The sun., 1878-06-11
BALTIMORES MILLIONAIRE.
THOMAS TTN4NS'S STRUGGLE FROM
THE ANVIL TO 4IILUENCE.
His Fortune Earned In Building Railroads
for the Czar-1ris Walled Garden In the
Heart OF the City-His Many Inventions.

Thomas Winans, the great Baltimore loco
onJ ,nvon,os I,aa ,a IT, m "',,nonail.' nn.
anu inventor died In mis- villa ut Brentons
| Point, Newport yesterday aged 80 His friend
| Mr. Jatroho and bia co., ara douob,or ,rora
| -. =. - 10 ~" uiN u""s"'Oi' "'i'
| present ut his bedside. He was conscious up
| to the last moment.
Mr. winaps bogor itfo ,os,u ,.oor. ooo m =
o,.,,,,,. '.''"s oOs"" ny i.l.y 'e"is "ko sS
| common machnist in his fathers shop. The
latter Ross Winans was then I'm partnprship
| with Josenb Uarrison on1 NJ Enet,vicL -,
| nil. ,,, i''Vn "iiN w. i"''"iSS VI
fhlladelphia. locomotive and car builders.
| Their shops were first in Philadelphia md
| otorword IL uol,,r,a-, ~ w., Iii, ~
| -. - , - ,,,, 'VS' " mans 'u,l' ~, ,n' %
| great camel-back engines In use on thcBati-
more and Ohio road and WINS tho inventor of
| the swivel truck bv which cars aud locomotives
'i'o S"Noi IN, W WIZ" '"Is "hu loeoinotIVos
were enabled to turn short curves. The
United States was at that timc ahead
| -, r,cionJ L. ,L ,'a.. ii.
| o' Hns'"nu III 'no matter ol runway en-
| pnnizin0 tho gran, roil,vov sv.,or, - pussia
60, =, p,,uat,.t't ~, ,9'e''' ~ l'u,SI"
seht 10 Inlladelphla ana Baltimore Tor his hrst
burg and Moscow 400 mi,oa lon,, ,vas hcin,
buis and Th' tv nii,s ,oiE, wts u.rlns .s
hmerica NV tba nrn VIII "' W cons1enrent vm ~
rolling stnck and rai,,yoy su,riins IN hia ,r "
riya1 NJ \, peaars r. Typ an rnr M "r
| offleiais drove dnwr L. tbo nior ~, sco ,hba hb,' sLi
| unload thomas ntaii s,ranniny younv nnnP n,,P
in rcd shirt' viii trousers tneked IN his bo"ts b
| and armed with n ero,vbnr was h"ssing nnr,v
oiiaborers who were mni"aiimS locomSiypc ~ liz
worked and talk nj IN" sanie time anI his frnmk
rt,tt nh md tbar
knn1viciga ~ Ri trads ~ rs So ,b i,,
nari"i s}sbsenr that bn tnrna se one of his
shirt" Thomasis rank in the oxn"diiion was
that Of practical engineer and mach MIST As
him M iha same I'M" Nm, no r1 Diva M
bonds. as his simple word yos sufil,ianf Rdss
Winmns sm rotirsI fro,,' i,,s nss .nj rbrwss
Wimams Viii ,h iIar '.,' ,i ri
,yieEs an thn Wbsitrs ts iii Hayinns u 90
,,r tp p" ~ " . q ~ ~ npv. @ III
,,a, ~ ". m @ w W. nu1S,nu ~ 'e'l
In e9pmn "t, rtb M.spl arr w,nh nd m
Eastwiick. Thomas Wlnens o1aned the most
NM, f 10. w f ~ nho , Ia nu
i sun 90 u2vernh,nni pail lmlhens, royNtl"@s. lor
ntn ye1rs mans r snare 81 w pr,''is @ Wrrp ,
sSu,uV1 month or elYse on 70 81 ,'p93uOg I,r
anhHdn' Durins thg Sri.nean war tn, urn helJ
,i'"' t'.n,i"..s & .w, nn" ~ ~ ~ ~
l lucil ptou's were Vn Iih"us me ltus-ian u,N-
',,i,,. ~ -. ~, ,s',l,hS h'S,i- & t,uil u'i'
extra extra A worA MI Minans and nis rarigers
1uHHsI,luehVy soli "u' .neir interest 20 an Ing
sSooh nna -, .-"nNuloS su "l'ou9'' S'"'Vu al 'Vw
r Uh hiI re,uru rom l.ussla AFTER the Crimean
~ ~, & w. vvsHn LIE l'ul'n1e tutune u,
ir11ufont n4d baiilmore streets were ador rnSi
AMI ,oet @ r.,m ,, @ ,,'' , "t, nvvI'
I Ys7iIac1ts H H' m ,ne sIY&unus- & -W"yh y vtirularu
collection Of the antique i stat,ies"copi JIG 50
H. M,h MprVnze ahJ I,h7ter Ain,nS ihI phqnnhler were
noco V th I NpV& & ,i, irnr ,rc
@ @iioevph w DIN Va. y inS tiuI-
cnry ~ J%na %t BoSSsha ,S % ana oHsrs these
M M".iN u,Spusc. auNu' w lHNiis III Wy ui,s NJ
u'arita ,Inni,.,ins' tnu a ~ iWit WIN ny me
hrv wnH tumnti''ns anu % "J og"u,,iv snaup ,
~ lv'nhSu 'o"Hr ,,t , Vl NY inn1t
IT,t,Nh,ns Tshnn,s,n Vn"'",ten, 40 VIZ Jno , ,ir,sh
ii, t - iai VI "'iv ~ , Il ~
nm m biowrver III. uIsuiay was vohslu'iel hleh-
~ ,n i G, Gr,soG,,Un ,I, T"1 MtuaS n N
statues "a in ~ an 9b,ec,innahl cbarac,r ac
s'nu w. & w. ; oi ! ~ III ,h. r
"a h ~ ~ is ,a ~, ~ m !" % wa, NJ
the rrnnartS The nrcbitar, who was "mnnynJ
wq@@s Ms rSPIga hs d ,wor,v,,nrhonr. on,nn,
nsraa GoSnc en o' ea ,h & .yt r. u4I ,b te ,
asked TO nave the wall taken down a rnouasi
hs ieo,res n9 oWe ~ thn hne was iuSgu sS ns
drawing room 80 faet by 60 nn1 % f,"t high
containing two grand pianos. paintings, statu,
ary furnittlre and untolstery of thS richest
auelity and IN" nm most 0niet .tve Hore M.
family gathered during tie afternoon and even.
Nr Winanss mode Of living was extromolv
simple lie rose nj or 5 o'ciSck In th, morn,
ina, sneni The early hours ~ The dny in s.ian
tiific study and invention dined early with his
family and retired M 0 o'clock IIe kent eiph.
ta,,n 1r t,ysntv Lors..s in nis ltsii,s ESJ
tveh OF lWen,y hprsts ia NJ staDles' lNvu
anis hut never ossunred the airs of a
nabob His servants were never allowed
Sut not mp" ostentati@slri To artists he eHt"ndn3
"A dircriminatinR patronage OF those whom .
liked he bousht freely MIR Thomas Hicks az
thIs city was nne 81 his Intimate friends and
used To- spend a month or two in his company
yearly.
From the close OF his Russian career IN 10 the
time OF Ms deaf, MIR Wiuans wn- absorbed i'm
the study OF new Inventions of the most diverse
and hrtcrorenrous character His "cirur
stenmioet molell, 4 i'm the form Of "A cirnr
was blamed by him during a temporary con-
nnomrnt following nm eNposiOn Of fireworks on
his front lawn ON n Fourth OF July ii. sent for
a draIlvhtsman and while lying in bed dir-
tateI To- him the plan upon which the novel
| crnft was subsrouently y huilt The manic Of lsj7
leit tho bree or four hundred wofkmen in his
io"omotlvs works without employmrnt. In.
stead Of discharsing them Mr.. Winans sci thain
M work on the ''cigar boat" The breaking ont
"f ma war and tie arrest of his father Ross
Winnns hy Cen Butler on n charge OF dis.
loyaity. interiered with his scientific plans
iorr The time being. In 1862 he visited
Fngland. and again resumed work on the
in n scheme Tor the improycment of organs
which hna since been actiyely employed hy
Rooseyru anI other organ makers Of this
CIV His idea wns TO do away with the
crnnk syst,m Of stops and In lis ntllica-
tIon' proved higRly siccnssiul. one y these
"rrnus fotnnd uqrt Of tie Nrwpnrt yiln in
which he ala Athird invention was n tubular
niiustment by which Young trout could be- more
readily fed H. Ienrned that young trout would
nnt en- fool when living nj the bottom OF a poui
or stream, although they would dcvonr Il
readily when in motion His imurOyenrnt in
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