. Remunerative railways for new countries : with some account of the first railway in China . ft., £& 10s. ; 15 ft., ^10 10s. Electric telegraphs, one wire, with iron poles and insulators cost per mile Instruments and batteries for stations price per station Strong wrought - iron workshop, with windows and doors complete, say 120 ft. X 35 ft price-Cost of girder bridges, with main girders, 60 ft. span, with iron cross-girders each 5° >• ,, plain girders for 40 ft. span, j£iio; 30 ft., £60; 20 ft., ,£40 ; 15 ft., ^30 per pair. £ j. d. 250 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 O ,100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 72 REMUNER
. Remunerative railways for new countries : with some account of the first railway in China . ft., £& 10s. ; 15 ft., ^10 10s. Electric telegraphs, one wire, with iron poles and insulators cost per mile Instruments and batteries for stations price per station Strong wrought - iron workshop, with windows and doors complete, say 120 ft. X 35 ft price-Cost of girder bridges, with main girders, 60 ft. span, with iron cross-girders each 5° >• ,, plain girders for 40 ft. span, j£iio; 30 ft., £60; 20 ft., ,£40 ; 15 ft., ^30 per pair. £ j. d. 250 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 O ,100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 72 REMUNERATIVE RAILWAYS SIZE No. 5.—(See Estimate No. 5.) (Estimate ot |$taterkls uito fittings FOR TWENTY MILES OF RAILWAY FOR GENERAL TRAFFIC, WITH THREE INTERMEDIATE AND TWO TERMINAL STATIONS. DUTY REQUIRED TO BE DONE. 1. Maximum train load required to be taken at 9 miles an hour on a level = 120 tons. 2. ,, „ „ „ 6 „ „ up 1 in 100 = 60 „ 3- .. .. .. .. 4 » » in 35 = 3° >> 4. Speed with light loads = 20 miles an hour. GAUGE, 2 ft. 6 in. to 3 ft. 6 in. Fig. DESCRIPTION OF ENGINE SUITABLE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS. 1. Weight, in working order, 9 tons, on 6 wheels, 2 ft. 3 in. diameter, all coupled. 2. Cylinders, S in. X 12 in. Heating surface, 210 square feet. Grate aiea, 4 square feet. 3. Greatest weight on any wheel, 30 cwt. Rails, 25 lbs. per yard. Gauge, 2 ft. 6 in. to 3 ft. 6 in. 4. Fixed wheel-base of Engines when made with six wheels coupled, S ft. 6 in. 5. Fixed wheel-base of Engines when made with four wheels coupled, with a bogie, 4 ft. 6 in. FOR NEW COUNTRIES. 73 Tons for Freight. Measure-ment. DeadWeight. 83460 1,600 9 7 4 3 2 4 6 4 36 5 5 12 42 10 4 2 10 20 20 IO 38 8 So 20 1 18 3 21 3 45 9 12 6 50 20 50 10 54 7 35 5 18 3 26 24 4 ( 1,079 2,215 ! 410 15 ESTIMATE No. 5—(for Size No. 5). £ a. d. £ ,. d. Rails, 25 lbs. per yard, with fish plates Tons, 834 at S o 0 6,720 0 o Fishbolts, clog spikes, and fang bolts „ 60,, 20 o o 1,200 o o Sleep
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