The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-17
THE ENGINEERS HER0ISM.
GE0RGE rms OBETTNG ORDERS TO
HRECK ms LOCOWOTITE.
Might Ride Through Fog aud Rain to the
Buuni Brook Bnttlencld - Pushing Past
ObstrnctiOne aud 4 idina Over Nniiless Vice

A Night Ride Through Fog aud Rain to the
Buuni Brook Battlefield i Pushing Past
ObstrurtiOns aud Riding Over RHtiicss Ties
II is late at night in the little depot Of
z 'st Nill.tone, on the Pennsy lyana Railroad,
and The telegraph operator, almost the only oc-
cupaut. is taking dispatches. CHckctty-clck
sins the electrical Instrument and al the mea-
sages tell Of excitement all along the front at
the Bound Brook crossing. Bon sides are face
to face in hostile attitude. The men OF the
PcnusYlvanin Company. few In number at the
point OF attack, stand strictly on the defensive,
aud the bound Brook and Delaware men watch
for an opening for an offensive movement.
Chckctty-cck stIll ticks the instrument, and
Il saws that there 100 italians at the crossing,
armcd to the teeth with knives and revolvcrs,
and that the road Is throngcd with Irishmon,
who carry stones and shilelahs. Then there
Is another despatch, and this calls Tor instant
action, for it says that the Bound Brook men
are tearing up the rails. and that they have par
| italy GSeh the fr1g in position. IN few hours
thcy will he Running their trains night across the
| trlck Of Pcnnsy ltauia's road. unless something
| - done ~ once "Ilat sonnet Mug VIII ne donc,
| ! am thinking" SAID the Orrr tor, and ere he
| had hardly finished tho sentence the clicking IS
heard az lin ; ana the message that II nrihEs mas
| the sharn aud decisive rur " authoftv. Tue
| words arr from the Superintendent of the Penn
| sylvanii Company. and they are:
break down o-ruciions on the road and drive liz ca.
ginc into the frog.
George lis. stout. swarthy. and dark eyed
| and black bearded Is pacing up and dcwn the
| du.ky room. His engine at che door. out
| side tho rain is falling dregrily and the
| nirht Is hi, civ d rk lie IL one of the oldest
| ana most trusted drivers ON the road. aud to
| him has been assigned "A desperate and reriluus
| undertaking: hut he does not ninch lie
| buttons his smutty blouse to his chin,
step. np9n the latform Of TIE cnsine;;
| whi2ziug through the iron Limbs. the wheels
begin TO move. aud then with SHREK the great
thirt. ton monster Springs forward suortingiut
| the darkness. tie road l. an clear - miles
to iOlcwcll. and the locomotive tHunders on.
| burning ami flaming tcross the Jersey pltim. and
! meadows. Iii the side Of E.ns St urs his brave
| fireman. : m Granger and bnth peer ahead
| up,n the tu,.r fu rn'h. dinly NiuutupI hN
! tho tad lieh'. lsyefywhcre h impenctrable
| dance spnrtre1 ma hov ildrrin, sh,nes Sfiii
tnc two men IN tne diving monster look aileutly
| ahcad. 90 It stti the cntiur thuudsrs on. The
| rain cru's rlafu nui ~ uuon the heated boiler
| and stand in beads itlon trc panea az the win
| dows. The wet faii4 cllstcn m the li.ht, and
se,m l1nr. cleaning serrcnts of steel tha' curve
Granger do not ri,nd them or the beating rain,
for tncy IRE llok'uc uut for breakers and foi
| Itsh rs armed 60 the teeth.
| At length the speed - gradually reduced. fof
the re,guhorhood 81 TIE enemy Is nearly
| the DEPOT 4 the ltt;lc hamlet Of fou'wcli. not
throc-qunrtcrs OF a mile from the frog Eiiis
checks the locomotive. for n Is time To be
c'utious end wakeful. A man running to
| HIM through the faV saws eXritpnIy,
"There are distractions j1.t teiow, ana the
enemy arr guarding thr swi:cn.s.' The
m n gets uoon the engine box and as.iG
thcy are cir into the rain rnd fog. Rot So fast
on ei,hrr AIDE ana whtt tncv nave done To- tne
track can only to guessed at. lirst r glowing
,rd I,ns ,n@s' ,,,'i,f, 4, a.. - 4. 500,
req nv, 9s ~ms Ia ' ne ar ii seen cen
lines Of a men: hut there is no stop tonight
r. the slgn,l II warning. for Il is In the
| hands If foe, ~ "A rusc Then another lchf
red and ii wing CLEAN. from the track IL il a
silent command for an instant halt nut E'h-