“Seventy-five miles per hour for passenger trains, and fifty for freights.”
“Then, they must be very differently constructed from those of old,” exclaimed Cobb.
“They have very different roadbeds, and, of course, different engines. But enough for the present,” looking at his watch. “It is 18 dial, and we had better get into the sleeper and prepare for supper, for we are almost at Salt Lake.”
CHAPTER X
After supper, and when settled back once again in the cushions of their sleeper, Cobb immediately resumed the conversation about the pneumatic roads.
“They must be very rich and powerful corporations, these which own such lines as this?”
“No,” returned Rawolle; “for they are not owned by individuals, but by the government. All railroads in the United States are in the hands of the government, and are operated with a view to just covering expenses.”
“Are the rates of passage high?”
“We do not consider them so. There is one fixed rate throughout the country of one cent per mile.”