. American engineer and railroad journal . is worked on lease by the Decanville Company, the build-ers of narrow-gauge lines, in an agreement which makes theauthorities sharers in losses or gains exceeding certain maxi-mum and minimum amounts. The Department hoped by theconstruction of this road to save considerable work on newhighways. The line is laid at one side of the public road andnot separated from it in any way. The necessary length fromend to end has been increased to take in as much local trafficas possible. There are seven intermediate stations and sixother stops to pick up
. American engineer and railroad journal . is worked on lease by the Decanville Company, the build-ers of narrow-gauge lines, in an agreement which makes theauthorities sharers in losses or gains exceeding certain maxi-mum and minimum amounts. The Department hoped by theconstruction of this road to save considerable work on newhighways. The line is laid at one side of the public road andnot separated from it in any way. The necessary length fromend to end has been increased to take in as much local trafficas possible. There are seven intermediate stations and sixother stops to pick up passengers without luggage. Owing to Vol. LXIX, No. i.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. the opposition of tlio communes the line was made to passround instead of through tl»t- villages. No shelter was provid-ed for passengers at the stations, bat only an open shcil and Bsmall office for parcels and for a weighing machine. Passen-ger tickets are issued on the train hy the conductor. Thegradients are generally about 1 in 100. The rails are 10 ft. 5. Aquidaban in dock after having been struck by a Whiteheadtorpedo. The water-tight bulkhead situated at the twelfthframe from the bow and the protective deck are intuct. Theship made the passage from Desterro to Hio under her ownsteam and without repairs after being Qustavo Siunpio, which did the torpedoing, is a torpedogunboat having a bow tube and two broadsidelaunching tubes, two 20-pdr. rapid-firingguns, and four 3-in. rifles. She, in companywith a torpedo-boat, something after the styleof the (Junking, entered Desterro harbor, wherethe Aguidaban was at anchor, shortly aftermidnight, April 16. The torpedo-boat advanced, and at 100metres fired her bow torpedo. At 75 metresshe launched her broadside; both Sampio then advanced, and at 75 metresfired her bow torpedo, which missed, and at50 metres her port broadside. The last tor-pedo struck the Aquidaban about 10 ft. be-low the water-line, and 25 ft. abaft the bow,making
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