The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-04


the reason why the wages had been cut
down l understood it all, and my blood
boiled felt that | could save the road if
| lived, and told Roberts 80.
See that you do it, Harry" be replied
as he climbed up the steps of the coach
which was coupled to my engine
Isprang up into the foot board. got up
the switch tender to help my fireman,
opened the throttle, and just as she com
menced moving, looked at my watch. 1t
was just eleven O'Clock, SO that had Just
one hour to make my seventy five miles
in
From y to G. there were
few curves in the road, but there were
several heavy grades. | was perfectly ac-
quainted with every rod Of it, SO that |
knew exactly what | had to encounter
and when saw how the engine was mo-
wing, had very little fear of the result.
The road for the first few miles was an
air line. aud SO smooth that my engine
flew along with scarcely perceptibIe jar
| was SO busy posting myself up as to the
amount of wood and water aboard, etc.,
that we danced By the first station almost
before | was aware of it, having been five
minutes out, and having five miles accom-
plished.
You are losing time y yelled a voice
from the coach. | looked around and
there stood Roberts with his watch in his
hand.
knew very well thet we should have to
increase our speed by some means. if we
carried out our plan OF reaching c.
by midnight, and looked anxieusly around
to see what [ could do to accomp plish that
purpose, She was blowing off steam fierce
ly at one hundred and ten pounds; so |
turned down the valve to two hundred. for
| knew she needed it all to make some of
the heavy grades which lay between US
and c.
1t was three miles to the next station.
With the exception of few curves, the
track was as good as tbs last. As we
darted around what commonly seemed to
be rather a long curve, at the station, but
which was at our high speed short enough
| looked at my watch, and we had done it
in two minutes and half.
Gainingm I shouted back to Roberts
who was standing on the platform outside
Of he coach
,orIi.a a,G wont ;,aida ,ho aor
'Tno NV, M. 49,, o..aI.,.,u., a.,
a level, the frat 10 ten and half fser
tLo nov, sro,;on ,f, fraaa 49,, I La.
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turpaca door was rad and tho stoan, roso
continually. 80 hat She kent ba, snpnd
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a IaHi d.. wa s.'J "1o0 "S /, l''
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anu eoo,'' '"a' 'n0 'P0su nau oecfeaseo'
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on .ba Ios. ton n,;Ios ond ILoI;
oonoa - a., a,and = aaa,o,I: o,le0 "o -.
dona Thn snaod i cnn.,an.I vIn'"s s,os, = no'
;na w. = 80 bo dano2n
+ orara:naa ~ oarso H.
ran,Iy sa,isf.d wi,b the arn1anot;on "rp" ana
of,ar hoy;nr, ,;aa dovn tho aafa.n Ill.,, 'ho ~
cTr,baI hocl- over III. t.,3ar o,La-.;aS
ma n mt Dor thraDeh for Ca sa1., -
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/ W. raro non, ,,oro ,ho, boIf -
rooI o,,1 mo hoA los, rroo,Iu