, 1879-03-07
TIE RAILROADS.
JUNGLE DICK"

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4ofEhA, nma'' Mascu o. 1oue' eaiu 'fuF-
clascr" Smith, OF the Santa Fc Railroad, 10 INC
tho other tlay, after cozY chat ia his otpfQrta.
aar,.t,, an,,u.,n.a T., n,s o~a,,.. os ",'",,
- WI w" Ii's"s.as, - n'o eu"sca
mo 70 starr 'fhsnedlately, wondering az ahe eame
tfno whothGr "Uncto Dick was some ancient
African, newly discovered to have been body.
acrvnnt n f,on, washington. via ho1 comc n
s.,,, 49,, ran,,,s. ~ n;s H,nh,o ~ ~
bochu INC REMNANT ol nla aeeole yents uhdcf tne
slhny skies OF Kansas; or whether It WAS one
OF thotc pleasant old people whose cenal
frlcnll,ueas mako thcn, cycryl,ody,a uncle.
oh, ,,.i,as, ,,ts,,. .,,n~a t,,t,,nt
auout "hoso A's1us5 u'c'o 'A'e"t hu SonetHh's
interesting; or, ~hcthcr' possln'r, II might oe
some mountain grizzly, Just brought over tic
rails. and to which i1,c mountain men often t,lve
.Insa n,,n,nm IN oa,a,,ottons M Wo,rm9 ,'t,,o t
sso "a'a. H. ..a,. w.. ..o,.,a., .'aa. o
WY uo"n tlc track' nc l'o"'teu oat " 'ne
monster engine, standing on switch, and eald
that was "unclc Dick.'
Ind ,ccn thoer rn;pbtv euc,nc. ,,se, liz fin
1,ss,,.ss... n..,.., -. t.,',t.'. .I'st~ ,..,'..
te;'.ssnl,,'a ha''Foau Aos ''aul"'s '.'e'e "eAsy
freight tratfIs oVor tue tuoftdtatns, MD TIC great
"camcl.backs'' OF the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail
road. ,,ut t],r mfrhty oronorttons of tNis tnnn
or,l, ~ m rrco,lo1 th,,n ,ii
~, NJ" " t'.o.'o 49,. . ~
ms was 1he great ensN's drought "cst le"
weeks ago, and generally descrtbcd by Tue East
dIs.l,antIc1 for the purpose OF safely transport
Ing 1t over the railroad bridges,
met there Mr. GcurRc Hackney. the Supcrin-
tcudent 81 lie Locomotive anu CIR Department,
md Sir. Richard Clay the skllltnl md torcutous
Engineer OF tho Westinghouse A!r-hraEr Com.
,,auy, VINO explained to tue ,l,r nlaetiucry ull
uscs Of tits great enuinc saId to be the jarccst
lss9mSt!ye ,! snsns oa ns American eoatsn
slllco It arrived here, md now applied for Tic
frat TING 10 thIe unrticulor cur,ne. To nv Mind
familiarity with power never breeds contempt or
Indifference, ind the slght OF iisst.cass locU-
1pttyc tl,robb,t- with Its mighty puIsatpps like
a thing OF life. md movug ius'nrnse trains Will,
rrsIstlCss power, ia always interesting, Nor can
l over Ert OVER the feeling OF wouder that t,,.
expansive power Of 80 siinplp an element Is
prodisjous ] o. ~ results, suits -" '''4'N' ''sA
The "Unyle D,ck,n as It stands OIL tho track.
with It's tp,,l.rr Is nearly sixty feet fl lrurth.
md Is bott too IouE an too heavy to bu turur
on tic urdtuary trrr-tablcs. 1t has eight forty
ward truck heels, at,i the maI,l and Side rods
,ru mitch lravicr than us,al, aud, it, cuusc.
quence Of the sizc Of the cylinders {twcnty by
twenty.aix inelles) ure attached BY Illrir heavy
US to al1iost strike the track at ,hc lover purt
Of their revolution, These cyllulcrs nrc said to
be the largest ever made for locomotive pur-
poses, md tl,r weight Of tl.c c,scine without tic
S1 ',ai;, ;tsatf - .t.. s,,t t'ss is,t 1t
,,n n,'ua -, ais.u 49,, - ~ nesS ionet VIII
L ' 9s an uId Kan Of liz ca mi fiank M
. liz ". u. Nv ~, HSiu1 Hi 'st,, ~ .an' ~
esneu ~ ss ~ neu ssi., ~ nu t1ae ~. t.e
Iap5Gsn -. .,ss ~ ~, "d i5 bo
ou nn u"" , ou farf, p,tn tc teA ~. ,m., w.S
T. us' tn,""eo1 NV H"t ,trI."rs ~ ~. "1s.t ,nns.
T. as .aIeh1co' neI pa paI' "aps tne t inust
.1 mnuoFti!nt .nI nofe! sS"tv'ss G anEut
snn s.., SHelS KY uR u ,,e ss9te1t u at.nsahes
Snic., .hr lilly gaa'G ous ~ aG1"s. Maa tss.
au ...o nGscssitss ~ ,.ti'. aus Ms' =" nppeaL .Io''
IT, Tofk ~ m'en LIN s'gus ~ IT, etnp.oiEu.
ar. Cia1. My Ia auitc iana'1as WV! locomotive
SheneB ooln III Eus3pe f a,a A.aelaea, snys t,.nt
Ie! .i,eIa Mas never us.etu w. SHe'nu costr1sIea
villa ln 1Me sa..c y a..o'nt VI orahe po"eI ~ INV
nee Chn['ey'.r the ,3i. nsaTpy MhA ewnftny en.
queer OF 0neio o.,. uiek, hns g. hle prompt
eolainanu. nnss cnelho "as snceiuiy ~ construct
Gu ny iln ba!uwln LoTo!h9tNe MorNs 70 li!e
ordcf o. the AtehasoE, lopsAa q SANTA ~ Nall-
roItt, Utmost Without regard 20 EXPENSE, 1or uso
70 hnuitllR irclEht anu conbtIuetlon cala over
!nc switch nAtit CT tHe ha1on fass o. tlielf new
AlgXico Gxtcilson' :,
Ine Nalon aloantaihs arc spur OF thc
hocklcs' running almost cast atd "est with
another hpnf IRON them tending soi!tilwustl(
soMe twenty-five miles south OF Irlu!l@d and
right acro6a lhe track VI tile Conipa1iyB itne to
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