. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . f parlia-ment li d much amusement by themixed metaphors they used in theirspeeches. A famous perpetrator was Sirle, Sir Boyle was once dilat-ing upon the unsettled condition of Ire-land and stated that his house was at-tacked by a band of ruffians, but theywere so hotly received that not a soulescaped except two who were drowned ina bay. A modern Irish politician on the stumpbefore last election said: Gentlemen, Isay theyll keep cutting the wool off thesheep that lays the golden eggs till the
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . f parlia-ment li d much amusement by themixed metaphors they used in theirspeeches. A famous perpetrator was Sirle, Sir Boyle was once dilat-ing upon the unsettled condition of Ire-land and stated that his house was at-tacked by a band of ruffians, but theywere so hotly received that not a soulescaped except two who were drowned ina bay. A modern Irish politician on the stumpbefore last election said: Gentlemen, Isay theyll keep cutting the wool off thesheep that lays the golden eggs till theypump the well dry. I venture to say,fellow-citizens, that there is not a man,woman or child in this building who hasattained the age of titty years but whohas felt these mighty truths thundering intheir cars for centuries. (Applause.)The young men of Ireland are the back-bone of the Empire. What we have todo is to train that backbone and bring itto the front. Improved English Railway English railways in the last tenyears have increased earnings pergoods train mile from 71d. to 9478d.,. SI WITH TRACK SUPPORTS. or nearly .4 per cent. The advancemade in the last decade is due to im-proved methods of working, more sci-entific loading of cars, and the read-justment of rates have been adoptedby the English railways during the lastten years, and the results have justifiedthe changes. During this time percent, increase in goods train receiptshas been brought about, while percent, decrease in goods train miles hasbeen achieved. 226 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. May, 1911. Electric correspondent of ours, Mr. C. , has sent us a photograph of tin-Pennsylvania electric that drew the firstscheduled passenger train through thetunnel on Sep! 8, 1910, the day the LongIsland Railroad end of the New York cent, grade and accelerate to sixty milesan hour. That is excellent work. A2 per cent, grade equals ft. to themile. The principal dim
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