Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1911 — Railroading by Sails. [ARTICLE]

Railroading by Sails.

Many of the small towns along the coast of Chill are being connected by sail railways. These railways are the idea of an engineer engaged on coast improvement work. Finding the time spend by workmen in carrying materials from the town to the place of operations a costly item he decided to take advantage of the trade winds, which blow in that region with clocklike regularity, and accordingly, he had a number of fair-sized box cars build and provided each with a large sail. These cars not only accommodate the men going and coming from work, but proved amply sufficient to transport the material needed in the construction of the works. The average speed attained by these cars is from 30 to 40 miles an hour.