Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1901 — Railroad Meeting [ARTICLE]

Railroad Meeting

A railroad meeting will be held at the court house on Friday evening of this week. Two very liberal propositions will be presented by the company at this meeting antis it is earnestly desired that every one. turn out and give expression to his views.

It ra said a run from New York to Chicago will make a brand new train of cars present the appearance of a train that had been in use for several years. The cinders from the smokestack cut into the paint and varnish like a sandblast. Two years ago the Erie ordered two copper-sheathed cars, and the result has been so favorable that twenty-five more have been ordered. The main part of the sheathing is 12 100 of an inch in thickness, the letter boards being 14-100 and the heads 51-100 in thickness. The weight of the copper used on a single car is about one thousaira* pounds. The Pullman company is considering the advisability of having all its cars similarly sheathed.