. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . gate, - - ■Or, each, - - - pr. Pacific Railroad.—The WashingtonUnion learns that Mr. Allen, the President ofthe Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, hasjust closed a contract for the construction ofits road from St. Louis, southwesterly throughSpringfield and Neosho, to a point on thewestern boundary of the state, but a few milesnorth of Arkansas; the western terminus isat the southeastern corner of Kansas Territo-ry. This road from St. Louis is located on adirect line towards Albuquer
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . gate, - - ■Or, each, - - - pr. Pacific Railroad.—The WashingtonUnion learns that Mr. Allen, the President ofthe Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, hasjust closed a contract for the construction ofits road from St. Louis, southwesterly throughSpringfield and Neosho, to a point on thewestern boundary of the state, but a few milesnorth of Arkansas; the western terminus isat the southeastern corner of Kansas Territo-ry. This road from St. Louis is located on adirect line towards Albuquerque, in New 3Iex-ico, near which town the Rocky Mountainsmay be crossed through the pass, said to bethe lowest yet discovered south of the Britishpossessions. This pass and the southwestMissouri road way are said to have the meritof being at all times unobstructed by was to aid in the construction of this rail-road that Congress recently donated publiclands to the state of Missouri. Some fortymiles of the road are already built and in ope-ration. RAILROAD RECORD. 69. The above cut represents a recently invent-ed Freight Car, consisting of two, or more,cylinders, with the rim of a car-wheel attach-ed to each end, by means of which it ismaintained upon the rails. The load iscontained in these cylinders, in which, runningfrom end to end, is a division, or center piece,to prevent abrasion or moving of the cylinders are kept in place by meansof a framework of wood resting upon journals,rivited in the center of the head of eachcylinder; this frame work has also a narrowplatform at each side, for the purpose ofaffording a pasfage way from car to car, witha railing upon the inner side to prevent per-sons from falling upon the cylinders when inmotion. The size of the cylinder is about fivefeet in diameter, and of a length to suit thegauge of the road upon which they may beused. Cylinders of this size contain about 2tons 12 cut. of coal esch. If desired, a platf
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