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equip the roads they build; for none others are so well acquainted with the road as those who from a thorough knowledge of the matter have established the grades and the curvatures. The difference between adaptation and non-adaptation will plainly be seen by the comparison below. The railway from Boston to Albany may be divided into four sections, of which the several lengths and corresponding maximum grades are as tabulated. Length in miles. Steepest grade Boston to Worcester, 44 30 Worcester to Springfield, 541/2 50 Springfield to Pittsfield, 52 83 Pittsfield to Albany, 431/2 45 A load of five hundred tons upon a grade of thirty feet per mile requires of the locomotive a drawing-power of 11,500 lbs. Upon a 50 feet grade 15,500 lbs. Upon an 83 feet grade 22,500 lbs. Upon a 45 feet grade 14,500 lbs. Now, if the engines are all alike, (as they are very nearly,) and each is able to exert a drawing-power of five thousand pounds to move a load of five hundred tons from Boston to Albany, we need as follows: B. to W.--11500/5000 or 2 engines. W. to S.--15500/5000 or 3 engines. S. to P.--22500/5000 or 5 engines. P. to A.--14500/5000 or 3 engines. From which the whole number of miles run by engines for one whole trip would be,-- B. to W. 44 miles by 2 engines, or 88 W. to S. 541/2 miles by 3 engines, or 1631/2 S. to P. 52 miles by 5 engines, or 260 P. to A. 491/2 miles by 3 engines, or 1481/2 ______ And the sum, 660 Now suppose, that, by making the engines for the several divisions strong in proportion to the resistance encountered upon these divisions, one engine only is employed upon each; our mileage becomes, B. to W. 44 by 1 or 44 W. to S. 541/2 by 1 or 541/2 S. to P. 52 by 1 or 52 P. to A. 49 by 1 or 491/2 _____ And the sum, 200 miles. And the saving of miles run is therefore 660 less 200, or 460; and if 500 tons pass over the road daily, the annual saving of mileage becomes 460 by 313, or 143,980, or 70 per cent. of the whole. The actual cost for freight-locomotives per ton, per mile run, during the year ending Sept. 30, 1855, was 384/1000 of a cent; and the above 143,980 miles saved, multiplied by this fracti
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