting of German metall urgists at Diisseldori, stated that on the Prussian railways alone 1,CC8,170 metal ties have been laid since 18SG. This action has been taken alter long continued tests. The Mexican railway company also after extended experience has adopted a steel tie as the standard, and at the end of June of this year has laid seventy-seven miles ol road with them. The engineer of the road states that the track laid with them is exceptionally good, while it is maintained at much less cost than before. Of course it is impossible to compare the cost of maintenance of track in one country with that in another, but to take the Penn sylvania railroad company, for ex ample, we find an expenditure last year of $0,1 19,590 lor mainten ance of way on 2309 miles of road operated, or nearly $2900 a mile. A saving of 29 per cent of this would provide 2 per cent extra dividend on the Pennsylvania rail road compeny's share capital. Of course metal are more expensive than wooden ties, but air brakes air brakes are more expensive than the old hand brakes that are so rapidly disappearing. The wooden tie will certainly go also. It is satisfactory to note that at least three important railroad compan ies the Pennsylvania, the New York Central and the Chicago and Western Indiana are making se rious tests of this improvement on the hitherto accepted type of per manent way, and that at a very early date we may expect one of the forms of metal tie now under experiment to be adopted as the standard for all renewals. En gineering and Mining Journal. The new locomotive works of the Pennsylvania railroad at Altooua are to have a capacity of building 500 engines a year, and are so constructed that their manu facture can be increased up to 3,500. Children Cry for A Sample of Western Drlvtagj, Gen. Sheridan has often visited Omaha, and his face is familiar to many of our citizens, in whose hearts ho holds a warm place. Of all his visits to Omaha 110:10 is more memorable than that in January. 1872, when he and his 6taff came In-rc to meet the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia and suite and to go with them on a grand hunt in the western part of the state, which was then thickly "populated" with buffaloes. The buffalo hunt, which was conducted under the direction of Gen. Sheridan, was a very successful affair. The do tails were executed by Buffalo Bill, who was a great favorite with Sheridan. During the hunt a fraud war danco was given by Spotted Tail and his Indians, 1,400 in all, who had been brought down from their agency by Buffalo Bill to en tertain the visitors. On the return from the hunt the grand duke and Gen. Sheridan took seats in a double seated open carriage drawn by four splendid cavalry horses, which were not much used to the harness. The driver was Bill Reed, an overland stage driver. On the way ia the grand auke frequently expressed his admiration of the skillful manner in which Reed handled the reins. Sheridan informed him that Buffalo Bill had also been a stage driver in the Rocky mountains, and thereupon his highness expressed a desire to sec him drive. Buffalo Bill was in ad vance, and Shendari shouted out to him : "Cody, get in here and show the duke how you can drive. Mr. Reed will change places with you and ride your horse." "All right, general," responded Cody, and in a few moments ho had the reins and the horses were dancing over tin prairie. When they were approaching Medi cine creek, Sheridan said: ''Shake 'cm up a little, Bill, and give us some ol. time stage driving." Bill gave the horsi a crack or two of the whip and the. struck an unusually rapid gait. Hie; had a light load to pull and kept incre?.s ing their speed at ev.ry jump. B:i found it difficult to hold them. The;, fairly flew over the ground. At last the; reached a steep hill cr divide, which lei down into the valley of the Medicine There was no brake on the wagon, i:n the horses were not much on tho ho' back. Bill saw that it would be irnpc sible to stop them. All he could do was i keep them etraight in the track and l( them go it down the hill for three rnik which distance was made, it is claimed in about six minutes. Every once in . while the wheels wouki strike a rut take a ixwnd, and not tench the ground again for fifteen or twenty feet. Th duke and the general were kept rathe busy in holding their positions on th seats, but when they saw that Bill wr. keeping the horses straight in the roa they seemed to enjoy the dash. Bill w; unable to stop the horses until they r:i into the ennip where they were to obtaii a fresh relay. The grand duke eaiJ h didn't want any more of that kind oi driving, as he preferred to go a lirt!" 6?ower. Gen. Sheridan laughed and 6aid "That is nothing unusual in this wester:, country. We do everything out her with a grand rush." Omaha Herald. Loads Curried by Yoyagenrs. In 1844 I traveled by birch bark cano something like a thousand miles, fror Lapoint over to tiio head waters of th Mississippi, and down the latter to For Snulling, at mouth of Minnesota river. Wo made several portages, the longes: being nine miles. We had along tw trunks, and provisions and bedding foi four persons for one month. The loai.: which our two voyageurs carried wai certainly 150 to 200 pounds each. Thc made seven miles in one day, going ove'i the ground five times i. e.. thirty-flv. miles. Three-fifths of the distance the were loaded, and two-fifths going back for another load. Their plan was to tak. tho heaviest load first (about 200 pounds) and carry it about a mile or a mUe and ; half, put it down, go back for anodic, lead of 150 iounds, carry this a mile or : mile and a half beyond the first deposit, then come back, take up the first deposi: and carry it the same distance beyond, etc., until all was carried to the camp fo: the night; then, last of all, they went back seven miles to tho last camp, took up the boat (which was the lightest load of all), and canned it to camp. I will give an account of one load. They used a leather strap about two inches and a half wide in middle, and slenderer toward tho end, and perhaps ten or twelve feet long. One fellow, a famous voyageur, would tie this about my trunk (about seventy-iivp pounds) in two places near each end. and throw it over tiie head, bringing the band across the forehead, the trunk rest ing on the back, then take a hundred pounds of flour and put on the trunk, and then twenty-five pounds of crackers on top of all, and walk off briskly, almost hi a trot. The man was not a large or very muscular man, but rather lean and wiry. Professor Joseph Le Conte in Science. Hi-nest Mttlo Cash Registers. Cash registers, so called, are by no means a new thing, but the latest style of register is a perfect marveL It registers the amount of the purchase, indicates the amount to the clerk or cashier as well as to the customer; opens the drawer ready for making tho change, rings a bell to give the alarm and adds the amount registered to the amount of all former registrations. All this Is accomplished by a single depression of one key. This little machine is perfectly honest and makes no mistakes. It detects careless ness whether it is on the part of the em ployers or employes. When the day's work is done the machine has all the cash added up, so that it can be seen at s glance what amount of money should be found in the drawer. Or if at noon, or at any other time in the day, the pro prietor wishes to find out how much business has been done, it : is not a minute's work to find out with the ma chine, which is provided with a secret lock, to prevent the possibility of any one altering the figures or tampering with the mechanism. The machine can be ready for a day's work and set for anptlier day's work in less than two minutes. Tho clerk may lock his machine so that no person can tamper with it and so that the cierk himself cannot interfere with the regis tering mechanism. - The proprietor, if he chooses, may, iu a moment, set the uiecli tinisni so that no registration can be made wiihont opening the draw each time. ?io-.v York Mali and Express. - pitcher's Castoria, i?llff -T -Ww 1890. Happy New Year. 1890. wis? s$f( m ijn, -w -w n -wr -yr "Tir ?(3 All Aboard! The Train of Improvements will be Successfully Engineered by Public Enterprise, who arrived here two months ago, and after a careful examination of the Proposed Route Reports it clear of all obstructions, save in some sections small relics of mossbackism. To guard against the possibility of danger or detention from tliis source, Public Enterprise lias provided his train with a patent appliance known as Public Opinion, which is a specially constructed car weighing 1000 Tons, run by electricity, and has given universal satisfaction in all cases, crushing out mossbackism wherever found. This Splendidly Equipped Train will Start from the Tiie Corvallis Street Running the entire length of this beautiful property, past Central Park, thence to Belmont, the great railway addition, which will soon be placed on the market, continuing over the route of the Corvallis Street Railway to Main street, passing 0 THE large new flourir mills Also the Works Recently Purchased for the Large Foundry and Fac tory for the Manufacture of Farm Machinery. The train pulling out into the open country will follow the route now being established by the Engineers' Corps for the water canal which will be begun this year, and furnish am ple water for the many factories sure to come here. Upon reaching Junction, the train will be attached to the California express, and passengers landed in Corvallis early in the fall. Tickets for the Entire Trip Will be Free to Purchaser of Lots and Blck in Jb's Addition. Whicare sold at $100 and $lo per lot cost, or in easy in stallments. Regular fare to all others. Upon return in the fall the Overland Express will stop at Belmont, and the own ers of lots in Job's Addition and Belmont will provide an elegant dinner for the railroad officials from the profits made on their investments before starting. You will make a Great Mistake if You fail Maps, Plats, etc., and full particulars, Prices of Lots in Job's Addition, 'to RALST0R OX, MANASGK, mwvp A Year of Great Things for The wtols of Progress Weil Qiiedl Railway Co. in Job s Addition Depot Grounds Of to make This rip. together with: ,m be had of Corvallis, Oregon. OVJSiUAND TO CALIFORNIA VIA Southern Pacific Company's LINE.--; TIIE MT. SHASTA ROUTE; Time Between ALBANY and SAN FRANCISCO 33 nouns. CalScrtia Eqireas Traits Em IJaily PORTLAND and SAN FR ANCISCO. seoxzi. lor Portland . d-ftOj ni xortu Lv Smi Frisco. . .-C:0Viinj , Albary ij.-iSj). to Lv Albany :45 arn Av Sa(i i'Vieuo.-.f :4' p.m. At l'ortlau4 .10:45 a ni Local Passenger Train, Daily, except Sunday V furtUud 8:06 a. m. j Eugene 9:00 a. tu Lr AltianT 1-2:40 u. ia. I Lv AUianv 11-35 m Ar Eujfene 2:40 j m j Ar l'ortlwid 3:45 p ia Lebanon Branch. p ut... Lv.. .Albany Ar. ,.6:30 a ni fls06 p m..Ar. .. Lebanon... Lv. . 5:45 a'm (i:50 p m...Lv.. .Albany Ar...9:2o p in 2:3t p m.. Ar.. .Lebanon. ..L v. . .8:40 p m 7:30 a m..Lv.. .Albany Ar. . .4:26 p m S:22 a m..Ar,. . Lebanon. ..Lv ..,3:40 p m Pullman Baffett Sleepers. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, For accommodation of second-class passengers, attached to Express Trains. The S. P. Co.'s Ferry makes connection with all tli'srfijfulartraius on the Kast Hide Uiisiiu from foot of F street. Vizi Sia3 Eivision. BKTWEKX PORTLAND AND CORVALLJS. Hill Trait. Eiilj Except SatSay. LKAVE. Portland 7 :S0 a. m. Corvallis 1:30 p. m. AKllIVR. Corvallis ..12:15 p. tn Portland (ISO p. in At Albany and Corvallig connect with trains ot tho Oregon Pacifie Railroad. Es?ro:s Train. Tsily Escopt Candsy. LEAVK. Portland 4:50 p: m. McMinnville 5:45a. m. AHH1VK. McMinnville... 8:00 p. ni Portland 9:00a. m THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and East via California. Eor full information regarding rates, maps etc., call on company's agent at Corvallis or Albany. K. P ROGERS. Asst. G. F. &. P. Ascnt. R.KOEHLER Manager THE Oregon Pacific Railroad and Oregon Development Co.'s STEAMSHIP LINE. 235 Miles Shorter; 20 Honrs Less time than by any other route. First clas through passenger and freight line from Portland all points iu the YVilbnneite valley to and from San Francisco, Cat The Oregon Pacific steamboats on, the Willamette river . division will leave Portland, south-bound, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. Arrive at Corvallis on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3:30p. m. Leave Corvallis, north-bound Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 ' a. m Arrrve at Portland Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday at 3:30 p "ni. On Monday, Wednesdry and Fri day, both north and south-bound boats lie over at night at Salem, leaving there at G a. m. TIME SCHEDULE (except Sundays.) Leaves Albany 1.-00 p. in Leave CntvalltHl:40 p m. Arrive Yanuina 5:30 p. in Leaves YacUma.G:45 a. ra. Leave Cnr.atMs 10:35 " Arrive Albany 11:10 a. in.. Orecron & California trains uoimnct. i.t aILimiv mut Cwallis. The above trains connect at Yiquiia with. the Oregon Development Co.'s line of htcunships be tween Yaquina and San Francisco. This Company reserves the rijjht to chitng- sailing dats without uotico. N. U. I'asseiiers from Portland and alt Willamette valley points c;m make close connection wfth the trains of the Yaquina. route at Albany or Corvallis, and if destined t San Francisco should arrange to arrive at Yaquina the evening liefora date of sailing.. I'assenger and freight rates always th& lowest. For information apply to 1. V Cummins, freight and ticket agent, Corval lis. r to C. C. HOGUE, Acting Gen. F. and P. Agent, Oregon Pa cific Kailrnad Co., Corvallis, Or. C. II. HAS WELL, Jr.. Gun. F. and P. Ageitfc, Oregon Develop, tnent Co., 304 Montgomery St., S. V., Cal. GREAT OVEKLAX'D ROUTE! NORTHERN PACIFIC Railroad. Two fast trains daily! No change of earsE Shortest line to Chicago and all points east, via ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS. The Northern Pacific, railroad is the only line running Passenger trains, se.eond-class sleepers free of charge), luxurious day coaches, Pullman palace sleeping cars, pal ace dining cars meals 75 cents. See that your ticket read via the North ern Pacific railroad and avoid change of cars. Leave Portland at 10:40 a. tn., and 2 i. in., dailv; arrive ot Minneapolis or St. Paut , at 5:05 p. m. third day. PACIFIC DIVISION Trains leaye. Front aud G street daily at 11:05 a, m. and; 2 a. pi.; arrive at New Tacoma at 6:15 p. m. and 8:30 a. m. connecting witii compa ny's boats for all points on Puget Hound. CIIAS. S. FEE., Oenl Pass. Agent, St. PanL A. I. CHARLTON, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent, No. 121 First St., cor. Washington it., fortland, Oregou. 3TDepot, corner First and G Streets. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE COR VALLis Gazette, the oldest pa per in Benton "o. 0:nvfM "