TABLE, EXHIBITING THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE, AND AGGREGATE LENGTH OF CURVES IN EACH ROUTE. Recapitulation. Rad. I Cur./From.to. Rad. I cur. lfrom./To. | Rad. | Cur. Rad. / Rad. (Rad. | Rad. 1 Rad. Rad. | Rad. |Rad. | Rad. (Rad. Rad. 200.046.054 1432,5 300 No.10, Grout Sum. Route. 716.2/1041.8111461273.3/1432.5|1637/1910/22921 28651382015730 300 949 962 No. 1, Ryan Summit Route. 26 312292 500 981 9872865 600 No. 7, Ryan Sum. Route. 771 7891273.31800 61 80 1800 1003 10092292 794 800 11000 | 50011700 118100 1 600 12500 5300, 8600, 1800, 500 600 600 816 822 1432.5 600 824 837 1500 No. 2, Ryan Summit Route. 240 247 700 1091 1098 700 No. 8, Grout Sum. Route. 840 845/5730. 500 11000T (1700 118100 1 600 3600130001 9300,1800,1000 323 329 1910 6001 1107 1110 1637 300 849 854 500 2001 300 488 506 2865. 1800 861 863 1637. 200 340 345 500 No. 3, Ryan Summit Route. 626 632 2292. 600 11000 190012700 116400 1 600 12500153001 5200118001 500 920 932 No. 5, Ryan Summit Route. 942 945 1273.3 300 415 436 1432.5 21001 109 116/2865 700 769, 771 3001 946 959 1146. 1300 446 456 1000 1788 189 1910 11100 771 785 1432.5 1400 959 964 2865. 11000 | 50011700 118900 1 600 12100153001 7900/18001 500 500 830 845 2865. (1500 983 1007 1146. 2400 537 566 2865 2900 No. 3, Ryan Sum. Route. 885 891 600 No. 6, Ryan Summit Route. 1021 1027 1910. 600 586 591 500 449 451,1432.52008911 899 1432.5 800 1027|1032 5730. | 500 11000 1 500/1700 117900 1 600 1580012300/119001180011100 609 613 461 465 1146 400 400 899 9081 716.2 900 1032 1035 300 623 629 1910 600 474 484 1273.3 1000 908 918 1432.5 1000 1035 1041 1910.600 No. 7, Ryan Summit Route. 659 677 3820 1800 4871 494 1432 5 700 918 922 2865. 400 107501081 600 698 712 1432,5 1400 No. 5, Ryan Sum. Route. 922 946 5730. 2400110911161432.5 700 11000 1240011700 117,5001 600 2500 29001 8600/18001 500 712 722 1041.81000 809 816|1432.5 700 950 960 1432.5 1000 1126 11351 900 No. 8, Grout Summit Route. 9001 | 500/1700 11.50012900 12000 29001 98001 12900 2068 1083 1637. 1500584| 591/2865. 700 806 812 111011172865. 700 607) 619 1200 No. 9, Grout Summit Route. 400 300 640 656 1910. 1600 9001 1 50011700 113900 11800 1200012900 10700 12900 11900 656 660 5730. 400 872 876 1910 400 920 926 5730. 600 666 677 No. 10, Grout Summit Route. No. 9, Grout Sum. Route 677) 690 1432.5 1300 1420614400 110100 11600 14900129001 59001 12300 903 9101432.5 700 956 986 1910. 3000 519 528 900 708 712 1432.5 400 No. 11, Morey Summit Route. 918 922 400 99610011 500 563! 571 800 731| 7421146. (1100) 923' 931| 800 1010 1025 1432.5 1500 583 607|1432.512400 1160011700 18500 | 600 13500 5300168001 12700 RECAPITULATION OF TABLE No. 1. GRADE, 35 40 45 50 55 60 R. R. 10 ft. 20 1 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 No. 1, Ryan Summit Route. 452.41 420. 12.784,0.284/1.192 117.179 No. 2, Ryan Summit Route. 452.41 420, 2.462 0.284|1.192 16.213 1.117 420. 12 784 0.284 1.192 1.079 16.213 1.439 14.216 2.015 420. 2.784 0.284|0.984 17.302 445.75 430. (2.781 1.298|2.519 1.0041 9.0912.708 1.591 0.872 3.333 0.587 No. 11, Morey Summit Route. 472.76 435. 12.784.0.284|1.1921.212 12.785 1.534 REPORT UPON THE SURVEYS BETWEEN WORCESTER AND SEVEN MILE RIVER IN BROOKFIELD, VIA HENSHAW RIDGE, &c. Worcester, Sept. 30th, 1836. TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE WESTERN RAIL ROAD CORPORATION. GENTLEMEN, In obedience to the Resolution of the Board of Directors of the 24th August, directing certain additional surveys to be made, we have the honor to state that the same have been completed, and herewith we submit a Report, together with the necessary Maps, Tables, &c. exhibiting the results. From Worcester towards Grout's Summit, two routes, in the general direction of Mr. Baldwin's line have been surveyed. The first of these we designate as No. 13, being a continuation of the numbers referred to in the Report of the 15th September. This line diverges from Route No. 1, at Station 62—it crosses from thence to the west side of Beaver Brook Valley, and pursues the hill side, towards Barnard's house; thence across to the ridge west of Jones's tavern; crossing this ridge near Williams's, and Kettle Brook near Wordsworth and Fowler's satinet factory, it falls upon the side hill south of Kettle Brook, and continues its course up that brook by a line nearly straight, to Henshaw ridge, thence turning a little south of west, it crosses Henshaw meadow, and falls upon the main Leicester ridge ; pursuing the foot of this ridge, until it turns it at Livermore's, thence it regains a course corresponding more nearly with the proper direction of the route; and crossing the Saddler meadow, and a part of Haven's saw-mill pond, it continues by Kingsley's and falls into Route No. 8, at Station 602 of the same. The second of these lines, (Route No. 14,) leaves the Boston and Worcester Rail Road at Station 0, passing south of Powder House Hill, and the Manual Labor School, it crosses the Springfield road, near S. S. Gates's, and thence descends 19 ft. to Tatnick Brook valley; thence pursuing its course west, it crosses the Ryan summit line (Route No. 1,) at the sand hill , near New-Worcester; thence, instead of crossing the ridge north and west of Jones's tavern, it passes in front or south of his house, and turns it; crossing the Bottomly factory stream near Eldridge and Parson's woolen factories, it continues by the south side of the same, to Station 226 of Route No. 13, before referred to, from thence to 602 of Route No. 8, it is the same as Route No. 13. The description of Route No. 8 from Station 602 above mentioned, to Grout's summit, will be found in the report of 15th September. From Grout's Summit west, towards Brookfield, two lines were carried down in the general direction of Mr.- Baldwin's, and three others were attempted in other directions. The best of these has been selected to make the computations upon. It is represented in the accompanying profile, and numbered Route 13. This line passes down from the summit towards Jesse Bemis's, south of whose house it crosses the Spencer road; thence turning a point of the rocky ridge, N. W. of Bemis’s, it follows the side hill and descends at a grade of 79.20 to Sylvester Luther's; at this point it is thrown out of its course by the prominent hill north west of Luther's house; thence it passes north of the hill upon which Warren Livermore resides; thence turning to the south west it descends to the valley of Seven Mile River, near to its junction with Cranberry Meadow Brook ; from thence at a moderate grade, it follows the general course of the stream, crossing it three times, to avoid unnecessary curves, and terminates near Station 1132 of Route No. 1, in the Sturbridge road, west of Gallup's mill. No. 15.-Route by an Inclined Plane from Grout's Sum mit to the valley of Cranberry Meadow Brook. The rocky ridge north west of Jesse Bemis's, referred to in the description of the last route, prevents, effectually, the passage of a line from Grout's Summit, in the direction of the , Seven Mile River; and the only practicable line by which the descent by an inclined plane is to be effected, is by the valley of Livermore Brook; this is a branch of Cranberry Meadow Brook, and flows in a direction about west south west. The course of the latter stream being here nearly north, a great deflection at the foot of the plane is obviously the consequence, viz. something like 1200. Were it not for this circumstance, the plane could be carried quite down to Cranberry Meadow Brook, and by this disposition, the whole descent would be effected. To obviate the difficulty of introducing an abrupt curve at the foot of the plane, it is necessary to begin to deflect before reaching Cranberry Meadow Brook; and at the same time, it is, for a similar reason, also necessary to throw the line upon the side hill west of this brook. The plane itself is straight, 3800 ft. in length, and descends at a grade of 194.50 per mile. At the foot of the plane the curve of 1041 ft. radius commences; thence for a distance of 7300 ft. the grade is about 86 ft. per mile. From thence to Station 1132 of Route No. 1, nearly two miles, the whole descent is but 10 ft. This line unites with Route No. 13 near the junction of Cranberry Meadow Brook, and Seven Mile River. The accompanying Tables, marked A. and B. will exhibit every detail of these three routes-length, grade, cutting, filling, cost, &c. &c. For the present purpose, it will be sufficient to enumerate here the essential points to be considered in the comparisons which are to be made. Cost. Length Max. in Grade. miles. Feet. Morey Summit Route by No. 1, 2, 6, & 11. 19.46 50.00 Routé 13, N. of Jones's Tavern, Henshaw Ridge, &c. 15.69 136.12 14, 15.67 111.53 15, (Inclined Plane) and No. 14 combined. 15.46 194.52 $586000.00 472412.10 427114.30 404721.20 66 Referring to the general table, it will be seen that upon Route No. 14, there is 1.68 miles of this line, on the east side of the summit, which ascends 111.53 per mile, and when we state that the whole length of the line to Brookfield is about the same as Mr. Baldwin's, it may be asked why the grade of 80 ft. had been exceeded in ours, while |
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