Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-26
Inventors, Mechanics, Capitalists,
and Workingm0n Read.
BALDWIN AND ms LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.

send men to our legislatures bee luso they have the
ability to carry Ward In their trousers pocket. n
In this city We Eave seen the eating editor OF
neMspaper elected Mayer; its talking editor sent
to Washington; aud the drinking editor Of the
same paper appointed chairman Of . CommIttse
on Reforms. We have seen an adventurer with :
out decency or sense, chased through our princl-
Eal streets with the shouts Of an adminng null
titude his ears; aud turning aside from the mad
rabble we have seen noted how q bsnsiac or o,
the world has passed along shabby, cadaysrous
and disgustsd; begging from his fsIlow-citizens
the money to enable him to give form and body
10 the creation Of his daring intellect
Philadelphia has tWo emInently gifted men IN
her midst. One Of them, John Fitch, committed
suicide to save himself from starving; and the
other. Matthew M. Baldwin, fought the great
crowd Of hungry nlncumpOops in q ragged co :
| and with hungry belly for many years before he
was noticed and appreciated, Tnera-is a strong
| similarity in these tw0 men. Both lived upon
nearly the same meridian upon the dial OF Time;
both dreamed out their dsaIgns upon chaif beds
and both bore the reputation OF madmeA In their /
| day and generatiOn But here the parallel ends, |
here the lines diverge, for poor Fitch grew tired
OF the long wreslle and turned aside to die-he |
| owned that he was eoBQurad by his fight. But |
the world could never conquef Baldwin. Heused
i 20 boast, II can neither be bulhed nor laughed
out OF my designs. Twill perfect An engine that
II will make men respect me-" And right royalty
did the man keep his word Three squares
eighteen aeres-of buildings, reaching from Will
low street upon the south, 70 Spring Garden upon
the north: and from the west side OF Broad street
to the east side Of Thirteenth street, filed with
costly ma:hinerys and containing working force
Of over three thousand men, attest the fidelity OF
the man TO his work. Aud the production of the
man II no toy, no dainty bit Of Eighth street mil
: llnery for the amusement Of thin-egged tools.
4 No magic lantern did Matty devise. Nay, nay;
! he was cesigning the shuttle whoso faf-reachinR
throw should unite the variagated warp, and woof
the commerce of the world. writer states that
: single stone in the Temple Of BaIbek would re-
K qutrs the united strength of more than 10000
\ men 70 move II, and adds that no machinery de-
!, Vsed ~ modern engineers could move ono OF the
pillars, as they are sixteen feet square BY ninety
In length-3s large ~ one OF your Reading stores
. Nos, this shows what . theOlOgian knows about
= The Laws and powers Of mechanics. II old Jupi-
y ter wants hls Temple moved, let him leave his
= y order. &C. o. D." ut Baldwsns, and in week We
y Gill have machinery which will move the Temple
]. and old Jupiter with IT,
The locomotive Ia the greatest inveption In ths
. world. The production Of power which has the
~ elasticity Of human arm combined with the speed
y OF horse, and the strength Of thousand horses
denotes that it's producer has brains Of no common
j order The man who can see q first class IocOmo
tive with twenty cars at ts heels leaving la smoky
stable, aRd whistling away like the wind defvinI
- storms and sunshine, now hurFyng away over thu
green neds leaving no track other than its smoky
10 breath upon the morning arr then diving like maj
down into the unseen tunnel, ana in a momen
~ emerging again. and with below and Q roar o
,n dsuanee-as II the monster were proud lifts trum
e. Pet-disPPeaIing cut Of sight over the distan
Is plains, without emOton Ia certainly daatitute a
"a ssnsbty Verify, "his neck is clothed with thun
nd der, and the glory Of hia nostFils is terTbs. II
80 moekeIh At fear and i not afnghfsd. He swal
I'm lOweth the ground with herceness and rage, an
Ior shat careh he for thethunder Of the captains
Ter the shouting"
sh In the ar 1s23-exactly 81 YEAR, after the ur
yer lucky adventure OF Fitch with his stsamboa upo
the Delaw tre-young Baldwin was at his forge
rk Lodge Alley IN this city, repairing bucket handl,
Hnna k4fa
es. gloomy sort Of man, who was losing his wi
TX, over the idea that machine could be made whic
his would carry dOzsn people from Phladslphia
ace New \ oEk, and the motive power OF which was
ma DO steam. Inanother age the poor smith would ha
ew been burned for witehcraf, In his own hre for
0O0 had dlabolical habit OF drawing queer thin
ew upon the clay floor OF his smthy alter he had eC
ate ed up his shop at night The boys in bis neghbo
zen hood used to peep through the barn-lIke doors
,Or. his smithy, and wonder what sbaeksmth Mat
ned vas doing. He used 10 state many years aft
Dm- this how be was arrested at one time Tor makn
counterfeit money! The truth was that he "
hammerng Out the machinery Of q locomotive
.,,. his own busy brain. He had the size Of eve
.1 sn screw, and lever, and valve stored away in
suo workshop Of his busy brain, and waiting 70
sammy day 70 put the pieces together Aud I
!. day dAms-as 1t Genes to every faithful worker
al Gods laboratory.
the Upon the last day In August in the year IS;
on the second locomotive which appeared in Amsr,
olu appeared In Camden. and half 0f thIs city Roek
over TO zee II. 1t vas Euglish, and like eve
Fets thing else that John Ball eonstuets It was hea
end, In the centre Of group OF imDortant personOi
as lawyers. takers, tape measugsrs and the hk
axe stood n. w, BALDWIN With dirty hands but a k,
was eye. "Well," said the late Mayer Swift, ''Wl
htch do you think about that Il it not haAutfal
ssehow amoothly II runs 70 no you call Z
ltln' thug bsautifur groWlsd the blAeknmtth; n
one say i ruhs easily Why It has ths EhsumAti
in every JOINT. II is only an cid eook stove ul
y, II wheels. will mate bstter one = aud the 90
the smith walled aumly away.
1Ond And noW hngnA the struggles for money, str
the glss which oniy ended with the blacksmith's
His tnAls are known 10 thousands, now livi
end who AFst laughed ct him, aad then when he O
con psiled thstr rolpectl aEilsd upon him. His
Z, OF uphs ara seen and irlt in every home. and u
IL IN every hii and Vatey In America. Some Of B
said wtnn loesmotlVea Ioii along the blue Danube
Z, on along the sErOwy khone; some Of them climb
- Alps: soms carry higher civilization into the
m nalda Il Honng u; some roar amidst the =
Voaotntiga Of Brasil; aamo diatraet With q
eoDv screams the alsepy WoFahippgFs In the mosque
Said s. sopAm. lt 9 truly aald that where thaFp
lOoomSiive. there 3 10 eisilization. ss h
since the estahliahmma OF naldwinS Loco
tive Works, more than 20,000 of these eng
eiF flhaVo besh turned out The stranger who I
Lila like frettsd gQld u TIE evening" anh-upon
the Wals maFVelS at the atillnesa- He hears mu
aand Of somethlng inalAe the Walls, ana h Ooameha
Who'll laadal 1h2n eha holse mAka 6g,ths ahssnAk
3 vet hammer In BtaEa prison. II be stops mon
Ore lhe may aee the ndelpua doors eloWl eon,
on Of be can see the boiler Of somO mighty pieee Of
ehinsEy sloWly lolee ils way 01s as lpon sss e
:, - -. The work Of their 0wn creation, and the b
~ Looks lie aome BIT of uaFiika oEdnance taeht
! 49, hy fhhulous balngs--ths eEsa1ioa eta dream,
= tale 0f The Gent. .9& t.- 49, h.~S