The Baltimore County union., 1884-05-03
TOWSONTOWN Md, SATURDAY, MAY g. 1884.

grasshoppers burned hard coal, but
when the road was pushed through tc
to Cumberland the CRATES in the engines
were changed and soft coal was intro.
duced. Well, as told you, took an
engine on Christmas Day, IS4o, and
have been running ever since. When
l first began the trains were all accom-
odation trains, that stopped at every
station, yet we made the run from
Baltimore here in one hour and forty
minutes. The depot at that day at
Baltimore was on Pratt street near Light,
and the one here was at the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and First street.
The engine you saw me in tonight
makes the run in forty-fve minutes"
ACCIDENTS.
eyes," continued the veteran engi-
neer, 81 have had accidents, three 1
think in the course ofmy years of work.
Once came round a curve and struck
cow when we were going at about
forty miles an hour. The couplins
broke, and my engine turned clean
over, so that the drive wheels were in
the air where the bell ought to be, and
the smokestack was in the mud. The
cars never left the track, and even in
that perilous moment they were going
by me all right. There must have
been severel hundred pieces of loose
iron flying around the cab, but neither
the fireman nor myself were scratched,
though we were pretty we'll shaken up.
The next time was when the axle of a
rear truck of smoking car broke. We
were going at apretty good jog and the
end flew up through the floor of the
car and cracked the shins of an old
darkey preacher. They rang the bell
and I stopped the train without any
further damage being done. The next
time was when was thrown off by a
misplaced switch, but no damage was
done. When the war broke out there
were the riots in Baltimore in 81, and
the government transferred the troops by
boats from Havre-de grace to Annapo-
lis, thence to the junction and then in
to the city. Everybody was afraid then,
and for few days there were no trains
running from Baltimore to Washington.
One evening l was in the depot and
President Garrett and several other
gentleman walked up and down the
platform. They had been trying several
times to go through to Washington,
but when they would reach Jessup's Cut
the courage of the engineer or train
men would give out, and they wouldn't
60 on. I told Mr.. Garrett that
WOULD TAKE HIM THROUGH
if he would let me, and he said, well,
I'll see.' The next day he sent for me
and we started. Sure enough, when
we reached Jessup's Cut some one pull
ed the bell. l stopped and went back,
and told them there was no danger and
that l would 60 on running slowly and
watch carefully if the track had been
disturbed. Mr.. Garrett SAID, Go ahead
and | did so until about a mile from
Annapolis Junction, when l saw a
couple of posts set in the ground on
each side of the track and telegraph
pole laid across. l stopped the train
and one of the brakemen ran out to
remove the obstruction. | cried to
him to go back on the cars, for just
then I say the guard up in the bushes.
They turned out to be Union soldiers,
and l told them we wanted to get
around to the junction. An officer
came on board and we went on to the
junction, where we had to wait until
we could hear from Mr.. Lincoln. At
last telegram came from him to come
to Washington, and we went through
the rest of the distance without disturb
ance, and | was the first man to bring a
train through from Baltimore after the
outbreak at the beginning of the war.
FIRED AT BY GUERRILLAS.
"Iwas fired at once by guerillas during
the war, about the time of Early's raid,
and bullet or two went through the
cab, but no one was touched, though the
whistle of the balls made me feel un-
comfortable for few minutes"
elbow many miles have Irun? Well,
you can figure that out for yourself.
Let us see. I have been sick nineteen
days since l went on the road, and
have had few weeks vacation in the
meantime also. I think year would
cover all the time lost, and when have
runI have averaged 100 miles day;
so there are forty-three years and three
months at 100 miles day. You say
1870, 500 miles is the total; well, it is
long distance, but have traversed it,,
and there is no exaggeration about it
either"
Thereporter, speaking of the vigor
which Mr.. Galloway evinced, ascer-
tanned that he regards himself in per-
feet health. 81 am as well as when l
was fifty years of age, and have never
used pair of glasses in my life. l
don't think l shall give up the road
yet awhile, for you see | am at home
in an engine, and I am lost if | am not
at work. Habit is great thing young
man, and if you live to my age you
will not be able to throw off your ac,
customed ways of life with ease"