| From the Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer |
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| March 28, 1861 |
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| Locomotives on Common Roads |
| The success of the experiment in England
of running locomotives on common roads is so complete as to induce
Parliament to provide for their regulation. A bill has been introduced
into that body which enacts that the weight on each pair of wheels is
not to exceed one ton and a half. The weight of locomotives over county,
parish, or suspension bridges is not to exceed fifteen tons, and any
damage is to be made good. The locomotives are to consume their own
smoke. Two persons are to drive and conduct every locomotive, and red
lights are to be fixed conspicuously in front of locomotives and wagons
one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. The speed of
locomotives on high roads is not to exceed ten miles an hour, and
through towns, cities or villages five. No locomotive is to be used
within the city of London more that seven feet in width and with wheels
six inches wide. |
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