. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . you know, the principal part oftiie circulating coins of all countries, being a medium between gold,which is very valuable, and brass, or copper, which is very is also manufactured into many varieties of table ware, and con-siderably used as ornaments to carriages, and the like. About Railroads. IN building a railroad, the preliminary trouble, before the first sodis turned, is no trifling task. Leaving out of the question thevisionary schemes, projected for the purpose of gambling or specu-lation, let us consider what has to b
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . you know, the principal part oftiie circulating coins of all countries, being a medium between gold,which is very valuable, and brass, or copper, which is very is also manufactured into many varieties of table ware, and con-siderably used as ornaments to carriages, and the like. About Railroads. IN building a railroad, the preliminary trouble, before the first sodis turned, is no trifling task. Leaving out of the question thevisionary schemes, projected for the purpose of gambling or specu-lation, let us consider what has to be effected before a railroad canbe commenced. These undertakings generally begin with a few individuals inter-ested in a proposed line. A meeting is called, and the matter is ABOUT RAILROADS. 281 primarily talked over. An agent is appointed to visit the varioustowns and villages upon the route, and to hold meetings for theinformation of every individual. Gradually, the people becomeinterested with the idea, and the various newspapers take up When the road has been fully determined on, the first thing to bedune is to ascertain pretty correctly the travel and traffic betweenthe termini and along the line. This requires great care and atten-tion. Sometimes one or more men are stationed by day and two or three weeks, to count all vehicles passing a given numberof points along the line. The number of passengers is also noted,and the cause of any increase or decrease on particular days. Allthis, and various other kinds of information relative to the subject, isentered in a book, methodically arranged, and from this book, judi-cious, calculating men can generally estimate what the traffic willbe. In the mean time, the surveyor or engineer is busy in taking thelevels of the country, boring to discover the nature of the strata hemay have to cut through, and preparing a rough sketch or profileof the ground. There are generally two or three lines surveyed,and from t
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