, 1879-06-30
THE RAILROADS.


services on the conSaescenco of.h!s patients+
THE RAILROADS.
WHO Built TIE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
S,.o Haren tconn., R>efsttr.
"It was 10 October, 184S, when the Grat train
was run through to New York." aaid Mr.,
George A. shaw, Of the firm Of q. A. kc,s.
Shaw. boot and Ahoa dealers, the other day;
"boforc that they run the cars =. far a. Bridge.
port and up the Canal Road to Plalnrille. You
Know tho Canal Road was leased by The Now
York & New Havcn for a term Of years.
twcnty-fve yfard. wasn't III Tile depot Of the
Hartford Road WAS then opposite Forbes' place.
down near THE steamboat. The same cars That
rnn down to Bridgeport went up to Plain Vile.
They had only two engines: Roxy and Betsev,
Nos ard 2, wero their names. Many time
did we run 'em together on the Illinois
Central. When the Illinois Central was
building they took lem out there.
They were the tirst eneines they had
out there: yes, tho on1r ones Tor a long time.
Didn't you know the Illinois Central was built
Connecticut mcu,-New York and New Haven
railroad meni We'll IT wss. All The con-
hands belonged to the New York & New uavrp,
the Aonsstonlc, or The old Harlem"
civ years ago ratlroadcd Il hcre fo and for " lang @
tine, l'eioro The War, was continctor on Tic
i!n9s ss,la! l,aIlroad. "Yesn he coutinucl "Rob
SIe w. sesyiss IT. he was r1esIaen. Of the New
was clnsen prcsiacnt Of ihe illinois Central,
=, IT, -, ThSs road & wa built us'er hr direction
Haven 1sa'lroad was built under hls direction |
e1inecr.. Afterwards he was Mayor , Of The The
c,,y Of a,,n.ar Ch,ssso In ths fa!l Of ~
tton will, the Rock lslami Road to Peoria,
and carried passengers to Bloomington, md
BY the Chicago 4 Alton to 81. Louis. Thut
|Eousatonlc Road furnished the engineers,
remember vhon we were building tue road
r. from Cairo to Jonesboro We had 150 men.
US, and We would have starved II il hadn't
been that we raidcd on them mud got lot Of
bacon. We told them TINT they could como
Col. Mason took john b. Wyman t' out as ssDhf Il:
first assistant. He was one of the old co,,Iuct-
ors or the Hew York 4 New Haven. Tic next
"n m nc eaea from her, Ta. RaSom
work out there. Then there was Juliu. Haw-
ley. Of Bridgeport. connected with the Housa-
tonic t Nond; he was master mechanic out there.
connected Nth The '' road. md d. has Is not not
been for Bono years. IN 1853 the Nor
conKensn Ta d,nstsr no ossnr1eS r. d., bid medical
~ ha ..,'. "hs ns,a IN new lorR, and MANY
9lnMd were tl,rrc Returning, tho train went
through Tue draw. and many lives we're lost.
!. Ynn y remember N Or have heard all about TINT. !
train: llo went out to Illinois, and Is Paymas-
ter Of the road now. lis travels over I 800 miles
of road every month: Sam Wer's snn Henry
dD STs s 'ioa eter s ss@ c % .5s ss
Morris, OF bridgeport, waa running tho engine
1or nc, and VIC were ct the saud-pit, % wo CALI
ed It. We were building the rosd there. and !
Of cars loaded With gravel. There was frost on on !
the GROUND N nc morning, a1Hi whcu We went
to start the tEaio rec wouldn't start There wns
dn 'noSaa o,1 t,at ToInan Tho Iysd there who had
wanted to 70 near It. We rtggcd up a harness y
from bel-cord mud httched the old donkey on Ia !,
front Of the two cnri!cs; knew that would +
tue Colonc dr0va up. How, he did 1angh, Il
"Were the. men who built tho bed OF the y
road CONNECTICUT ulcn too!h
Yea, they were all from Connecticut or Vcr-
mont. Another man who went out there &om
here was Ad VnTey. llo wns IN old conductor
~ tho Hartford Road, lie married EnsIcn's
:ste ,t o9t IT, o tho yhoe crowd hs
:omstock md W1mnn. Wvtnan IS on tt Ike his. is.
'lssppi Rivar All Vorev was killed tn Trnhes.
eEimont. went out In The Forty.sccond llli- e.
'ois, aud was Assistant Superintendent OF The
'1ect'on Of The railroad from Columbus to
nton CITY, under Gen. Mclherson, and made E.
When the Command was ouicrcti II Vicksbure
VIZ Z a., y ,l!e QHartcrmaster's deartment."
ur a Go9 GSe rasS sayS F0urh:ti"e' when you "eFe
swell, we saw somo bad life. We carried &c
M ur shanties Win ~ ~ and provisions enough to
ast for weeks. Wheu We strurk timber We
ssa Il tae eat; a e he peHss of oss we.s
gettfnE of our hunks after dark. We used =;
hy around a1ui sa'oke nt,d drink corn u ~
was,t snc SUIT As yon gct aronud ~
tlrt sou. The frat thug In sl,n morning yo,,'d ,
ear soma one Swapping nway with his revolver
rstsicsnakss l, or orat,io Moccaslns. The
'oesasias toe, didn't Pity only III July. when j.
rht and lott pye killed over 10 Of -
m IN going. only three miles on a.
tosy. one peculsr,ty '1 sbout see tc trosRs
II tl,cru vas tl,u trucks across tHe
I'd or loan. where the FaIi. would sink until sr
r innd cGserrl them: wo didn't have sIeepars, pr
1ly ties. We used to rarry lots tt Sout'erners Til
',o won't NORTH IT. spring. Perfect gentlemen cu,
cy wgIc. too, II they 'serc treated like gcntlc- s"i
y sp y!,ey i'.9!aGnt , Their ,crroes with them,
en- t was nll right. Hut II you tired to pnt CHI
EN- In secont-casa cars, or ANYTHING like that Va
ere was trouble; they'd alwa,s 1ssaat lint. No No
,sves saw fs h.rs sn's4Id tel'ows ~ tose
nv tram naekuar.ls nih forwards when .lry cur
lMpctl the State in the tanous eunteat for I'M.
e henatorshlp In lS5d. No uuc thought Vi sIo,
ncoIn's ever being prcsdont thcu. | heard n'o, ,p
\ tell 1n11t M aneedote. They talk asnl.t as' ass'
IL runs here. Whv, used to take illc train 1lal
Of Ch'saGo Sunday night at or O'clock witt
II run G0Fn 70 Crntrnlta, 2l0 mitfa, anH ceE lle
re II w Monday 1noTR'ng; then lcavs tI,ere Mr'
D. sl' ahtl yer pack 10 chicago ct O'Clock teri
eauay morning, ahu 50 OIL" III Il
fmll
TIE KANSAS CITY WAR. 1lcM
me TRIBUNE recently hal al Item In which iTH t;H