Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-07-10
BALDWIN AND HIS LOCO MOT Nv z
WORKS.

man in their midst One of them John Fitch,
committed suicide to save himself from starry
iup. and the other, Matthew NJ. Baldwin, fought IN
the great crowd of hungry nincompoops In In
ravged coat and with hungry belly for many u
years before he was noticed and appreciated--I u
There Is a strong similarity in these two men it
| Both lived upon nearly the same meridian upon c.
| the dial of Time both dreamed out their de- u
| signs mon chaii beds; and both bore the repu-
| tation Of ma,lu,en in their day and generation o
| But here the parallel euds, heie the lines div IL
erge, forptor Fitch grew tired OF the long wres'
| tie and turned aside to die-hc owned that he e
was conquered by his fight, But the world 0
could never conquer Baldwin. He used to
boast, IL can neither be bullied nor laughed
out of my designs. | will perfect an engine $
that will make men respect me-" And right
royalty did the man keep his word, Three
sauares-eghteen acres-of buildings, reaching
from Willow street upon the south, to Spring '
Garden upon the It'll; and from tie west side |
of Broad street TO the east side OF Thirteenth
street, filled with costly machinery, and contain
ing a working force of over three thousand men.
attic s. the fidelity of the man to his word. And
the production of the man is no toy, no dainty
bit OF Eighth street millinery fer the amuse-
ment of thin legged fools. No magic lantern
: did Matty devise. Nay, nay; he was designing
the shuttle whose far-reaching throw should
unite the varigated warp, AMI wool the COM
merce of the world. A writer states that a
single stone in the Temple of Balbek would re-
quire the united strength is more than 100000
3 devised by modern engineers could move one of
> | the pillars as they are 16 feet square by 30 in
length. Now this shows what a theologian
i knows about the laws and powers OF mechanics.
o If old Jupiter wants his Temple moved, let him |
J. leave his order, &C. o. d." at Baldwin's, and
in a week we will have machinery which will
move the Temple and old Jupiter with it.
The locomotive is the greatest invention i'll |
!. the world. The production of power which |
y has the elasticity of a human arm combined |
with the speed of horse, and the strength of a
thousand horses, denotes that its producer has
NJ braius of no common order The man who
re can see a frst-class locomotive with twenty
cars at its heels leaving its smoky stable, and
wlilstling away like the wind, defying storms
al and sunshine, now hurrying away over the
ne green field, leaving no ira, other than its smoky
NC breath upon the morning air; then driving like
Nv mad down into the unseen tunnel, and in a
10 moment emerging again, and with below
Us and a roar of deiiance-aS If the monster were
w proud of its trumphet-disappearing out Of
oh sight over the distant plains, without emotion,
IL, is certainly destitute of sensibillty. Verify,
ne "hs neck is clothed with thunder, and the
en- glory of his nostrils is terrible. He mocketh at
DC fear and is not anrighted. He swalloweth the
LAT ground with iierceness and rage, and wha,
er careth he for the thunder of the captains, and
'ut the shouting"
icy In the year ls23-exacty 81 years after the
ow unlu, KY adventure OF Fitch with his steamboat
nu upon the Deaware-young Baldwin was at his
rs forge in Lodge Alley, in Philadelphia repairing
el bucket handles and fire shovels His neigh
III bors looked at him gloomy sort of a man
lhS who was losing his wits over the idea that Il
ieu machine could be made which would carry u
rds -, - -, III, il,,nlrh;a m Nau, ynrls
W. and the motive power of whiclliwas to be steam
d In another age the poor smith would have been
,n- burned for witchcraft, in his own fire, for Ii,
n had diabulical habit Of drawing queer Things
.e upon the clay floor of his smiIhy after he hat
W. Wv. closed up his shop at night. The boys in lin
~ ueighbOrhood used to peep through the barn
a,,,tf I,.f aud
Wv, Nv BLACKSMITH Matt" was doing. Gle used Il
, w state many years after this how he arrest
' III ell at one time for making counterfeit money.
a., The truth was that he was hammering out TIL
t. machinery Of locomotive i'll his own bus
IN brain. He had the size OF every screw, an'
w., lever, and valve stored away i'll the worksho
D of his busy brain, aud was waiting for sum
"a day to put the pieces together. And the ia
1890 canIe-as it comes TO every faithful worker
',or Gods laboratory.
eoi Upon the last day in August in the year Isl
ru,, the second locomotive which appeared in An
on erica appeared in Camden, and half of fhilad
tho ilocked over 10 see it. 1t English, and lib
~ af everything else that John Bull constructs, IL WI
Wari heavy. In the centre of group of importa'
r;Ia personages, lawyers, takers, tape measurel
'Ne and the likc-stood NJ. w. Baldwin with dir
,,,. hands but keen eye. "Well," said the Ia
~, IL, Mayor Swift, "what do you think about That
"a a, ~, Is it not beautiful and see how smoothly
"i runs" "Du you call that thing beautiful
sal growled the blacksmith; "and say it runs ca
+, H., | ly Why ii has the rheumatism i'll every Joii
/, tho | IL is only an old cook stove upon wheels
,rdor will iuake Il better one;" and the sooty SIM
go walked grmy away
,onro And now began the struggles for mon'
~. struggles which only ended with the blacksmt
-, life. His trials are known to thousands N
daor living, who first laughed at him. and then (wh
aud u nv teii iesPecs' si,eu upo H. IT,
ftbat and upon every hill and valley in America
# nay Some Of Baldwin's locomotives roll along
i ,laa Il a1., fla
or,;ar some Of them climb the Alps, some carry
-, ~. | higher civilization into the tea fields OF IIt
arerv III; some roar amidst the rank negotiations
. nnw Brazil; some distract with their screams
ronnd | sleepy worshppers in the mosque ot ST. Sopl
or "a 1t is truly said that where there is no locoi
o,ba | tive, there is no civilization.
"a VII, Since the establishment of Baldwin's l.C
and motive Works, more that 10000 of these
ng the Ses nav uf pi 49, ou, ns I a,
looking like frettcd gold in the evening su
m font upon the walls, marvels at the Stiffness
town. heai i iil.'9i III sUine.h.S nHue ~ W.
1t it as lpu IL Seelns ilauty .ii SiiS go d.
ether ny t,i. sn"eiaA,i n,n ia, a. - H. 80,
dellS, IL he stoP9 " ,iiohionO iie uu"J 81 w -
whar,! Gus doors slowly open, and he can see the !
with er of some mighty piece OF machinery slo
r with D,eo i's way o't poi. sue 49, tb 80
10 get ne nlum eoe,ai my la 10 Lnor loolls
I'd safe tilelt own ciculloi, anu uls uoe.
.ina to fabulous beings-the creation OF dream,
H. | tale ofthe Genii.
nnol,s The amount of money involved in the
los No strucions of these buildings, machinery,
n trea. the payment of ''hands" seems almost inca
u5aais able. The average wages OF hands is SIG
s's ~ week. and 1t takes 5000 0 per week; $3.50
tic .ea, per month, about So 0O0,0 900 per year to
'~, nd the operatives in Baldwin's. Add to this
nj ends cost of materials wood, iron, steel, brass,
indiyi per, clay, lead, paints, taxes, &c, and we
ia I'M rudely estimate the results of tho efforts OF
III saa. Lodge alley blacksmith.
in flo Mr. Baldwin shared the fate Of all GENT
ron s on True he died rich; true his widow rece
Inv aro Sl75,0OO at his DEATH true, NJ. W. Bali
ron ;ns, did not starve. Bread tastes badly when
ali tbe system is broken by years of unappreciatet
es. and Dor, and words Of honor fall coldly upon
cart the | car of a dying man. What good are newsr
praises when mans ears are six feet b
q. last oO the surface of the ground?
ucation Councils propose erecting monumeI
~ ,ra, | Baldwin in Paramount Park. IL is prop,
ve won. give to a man TO whom We denied brei
,es baya stone. RALPH ENaI
1ng ago ,.......,,--- ,[---,-''-..-, = N,--., H.
Iva NJ, chippewa, July "a party consisting
ara ,sr,, man, Il woman, and child went out o
need :, river yesterday afternoon in Il boat, an,