The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-01-31

j'motife ana rairOad"5ivil:Z ssioni h.8 -
The first lOcomotip ever seen ih'sAmpri
ca was impHrted ff0h Englantl for the d !.
aware and Hudson Cnal anC Railroqd Com.
pany Il was namst the S,;lrbfiige Lion
and WAS landed in NV York. at the foot o
| Beach Stree.. ab0u the middle of Nav
| 1929. Itcreated inua excitement, and visi-
tOi,S were indulged with view of the s'cfit.
ter going through it motioDs'' BY steam
About, the lst of Jul it was shipped up tho
North river to R5lout, thence taken by
canal to Garbondoie and finally tried apon
the railroad at Honedele. Betwsen fthe 3D.
and Sth of August il ran a few, miles upon
the road. 5nt had TIM TO be taken from the
track, as the road Wa not strong 'caongh to
carry it. 4 Experimet 7lamher one with 10.
comotives in Amerie was, therefore an ex.
pensive' fiZzle. ~" H.''j<' on riA
In the early partof 1917 a meeting was
bed il Baltlmore ty the purpose Of form.
! ing a railroad cmpany to connect the
waters of The Eat with the waters of the
West. Aeon mitee then appointed. soon
reported that thepvcject was feasible, and a
charter was appf1 Tor and obtained, and
the Baltimore and GaiS Railroad Goupany
organized on Apil ID, 1927. The corner.
stone u. the road was ldii by Charles Car
rob On tile Fonrtl Of july IL the following
year, with appropriate and cere.
monies. Charles Carroll, then 80 years OF
age, made the following memorable remark
to a frienG: 81 consider this among the
most Important acts Of my life second only
to my signing the Declaration of lndepena
ence, if even it oe second 20 that Pos.
terity will agree with him. The corner
stone once Iatd, w0rl was vigorously be.
gun. ......
In the constructor o. this real cross.
pieces were placed OF foundations ct broken
stones and stringtTs were iail ..cross them
and securely kuptin ;hcir plar' ; by wedges.
After several miles OF tsis description OF
road had been made. long grauite slabs
we're substituted fCr the cedar crosspieces
and the yellow pine Stringers. n.....s-
The Baltimore aad Ohio road. after due
consideration, determined to avail them
selves OF steam power. The experiments
in England were closely watched, and very
soon a difficulty III TIE way of introducing
the English LoCoECfive was started. In
England the roads were pretty straight. or
at am rate, took very long curves, but in
America the nature at the country necessi.
tated sharp curves, for at that time capital
was TOO scarce to be procured for the cutting
Of tunnels and the construction Of embark.
meuts. Could a locomotive turn sharp
curve and keen on the track? To solve
this problem Mr.. Petfr Cooper, with char.
ac5eristic public spirit and energy, built The
first locomotive ever constructed i'm Amer.
lea, at the st. Clair Works near Balti
more. This wNs first run on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad some time in the summer
of 1920. but it did no: act as we'll as expect
ed, and the plan was therefore considerably
modified. The first actual ,experimentl
trip was made on August IS, 1880, about 4
year after the first and last journey o; the
Stourbridgc Lion. We wish we could re-
produce FOR the benefit Of our readers tho
sketch given by Mr.. Brown OF this first o
American locomotives. 1t is rs unlike 4
modern iron horse - could be Imagined. |,
is "A sort OF "a freight truck. with very small
wheels and d furnace and boiler, and piston
rods and tubing; stTown prOmiScuOusly ovel
the surface Of the Hat platform. Tho rear %
the engine was used ss a coal-boX. NO.
A. the best. however, IL. S"yPi loco
drew weight Of freight and passenger,
amounting 10 four aud half tons for thur
teen miles in sixCy-onc minutes out ant
fifty-seven back. On the return trip there
was rnce with fast trotting. mare; buI
Just as the engine was badly whipping ia,
horse, Il band slipped from the drum, and
the engine was for a moment disabled. Old
Peter who acted as hiS owR engineer and
fireman. in vain fried to replace the band
he only succeeded in lacerating his hands
To the South Carolina railroad, however
belongs the honor OF having 1irst practically
introduced locomotives in America. This
company wa: organized on the 18th of May,
ISIS, and after much discussion resolution
offered on Jan. IA. 1880, by DIR. Bcnnett. to
the effect that the locomotive should be used
ss the only motive power on the road, was
unanimously carried. In pursuance of this
action contracts We're at once made for the
purchase OF locomotives. The first que de-
iivered was called "The Best friend OF
Charleston and was built at the West
Point foundry.
A trial trip was made on she ID of Noyem.
Der, but the engine did not work satisfacto.
rily. On the 18th and 18th of December
however, the Best Friend had been got into
good working order. and proved in tfiicien
cy double what had been contracted for
running at the rate of from sixteen to TWEEN.
ty-one miles an hour, with some forty ol
fifty passengers in some four or five cars
and without the ears, thirty 10 thirty-fi
miles per hour. In June, 1881, however
she exploded, owing 70 the carelessness o
a negro fireman; but she was subsequently
repaired and again set to work. under tn,
ably the first railroad accident on record.
New York comes two years behind Soutl
Carolina in the adoption OF the iron horse
The first trip of "A locomotive in this Stat
was made about the 3lst of July, 1882, from
Albany to Schenectady. by the lOcOmOtiv,
Dewitt Clinton. Among the passenger
was the venerable Thurlow Weed.
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PLANT & URQUHART.-Wc notice in on
columns the cOpartnership oi the new firm
of Plant s. Urquhart. Mr.. George p. Plant
the senior partner. is slmos: too well known
to need any introduction from us. He i
the eldest brother OF the late VIM. NJ. Plant
whCm he assisted IN commencing :he seed
agricultural tool and JnGchine business il
this citv in tkn wear 1873 MIR. Urquhar
entered the seed business with the late VIM
NJ. Plant in 1S47, and was at the time of hi
death, in 1865. in charge Of the original husi
| ness started py him In 1915 Mcssrs! Plan
| & Uruuhart are no doubt familiar with tn
| wants of the farmer, gardener and dealer
and as they are both well known asreliabl
gentlemen, we bespesk for the new firm
| success sful carser. .--St Louis Daily Rsput
liean. January LIST. lsI2. ,,a" nu
At Newberry, England, a gentleman re
| Gently made wager Of $500 that at ejgh
| O'Clock on a particular evening he would 81
down to dinner in y wcll-weven, well-dyed
| well.rnade suit of clothes. the wool Of whc
formed the fleece On sheep's backs at fiv
O'Clock the same morning, The sheep wer
shoru the wool was washed, carded, stut
bed, rovaG, spun and woven; the cloth wa
scored, fpl.ed, raised. sheare,,, dyed an
dressed; the garments were made. A
quarter past six he sat down to dinner q
the head of the guests, In complete dam
/ q, \ "a
with ore, hour and fhree.qusrters to spare