, 1881-06-12

could not see their way 10 have It. worRea wsn ha!.
focouoriye engines. The chief engineers nas Z
reported in slvor of fixed en9lncs. NJ. ea,s -
single proteSsIo5nal 5 4n man OF noeo viii him i,
his preference for Locomotive oser nnc's III tt,o
power, ue hua scurccy q SUPPORTER, ai1 ,!,s'l .nu
l9coot!vG system afSca on tapbcnsn
ycre.l anu 1ln,,l1y, under mis- persistent mssus
auces that the locomotive wonIn ~ " +a, i.t',.
lnorc than they could possibly rcauire,. they e.
ttho Djrcctors) determined to offer Il prize OF
tIO for the best locomotive engine tn;lt o1l jill u
certain dry should fulfill curtain speclllca co1
they asked TOR iu tue way uf speed being IT..
ten miles IN hour should bt' malnt;t'uess:
1t will hc rcmcM}tnvcu thut several en@!H!te l!t .
uud Ericssou.s Novelty, Mr.: Timothy ltark-
wortl's Sunsparci. George stephenson y 20 - >
ltockct anu Str Bula.nls Perseverance: !. IS
tDu familiar II story. tho trial Of thcse e'S1hes,
10 be 4lweit upon here. It will i'c s.tnclcht ~
say that nj! competitors hut tue tocNot nrs'"e
dnwn utterly. Geurgc Stephoisnn, o., Z;
tirstcnss IennsYlvnnn Or Erie !nContE -
day nieud OF the Rocket Mr. stephenson Ec'.
sare the Yroat S Srowa WITH ,'' vii, s Wonder by
running his engine easily win neAst @ n'"us ,, ~
hind ut tho rate Of thlrty-six miles IN nour, a'l
from that day dates the fhoaer'i e'a u =.
Thus was established, after many years OF
perseverance,. backed by Intelligence afu
labored study, the great invention which 1las
reyolutionized the commerce. II not the Social
and political history, OF the world. 1ie
progrcss of that invention IN nj! parts VI tae
e.rtl, has been astounding. It has been On
tended to uIt parts Of the globe, lncltldinS
lands not known at the time when Stephen
son accomplished his great victory, anu Set
there are millions OF men NOW living VINO
were born before thnt victory took place. he
extent to which the world has proted ~
this invention Of George Stephenson may be
seen by tile following statement OF the ral'-
roads i'll operation throughout the world oll
the 1st Of January, 1850:
North America Including s;,49. miles in the
United Suites. G4A III Eallatla. and Gsb ~ Ncxi-
c total miles, MItElA: Central A1nrrcll. 1!uiila-
ing Hontl,lras Costa kfca Cua. jamaica. und IA
tu1na lHa uIiles South America, G.4Ss miles, ELL
:unc iW LEU miles: Asia, including Turkey, Iritlsl
India Ccylon, Java. Philippines and Japau vsl u
miles: Africa, iuclu'l:ng Egypt, Tnn!s: Alserias
trai,. Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, und New
Zcuand, 4,3j8 miles,
The whole making grand total OF e1s,s6
miles. Next to the United States, the great
est number OF miles Of railway is in Gcrlna-
nv, 81, OF miles: Great Britain and Ireland,
1856 miles; France, 15,.2S7 miles; Russia,
1:;,:11 miles; and Anstria-1lungary, 11,411
tnlleS- 1tfeac Alt tlit oi!5 I"u'llleo 4'1' i11:'
as many ns 10, 900 miles Of railway.
The centennial anniversary Of Stephen
sons birthday was duly celebrated III Eli
gland, especially in the towns and districts
where he lived, and which were the scenes
of his trials and of his great trumps. lie
lived to see Ills discovery anil inventions rec
og1lizcd and accepted by all nations and coull-
tries; and his narle recorded among those Of
the great benefactors OF the human family.