mi“
putation of our country for inventing many
of the best, cheapest and most profitable ap-
plications of power to machinery, used in
any manufactures in any land.”

Zlfagnifittent Project in Englaml.-—-A co m
pany, with a large capital, are engaged in the
erection oftwelve hundred houses for the use
of the laboring classes, who are to be con-
veyed back and forth from home to their dai-
ly toil by the railway. It is also in contem-
plation to erect villages at convenientdistances
from all large cities and towns, to which the
working classes can travel every morning
and return home at‘ night without costing
more than is now expended for badly venti-
lated and unhealthily-located dwellings for
the poor under the present system.

Alamrtiztg Rrtilroacl Acci(lent.——An acci-
dent of a most alarming character occurred
on Wednesday last, about 11 o'clock, A.M.,
to the downward train of cars on the Tona-
wanda railroad, about a mile from Bergen,
N. Y., the particulars of which are as follows:
The engineer, it appears, discovered that the
axle of the tender was broken, and immedi-
ately endeavored to arrest the engine. The
train consisted of a baggage car, one passen-
ger car, nearly filled with passengers, and
fourteen heavy freight cars, loaded with
wheat in bulk. The immense weight and
impetus of the freight cars, the train being at
its greatest speed, rendered unavailing all ef-
forts to stop the train; and the passenger car
together with eight of the freight cars, was
thrown off the track, and precipttatcd some
fifteen feet down the embankment. The pas
senger train fell nearly with its bottom up,
and the freight cars burst through the bottom
breaking the passenger seats and crushing
everything in their way. No -life was lost,
nor was any one dangerously injured : a re
sult which seems little short-of miraculous.
Several were slightly hurt, and none wholly
escaped from bruises. The passengers, after
the utmost confusion and alarm, succeeded
in extricating themselves.

' Decomposition of Slea.m.——Mr. G. Gurney
states, from experiment, that steam under
high pressure is partially decomposed, and
that in a state of gaseous vapor, it is capable
of heating the iron flues toisuch an extent
that linen is charred, gunpowder fired’ and
metal is fused by it. Mr. G. suggests the
use of fusible metal in some part of the pipes
as a- preventive of fire, for, melting when the
flues become too highly heated, it will allow
the escape of the vapor, and, of course, assist
in cooling the pipes.

Coal vs. Calico.-——It is estimated that the
am0u'nt"of capital employed in manufactur-
ing at Lowell is a trifle more than _len‘a.ml a
/ta.lf'millions of dollars. The board of trade
ot"_'Ph_iladel_phia in ‘noticing this fact, boast
that the capital now invested. in bringing the
coal of Philadelphia to market, is _tItz:7'l;r/four
millions of dollars. It is hardly fair to put
the whole of the great state of -Pennsylvania
against a single town in little Massachusetts.
But there is another aspect in the state of their
trade, of which they may speak with pride.

 

The whole sum‘ expended ', by government '

since 1804 lord roads, "fortifications, “harbors

/'

and rivers, say the board, does not much ex-
ceed seventeen millions, which is but half the
sum expended by Pennsylvania in construct-
ing avenues to bring one of her chief staples
to market.

A Great B7'iolge.—The new railroad bridge
across the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, is an
immense structure. It is about four thousand
feet long, built upon the improved double lat-
ticed plan. There are twenty-three spans,
averaging one hundred and seventy.three feet
each ; and two arched viaducts, one fifty-three
feet, and the other eighty four feet long. The
entire cost of this immense structure is short
of $100,000.

PVulerforzl Manufaclm'e7‘s.—-In the small
village of Waterford, Saratoga county, there
is the largest fire engine manufactory in this
country. Twenty-four fire engines were
made here last year, twelve hose carriages,
10,000 feet of leading hose, and 500 feet of

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will be completed before thecoming inho
August. At a meeting of the Directors,

were laid, payable on the 10th of April, 1st,
and 15th of May, and if these a're,prom'ptly—
paid, as the previous ones have been, the en-
tire road may be ready for the cars in Octo-
ber.-—Bunl'e'r Hill Aurom. V , l

Ogclenslm/rg Railroad —-A meeting of the"
Directors of the Ogdensburg Railroad Co_m-
pany, We understand, is to be held in the
city, on the 15th March, at which Mr. Hay-
word will submit his report of his recent sur-
veys. This report, we learn, will be of the
most favorable character, as to the results of
the survey. A highly eligible route has been.
obtained with grades no where exceeding 26‘
feet to the mile easterly and 40 feet to the
mile westerly—a good country through which
to build a road—-abundance of good material
and very little rock cutting. -The prospect

suction. Nothing but fire engines are man

ufactured by Mr. Button, and orders are Sup-
plied by him to every part of the U. States,
with a satisfaction, we have been informed,
which won for him a prize of $500 in Mas-

sachusetts, and was, with a liberality deserv-

ing much encomium, immediately made a

present of to the fire company that got his
machine, and was victorious in the contest.
Waterford is quite a smart manufacturing
village. Mr. Gage’s machine shopis famous
for the manufacture of slide lathes and print-
ing presses. Here also is the well known
button manufactory, so much indebted to the
genius of that celebrated mechanic, Mr. Bar-
ton, whose biography we trust we shall soon
be able to present to the readers of the Me-
chanics’ Journal. There is also the linen
twine manufactory ofMr.‘Beardsley, produc-
ing a great amount of shoemaker’s thread
and warps for coarse carpets. There is also
a found.y in this place, and a number ofgrist
mills. Waterford is situated on the banks of
the Hudson and Mohawk, and is well adapt-
ed for manufacturing except in times of high
water, which from the nature of its location
produces what is called back water on the
wheels, and either stops their movement alto-..

gether, or much diminishes theirspeed. The-_
only remedy for this is a steam engine tb be .

used in such cases, and which has been suc
cessfully and economically used in a number
of places, such as at the Lodi foundry, Syra-
cuse, and at the Rochester railroad machine

of this road, in the important matters of con-
struction and business, are of the best possible-
description'. It can be built at a cost probably
lower than that of any New England road,
and of its legitimate and certain business, no
reasonable estimate can now be-made. -The.
Directors, no doubt, will take some decided
measures to have the construction of the road
put under contract, as soon as it may be done.
The people on the line of the road, who have
subscribed liberally to its capital stock, are
anxious to see the work commenced, and-we
hope their expectations will soon be realized".
Northern New York, to say nothing of the
irnnense country north and west, ought to be
opened to the business and population of Bus-
ton.—Bu.nlrer Hill Aurora.

Iiennebec Railroad.

We learn from the Portland Advertiser, that the
engineers upon the Kennebec and Androscoggin
rai1road,_have found a practicable spot to cross the-
Androscoggin just above the falls at Lewiston,
which will save about one half of the expense of
constructing the bridge over that river, upon the esti-
mate first made by Mr. Hall when crossed at a dif-_‘
ferent point. ' '0

We also learn that the working survey has been
extended to Greene, and the route found more favor-
able than anticipated. 0

A We ccvngtatulate the friends of the roadupon this
favorable commencement of the work, and as the
crossing of the valley of, the Androscoggin was the
most diflicult part of the route, this survey to Greene
settles the question as to this road being constructed

shop.’-—Mec/tanics’ Joumal.

Pelerboro’ Rctilroacl.-—-—A meeting of the
Stockholders of the Peterboro’ and Shirley
Railroad Company was held at Townsend,
on Tuesday last, for the purpose of passing
upon the location of the road,.previous.to_ fil-
ing of the saute with ‘the county commission.
ers. A majority of the steel: subscribed was
represented,and the location as reported and
explained by Mr. Parker, the Eng1neer,.wa‘s
unanimously approved and confirmed. Au-
thoritywas given to the Board of Directors
“to make such alterationslin said lines as
may be deemed necessary and for the interest
of the company.” ', .
The work of grading this road is going on

at a very cheap rate as compared with other roads.
The subscriptions in the various towns are going
on, and the amounts raised in some towns double
nearly the sum anticipated.

AILROAD IRON.- THE “ MQNTOUR

Iron Company,” Danville, Pa., is pre ared

to execute orders for the heavy Rail Bars.q. ‘ago:

pattern, now. in use, in this country 'g_r_ E’l11'3§3€i

and equal in every respect in pointoi-qualtéy. p-
ply to , MURDOCK,  _0-: , »

. . 1  . Agents.
1y48  {'77 Pine St., New York.
AILWAY ‘IRON.--DAVIS, BROOKS

&. Co., No. 68 Broad Street, have now in port
on Shi board, 200 Tons of the best English heavy
H Rai 8, 60 lbs. to the lineal yard, which they offer
for sale on favorable terms, also, about 6 to 700 Tons

with much activity,, and it is expectedpthat it

scription of Rail. ‘ 4b'tl-

same day, further assessments on the stock’

now on the way, to arrive shortly’, of ' the same dc. '