The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-06-19

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Oi course. understand H., ! saw BOW
The reason why the wages bad beeu cat
down; understood il al, And my blo0d
boiled, tel, that would save the road
ifl lived, and told Roberts 90
See that yoa do e, Harry be replied
a. be climbed up on the steps Of She
coach which was coupled TO my engine
sprapg up into lbe iOoi-board, got up
The switch tender TO help my fireman,
opened the throttle. and iast as We com.
menced moving, looked at my watch; J,
was jast II O'Clock, so that had one
hour to make seysnty-fve miles in.
From Y--- 10 c. there were lew
curves on the road, but there were several
heavy grades. was perfectly acquaiai-
ed With every rod Of Il, so that ! knew
exactly what ! bad to encounter, and
when saw how the engine moved, felt
very little fear for the result
The road for the flrst few miles was an
airline aud so smooth that my engine
dew along with scarcely peroepdble jar.
was SO busy posting myself up as to the
amount Of wood aud water, etc, that
we danced by the first station almost be-
fore was aware Of it, having been i've
minutes out aud having five miles accom-
plished.
You are losing time yelled a voice
from the coach looked around, and
there stood Roberts with his watch 10 bis
hand.
knew very well that we would have
to increase our speed by some means, II
we carried out our plans OF reaching
c. by midnight, and looked anxiously
around to see what could do TO accom-
plish thai purpose She WAS blowing off
steam fielcey at one hundred pounds ;
so | turned down the valve 10 two hun.
huudred, for. | knew we should need II
all TO mskc some Of the heavy grades
which lay between us and c..
II &as three miles to the next ststion
With the exception Of a few curves, the
tfack WIS as good as The last AS we
darled aronud what Commonly seemed to
be rather long curve, at the station, but
which was, nj our high speed, short
enough, looked at my walch; aud we
had done IL In two minutes and half.
Gaining! shouted back 10 Roberts,
who was standing on The platform Of he
coscb
Look out for the heavy grades, be re.
piled, and went Inside the car.
The next six miles rose gradually from
level The first, to ten aud half feet
grade the last, which lay between us and
the next station. My fireman kept her
lnll; and now she began TO get hot The
furnace door WAS red, aud the steam
raised continually; SO that she kept her
speed, aud passed The station, like u
streak OF light, in five minutes.
Here, for ten miles, we bad aiwemy-
foot grade TO encounter; but the worst OF
1t all was, at this place we would be
obliged to stop for wood, ! was just go
ing TO speak to Roberts about 1t, when
looked around and saw him filling the
tender from the coach with wood which
had been placed there before starting,
while he was gone after me.
believe we would have made this ten
miles with the same speed as before; bot,
through the csrelesGness of The fireman,
the fountsiu-valve, on the left hand side
Of the engine, got opened, aud the water
rose in the boiler so fast as to run steam
down to one hundred pounds, before |
discovered where the difficulty lay.
AT first, Roberts didn't appear TO notice
the decrease of speed, and kept at work
at the wood as If for dear life. But pres.
emily, he looked up; aud seeing that the
speed had decreased, he shouted: Harry,
we ure stopping and then coming over
to where was, he said, Why. here we
have been ten minutes on the last ten
miles, aud believe we will come TO
dead stand il something is not done.
The speed is continually stacking What
is the matter;
explained The cause. lie was appar
emily satisfied with my explanation, aud
alter having tied down the safety valve,
he climbed back over The teade,, exhort-
ing TO put her through, ior Gods sake,
or we are all beggars togelher
Just then We pa sed tho station, bsying
taken nine minutes for eight miles. We
were now more than half over the road !;
but we had lost nearly ten minutes time,
and had left oply twenty seven minutes
to do thifty-four miles Ia.
had shut the water Of from both my
pumps, little distance back, when !
discovered what was the matter, aud sue
was now making steam finely down a
slight grade. Froth less than one hun
dred, with which we started over that
ten miles stretch, she bad Two hundred
pounds before we finished Il; and, as the
gusge indicated no higher than that, aud
the valve was tied down, could not tell
how much over two hundred pounds she
carried, bat she certainly carried none
less The rest Of the journey. Aud well
might she carry such an enormous head
OF steam; for, afler passing over that ten
miles Ia eigh. minutes, there lay ten
miles Of hve-leet up grade, and fourteen
miles of twenty-ieet.t o.tbe-mlle depres.
lion between u.Gha c., aud il was
now elevep; p.eioek aud iorty-seven min.
ules. Wt
Now the engine was hot in earnest.
The farnsee door, smoke arch and chin.
ney, all were red; while she seemed to
fly onward as II the very Evil One him
self uDerkfad her machinery