New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-07

ye. epccunter.d, oD the Bl,omrpsdae yosd or eIe-
where. The road bad GO hard BED, covered, m'rs
bu; pos7 footing for the vhiriog tread Of The ron
stsed Bs. there vss 20 be no fiIcsiogi the asesst
must be made; tie team Is: 60 op - ls' pounds, y
need te the suspicious bridge be crossed 81 a spe O.,
END te gradual sope beyond TO the sha'p piis' sui
then the oueL,um the kver Gown IN " iay gear iJI-
ward" with throttle valve vide open AID az .esm on
mus. do the rest. Every Ean that could be spared
lef he engine took our positions AZ along up ne
bill, th. from the sswmn be low len tben so'k
and gathered by The roadside, and sl awaited tae
char e." /: was q moment Of intense excitement, 51t
the time keeper watch in hane, did NJ. al 70 note ;ae
e1sc. instant Of The star. This wofs . gveni ibe En-
gibe moves deliberately for lev yads then, az
IL le. on, takes the bridge as WITH cap ano iAJiy
rpp. as the long tmber- yibra,e in rsspOn-e 20 tue
haevy iu pulses of the dTivers in another nsebt -
sbo, acro-s the qnaking dras, and s seen emerg z
IRON the dark archvay, every man al hls pos,
with energies strung TO the utmos. tnson,
while the man Of iron and FIRE on the deck, bending
over IN. NJ With barred head and beg'iDed face, and
black, streaming beard Ed hair sDd flashing eyes,
that take in the msohinery. the men and soe
eoIfoLing track shouts 70 the engineer, who snhA7
r., IN the very fur.hest thrust, Dowo, down, down
With your lever" ard down !. is and the engine, BOW
with iul steam on, impelpg the pi,ons IN strikes OF
furious energy and, with speed OF full IL nbes per
bour e.. are TIE slope, and wn isc,a on to
.Ae level scmnit when it is brought TO stand, more
than 0CO feet from tie staring point having made
The distance IN exactly one minute.
Such vac ous passage Of the Sesbaming, scene
vhch 10 one who zitnetsei il Will ever fOrges Inc
power developed n the engine a. i.s highest speed
not les than 6i-borse-mucb more than vas Needed,
as It appeared in the result; bat this could not be
Known ID ad vance Of The actual rial, and was nece-
sary the uis should succeed the very frst tune.
Th experiment settled the question as 10 whs, the
self propeller could do in ascending grades. Several
Others occurred, quite as formidable, eepe-
cislly the ascent Of the Red Lion hill two or three
miles further on, bu. all were surmC united without
fsIerrp and with much less expenditure OF power,
expert. Ice having shown bow much it pecessa "
10 IN. in requsiiiop. Al Holmesbusy heavy grade
continuing for half mile was taken from p" sanding
start" without ally 10 acquire momentum, and was
surpouLted in exactly three minutes. The running
tine for the whole zip bat minute or two over
two hours giving ten miles per hour as the average
time The last three four miles through the streets
OF the city were necessarily at much lower rate
Il ives fully proved thst with fa;r grade twelve miles
Der hour was q natural and easy rate Of movement,
sad that ten miles could be made even up severe
grades. More time consumed IN stopping and
waiting than in running Delays occurred some vexs
tious, AID others not little amusing. We had, OF
com e imprOvise stations and though the iuei
first taken in sufiiced for OF twelve mes and up.
ward the water ks were Of less capacity, and had
20 be frequently reps by the pailiul from way:
pde pumps AID wells. The tp ended with our arrival
a. the Southwark Companys house at exactly 3
O'Clock, making the whole tine FIVE hours and thirty
four minutes. l.