NEW ZEALAND PERIMENTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12509, 23 May 1906, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND PERIMENTS.

ro the editor of "the rams * -Ml Sir,—The ghastly failure of Ui© e*i|l pensive engine "E 66," referred 'to : -»i|^ your columns to-day, and of which 'aim 'much is expected by tho RailwayCDfsj| partment (vide last year's Annual B^iwis ment') may well lead ono to enquiwjff concerning the- New. Zealand 'Vljall Glehn" engines, which were put in haaiS ] over twelve moutlis ago, and wh»|§§ ! were to havo been m running by Chri|M j mas last. Aro they also £7000 faUiu&ral • When tho Great Westorn Railway jgl|| I England, which has the best Iccomotfcwfi j talent in the world at its disposal, ;«|§| j termined to give a trial to one of th«l||| ' engines, that company was not abowgl ! ordering one from the French build«||§ !It has proved a perfect success, and-i^ffi j gularly hauls tho Paddington-Plynw^pH non-stopping express, with a »ad;"i|a 250 tons behind the tender, at a bodjkji ed speed of sixty miles an hour, and jw^ variably arrives some four or tive mi^^ utcs in advance of the scheduled tjjwSi Tliis run, without a stop, is closfeillfi 240 qiiles, if not a little over. Theti^H gino is fodr-coupled, with. 80in drifi^pj wheels. .'''.. . . --'Jsv^^ Would it no 4be wiser, and 08rtara|jf|| beneficial to tho taxpayer, if oU*|l%J| partinent. instead of undertakinj||<^lp| experiments, were to emulate thtt'iwtftffiy of. the "G.W.R. ?" Tho result wbll|w| I success, and future engines of-thssypi£&i ; could then be safely* built at Addinj^ttSi '■■ I may add, that it would be very;HitM^i| Jto the comfort of the travelling publifllg if a few, sample oarriages were prociiredj^ not from you please;.bl^tl from some well-known British, ''.bttStmg or railway oompany.—Yours,". eUu^gSa ". ' . ■■-■ PROGEBSSSI May 22nd; 'VV : '' f BJ|