AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL.

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Steele & Mi(ldlet0l1’S Colnfﬂhiolllld Bridge Rail, Febmlary, 1849.

For the American Railroad Journal.

dicate the same defects in existing plans there, as
have been observed in America, and that the same
remedies are proposed. We therefore take the lib-
erty of submitting to you, and through your Journal
to the world, a new plan of rail which we have in-
vented for the purpose ofcorreciing these well known
defects, and for which we made application for a
patent on the first of March last.

it will be seen by the above sectional diagram,

NOR'I‘I{ CAROLINA.
Wilmington and Iihinchester Railroad.
We learn from L. J. Fleming, Esq., resident en.

gineer, that this important road is now under full
headway. Its location was completed on the 25th
of April last. Contracts have been made for grad-
ing nearly the whole line, and in the course of a
month the timber for bridging and superstructure
will also be contracted for.

The following is a list of the president, directors
and engineers of this road :

President——Gen. W. W. I-Iarllee, Marion C. H.

Directors——G‘rov. E. B. Dudley, J. A. Taylor, Esq.,
Henry Nutt, N. N. Nixon, of VVilinington, N. C ‘
Alfred Smith, of Columbus county, N. C.; J. Eli
Gregg,.of Marion, S. C.; J. S. Gibson, G. J. VV.
McCall, of Darlington, S.C.; Capt. R.B. Muldrow,
Col. 3. J. Moore, of Sumpter district, S.C.

Engineers——Maj. Walter Gwynn, of Richmond,
Va., chief and consulting engineer.

L. J. Fleming, resident engineer.

Assistant Engineers-——T. P. Cooper, Darlington,
S.C.; S. S. Solomons, Marion, S;C.; J. D. Barnes,
Manchester, S. C. ; A. C. Dickinson, Wilmington,
N. C. -

Sub-assistant Engineers——R. H. Drane, Sumpter-
ville, S. C.; W. H. Stith, Darlington, S. C.; J, H,
Swift, Columbus, S. C. .

General Agent——Rev. J. M. Timrnons.

, that the rail is intended to be made in two parts so
fB.V Your T101106 0f the P1‘0C@€diI1g5 01 the Inslilule arranged as to break joints, and that the front or Z improvements on the common rail The hollow

oC"l«'-- 2» .- ~. . - - .' .
Ceivellglll éltrligineeis on lthc 8th of lVfla,y,l"ist, wepei shaped part is to lt.V€l‘S€ and presentalternately two cylinder is the strongest form the rail can take with
,and Guam 19 ‘;)1f3‘V§ ”_1*‘3‘} b3’ the P 0 CW0“ 1“ 1‘~*“_S‘ surfaces to wear ; and also that it has a much wid- lhe Same quantity of metal. These improvements,
ie su ]€Cl of iailroad supeistructurcs, in- er base mm, bridge mils Ofme u,-3,131 form, by which therefore, increase the strength of the rail, and by

its vertical strengtli is considerably increased. The
centre space is tntendcd to be filled with a core of
wood against which the iron portions will be press-
ed by screw bolts or rivets as maybe found the best,
which will unite the several parts in a mass equal
almost to a continuous rail.

J. Dui"ro_N S'riiai.i7,
Ricn’D H. MIDDLE’PON.

Pottstown, Pa., June 18, 1849.

New York.

Bzmizlo and State Railrorzrl.-—The board of direc-
tors have chosen Geo. Palmer president of the coin-
pany; A. P. Yaw, treasurer; and H. C. Frisbee,
secretary. D. Richmond, A. P. Yaw, and G. W.
Tift, were appointed executive committee. A reso-
lution was passed that it was expedient to enter im-
mediately upon a survey of the route for said road.

The Eric Rruhnad Coizipany have just purchased
500 tons of iron rails in England, probably in their
recent mortgage bonds. The rails will costtlie com-
pany delivered in New York, less than $542 50 per
ion. This is the lowest price at which any railroad
iron has been sold.

the stockholders of the Northern railroad company
was held at Champlain on the 4th inst. I‘I1ghly sa-
tisfactory reports were made by the president and
treasurer, and the following persons were chosen di-
rectors for the year ensuing, with great unanimity:
Robert G. Shaw, J‘. W. Edinands, B. T. Reed, T.P.
Chandler, Boston; Isaac Spaulding, Nashua, N.H.;
Charles Paine, Northiield, Vt.; I-Iiram Horton, Ma-
lone, N.Y.; G. V. Hoyle, Champlain; A. C. Brown,
Ogden: burg; Geo. Redding, Waddington; Geo. N.
Seymour, Ogdensburg; Henry Van Rensselaer, of
Canton.

Abbott Lawrence and
declined a re-election.

At a meeting of the directors, T. P. Cliandler, Esq.
was chosen president; W. T. Eustis, treasurer, and
J. G. Hopkins, secretary. Votes of thanks were
passed to Hon. Abbott Lawrence and Geo. Parish,

Geo. Parrish (late president)

Ogzlensbm-g Rail2'oacZ.—-The annual meeting of

The above appears to us to possess some decided

presenting a double surface to the wear, vastly adds
to its durability. The two parts of the rail can be
made to breakjoints so as to give the rail the effect of
one continued bar. We have submitted the plan
of this rail to several. scientific gentlemen who have
expressed themselves highly pleased with it. We
shall be happy to call attention to it in another
number, and we hope soon to see its value tested by
its introduction upon a line of railway.
Louisville rznzl 1«7rmi/rfort R. R. Oﬂice,
Louisville, K_v., June 15, 1849. E

To t/ze Editor of MC Amcricrm Rzzilmarl Jutmial:

Dem Sm: Agrceably to your requestin your pa-
per of the 9th i’nst., I will give you the information
desired. Our road was chartered in 1847, and the
preliminary surveys made by myself in the tall of
that year. In the fall of 1848, a section of ‘.27 miles
next to Louisville was let for grading, and is ntw
neai'l_v ﬁnished; ‘Z700 tons of T rail, weighing 58
lbs to the yard, were purchased, and other materials
necessary for the track. We commenced laying
track about the 1st of May, and are now laying ra-
pidly—intend to open for running the 27 miles to
Lagrange by 1st December. On the 9th July we
otter for letting [the remaining section of the road
to Frankfort, and intend to have it ready for use by
lst July, 1851. We llEl6iC0l1l'1BC[ with the Lexing-
ton and Frankfort road, which is now being re-laid
with a heavy rail, and will make a continuous line
to Lexington. Having fornine years been engaged
upon the Lexington and Franltlort road, I can give
you the returns necessary to ﬁll out your table :—~
Lexington and Frankfort, 29 miles-—no branches——-
all nearly ﬁnished——cost ?;S450,000——per mile $15,500
paid in $300,000-debts not known-—grade 61 feet-—
earnings, 1848, t*r£50,000——expenses 30,000—net ear-
nings 20,0t)O——price of shares per 100, 82 to B5.-—
Louisville and Frankfort railroad, 65 II_iiles——-no

Esq. for their etiicient and valuable services as for-
mer members of the board. - ~ ~ .

branches--in progress-—-ruling grade 628.