Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-17
me .L6con1offves esIrs. mieEIcas's9st
Receives The. First Prize at the
Paris Exposftfon.

! Ia CarIeton'' writes as follows from Paris
to the Boston Joaf1dl::A - "'iii >'siF
itas The locomotive, appropriately nahed
q America. contributed by the Grant Com
pany, of Patterson, New Jersey, Is Of the
same pattera as the best passenger engines
in the United States. and admirably finish
ed. 1t is the great attraction Of tnesexhi-
tbftion to machfnists. 1t is interesting to
stand in the shed and hear tie REMARKS Of
men in. blaei blouses-the engineers and
workmen who flock to see rit1-a locomotive
80 unlike those Of sNsuroper7so seemingly
light and. SO symmetrical, and which has a
pEotsetiSaL PFC @ @ 4 e the snglPsss and firs~eS m;
wintry storm full in their faces, and keep
their positions bspeathll Il the hot summer
tnaaA AM EGkiishmafi OBJECTED 70 the shelter,
fon the gro1nd that THE engineer, If allowed
TO Sit under a sshed,a would be more likely to
lget asleep than If Obliged to face the wind
and storm = Perhaps IL herwas to take atone
hundred fnile ride on cold December day,
swiththe esleet cutting his4ace ahdithe north
east wind whistling through his hair, he
fmight1change hismihd.ii lIs ob iii@ ,iGsmi
fafstfThes pr0prietors Eof the ilocomotiVewde-
lsente great credit for their spirit inusend-
/ ing this specimen Of American mechanism,
kat q large outlay of money, not expecting
any sretnrn from sales in Europe; for Though
America can makesuperior machinery, she
cannot compete in price with the locomo-
Ftive-buifders of England and France.
''The jury on locomotives came to de-
leision Yesterday en- the merit: Of the diff
England has large number. France has
at least q dozen. Austria and, Russia have
three or four each. The Austrian mem-
bers of the Jury took exception to the
tAmerica' because it was olight in some
toffibs parts, and also to the amount ofpol-
Iiish to the iron work., which they thought
was more for show than utility. They
claimed that the olightness OF some of the
machinery was a. sacrifice, of strength to
beauty. But fortunaselyl the English mem
Der of the jury is well informed Jon loco
motive engines, and he explained that the
railroads in America are of an entire Diff
ferent construction from European roads;
that the country is new, and the, roads
sheaply built and the the ties are are subject to
over rough roads there must be elas-
ITCHY in the machinery; that Amer
fican engineers had difficulties to con-
tend with wholly unknown to Euro
hpeans; that, taking all things into eonsid-
t'eration.7 the American locomotive was SUI
perior to any otherin the exhibition. His
arguments were so convincing that the
other jurors gave way. and awarded the
gold medal to tie o.America.'m IN This is a
great triumph, and has, been achieved
through the Intelligence and lhenestyaof
the English juror. Unfortunately ! have
not his name, but he is thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with American railways and Ameri-
can engineering, and though his own coun-
try is one of the largest competitors, he
has been strenuous for Justice, and has sue
ceeded in obtaining it for the United States.
This is good beginning, and If the other
contributions equally deserving have equal
justice, the United States will have fair
share of awards, notwithstanding the mea-
gre contributions and faults of manage