The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-09


and numbers anl natrn sn troops in the ded can
avail but little There sixty enemes belonging 70
TIE ruad-forty Ave new and h.ieen old ones The
new boon built since the commencement ~
the war and are engines OF the class That ever
were built, weighing IRON thirty nve TO forty tons e.on
| and ten Thousand dollars their average cost Their
names decidedly military. having among them MATS
and Hercules ard after those NEUROLOGICAL fighters the
names of several leading generals II was anus
ing TO Rear the different remarks and orders about the
engnes--as for instance -
''wha, are you going to do with General Hookerf"
| ssput on a new blower"
"IIow Is General Burnsdes"
| "a screw loose"
| "where ia General Couchr'
| "Played out
| GLOW is tho J. r. Devereuxf"
noticed among the engines the Secretary, which, Il
will b rendered. the 2sh OF August was fired into at
Brisow and Csties Stations. Indcntures made by the
rebel bullets are still 10 Ia It's jacket This Us the
| crack engine for speed tho road.
| IRON CLAD ESGsEA.
At ore time there serious thoughts OF making all
the engines iron clad to protection against sudden
guerilla other assaults Six engines had this Iron bull.
let proof covering Of three egnth Inch thickness and
were used as tho initiative experiment. For the purpose
resisting assault they WORKED admirably but the con-
/ Gned air. heat and imp0ssibllRy Of escape 10 the
being forced or the track led their abandonment
These iron clads only intended to resist bullets
no would stay o ., Se no Osi s
clad engine introduced in Baltimore after tho attack made
April 10, 1851. upon the Sixth Massachusetts, regiment
MACHINE sH0P AND wAKERouss.
The machine shop Is on scale with everything else
The building Is large and full OF engines undergoing
pAIs, aua macninery snu 49,, ' 49, nN i uo. .
wheel engine Rapdan, captured from the rebels Tho
machinery s nearly all now aud OF great extent ana va
sna INV Uarteasr
the last capable OF pressure Of one hundred and forty
rao' .. .JU,u H,o .S S' hnid,ns N ''
Two warehouses, besides coppersmith and tin SHOP
are 10 coneuty to the machine SHOP rness are n e
Ian,srns and Observation-Disclosures sock OF engine ana car
rsPsirng ana supplies :, TIM ,obn. shon
snqns g. bene haiit TO YORK the drswbridges on tho
Long wn,Cn ,Ss mas 70 Cu ps
Along wooden building OF one story painted brown,
contains he 'oss q ,Se and his ..:i.
as ana 1oy y dons ana are
nvng 10 md rre and mems are swiftly writing continually
h ~, % and rsSv,sritv AZ thonoh their
wy s" nsd for And shis rarn,nSs me to
$40. ~ was ca. ono. ana mou.v
Ss,s ms hss. time 1. berore the denarture OF train
M nv ons no ms bas box or anv
mus %,a o sns cars mu.nS fra
oS can Or n Of roods IT.
TEN :" 90 "su u the Mar
tns oaggage eives ousy " -. ; h
e%ployUen. 70 the .upsro.sndent ,,.. .,...,o,. ".
orr.nco ha cnie, Connection SSom this oce IL
81 , 1 and All he stations on The road
inc conven'ence, 70 ny nou'"s " su1 s a,
instantaneous conneotlen Win the VARIOUS aP
parent v,. o,o-xn
OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE ohouSD
VIII NOT sop 70 oescfioe ~ ING ou,a,nes on sue
ground 70 aetaiI. Near tne .ouons aescI.oco aoove
what was formerly private residence, put nov usea
as tno Iaroao ncspa "nues tno TH,S "a -
an OLD, Out good sized !rame dwcn8 sne ao-
mtapiy tne purpose 70 wn'ch ~ put: uoIeu ps'one
AIo aDou. sne sSor.ko unueI ~
OCCASIONS cases OF manning rom accloens' snoulu
state that This not government psututlon put sos
OF individual anar. gotten up by the employees 90 the
road tax on each ones pay Of one per cent pays the