Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association (1846) (14780449725)

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Title: Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association

Year: 1846 (1840s)

Authors: Young Men's Christian Association (Great Britain)

Subjects: Young Men's Christian Association (Great Britain) Religion

Publisher: London : James Nisbet and Co.

Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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glazed sides and a glazed front; the windows are arrangedto open readily, and a passnge is afforded to the front of theengine; the shed is open at the back towards the tender. Another improvement might be adopted by us—the per-fectly simple and effectual communication between theguard and the engine-driver, furnished by a cord passingthrough rings in the ceiling of the cars. Another is the system pursued with respect to bn2:gage.The necessity is not so great here as in America, becauseour journeys.are shorter; but it is a great convenience.When the luggage is delivered to the railway servants, abrass check for each package, and frequently with the nameof the place to which the luggage is to be taken, is given tothe passenger, A corresponding check, provided with aleather thong, is attached to each package. The passengerneed not trouble himself further; the details are so wellarranged, that loss is very rare indeed. As the trainapproaches large towns, a person walks through the cars,

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PEOGRESS ; LIFE OT GEOEGE STEPHENSON. 461 and gatliers the checks of those who intend to stop; hegives a receipt for them, deposits them in a tin box, eachopening in which indicates the name of some hotel in thetown, and he receives a small sum for the delivery of thebaggage. The traveller may be certain of having his trunksand bags delivered soon after (if not at the same time)the omnibus has conveyed him to his hotel. This enablesladies, invalids, and casual travellers to obtain their luggagewithout the trouble or necessity of personally looking afterit as in England. The cars in America are entirely different from ours, butare excellently suited to their roads; they are placed on twofour-wheeled trucks, one at each end, and this enables themto be moved round very sharp curves. The passenger carsare 30 to 45, sometimes 60, feet long, by 9 to 10 feet wide,and 6 to 7 feet 6 inches high. In the centre of each end ofthe car is a door conducting to a small platform, about 2 feet 6 inches

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