. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Toledo andWabash Railway are to hold their annualmeeting in this city, on Wednesday of thisweek, and we understand the subject will bepresented of building an addition to theirfreight accommodation at this end of theroute. The entire freight sheds of the roadon the Middle Ground are filled to their ut-most capacity, and upon the arrival of thefreight train yesterday it was found necessaryto store 17 car-loads of bagged grain onthe floor of the elevators. The additiontalked of is the continuation of their brick-h
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Toledo andWabash Railway are to hold their annualmeeting in this city, on Wednesday of thisweek, and we understand the subject will bepresented of building an addition to theirfreight accommodation at this end of theroute. The entire freight sheds of the roadon the Middle Ground are filled to their ut-most capacity, and upon the arrival of thefreight train yesterday it was found necessaryto store 17 car-loads of bagged grain onthe floor of the elevators. The additiontalked of is the continuation of their brick-house, only one-half of it having been builtthis season. Should the company decide tocontinue this improvement—and it seemsquite probable—on the opening of the Springtrade the Wabsh road will have a brick freighthouse 600 feet in length and eighty feet wide,fronting on the river, in addition to the oldsheds, which can be retained for use when ne-cessary, giving the company, virtually, a con-tinuous freight house of about 1000 feet inlength.—Toledo Blade. LONGS WAGON The problem of self-acting brakes for rail-road cars and ordinary vehicles is still exer-cising^the ingenuity of inventors. If perse-verance is a virtue, and if virtue has its re-ward, we presume that success in the matterof brakes will ultimately be attained. We present in this connection a small en-graving of a very ingenious brake which hasattracted considerable attention, and whichreceived the first premium at the last OhioState Fair. This invention is operated by a strap orchain suspended under the tongue of the ve-hicle and passed around a pulley at the forwardend, where it is connected with the hold backyoke. Its after end is connected with thebrake levers, and the arrangement is such,that when the force of the team is exerted tohold back the vehicle, all the resistance iscommunicated through the strap or chain di-rectly to the brake levers, thus impeding thewheels just in proportion to the resis
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