Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-23
ALL OF THEN HERE
The G. r. & 1. Road Has
T~enty-Three New Engines
MEN WHO WILL HANDLE THEM
Descriptions and Interesting Facts Con-
corning the New Locomotives
and Their Engineers.

Stephenson, the inventor OF the locomo-
tive, viewed the product OF he haadi-
work, he had an idea that IN so short
space of time the crude engine or that
day would have evolved into the hand
some and nm shed products of the
BALDWIN Locomotive works, which
compose the twenty-three new engines
recently purchased by the Grand Rap
ids & Indiana railroad, aud consigned
10 the northern division OF that road.
The new engines, sixteen freight and
seven passenger, are among the finest
turned out by the Baldwin people. and
all fitted with the latest and best nm
provements, such as sight feed lubri-
Gators. metallic packings, bell ringers
and diverse other things calculated TO
improve the efficiency of the locomo-
tive.
The total value of the new rolling
stock is about S220. 900. the cost of the
freight engines being &c. 900 each, and
the lighter passenger engines $500.
Inc freight engines are OF what 10
known as the Consolidation" type,
aud are fitted with four pair OF 50-inch
| drive wheels, coupled with pony trucks.
| The cylinders are 20x24 inches. The
boilers are what are known as the Bell
| pair pattern.
These engines are the heaviest in this
| part of the state, the total weight of
| freight hauiers being Ill 500 pounds.
| On the drivers they weigh 90 500
pounds; the loaded tank weighing in
the neighborhood of Al 900 pounds.
| The capacity of the tanks ID $500
gallons OF water and 1900 pounds Of
coal.
| How They Are Numbered.
The freight engines are numbered
from 304 to $40 consecutively, and all
designed to take the place Of the heavy
moguls which were borrowed OF the
Duluth, South Shore d Atlantic. There
is considerable pleasant rivalry among
the younger engineers on the road IS
these locomotives are being put into
the service, each one desiring to be
gwen charge of one of them. The en-
gines have been assigned to the follow
ing engineers, who will handle the
firemen to keep of all spots of dirt
1
Eli Fox; 500, Ed Haaf; 307, Dan Scan.
Ian; sos, Harry Zimmerman; 500, Gil.
bert Groleveldt; 80, John Anderson;
81, James Reading; 3l2, Charlie Dom
nally; 3l3, John Brady, who looked
with doubt on the 49," 3l4, Joe
Stephenson; 3l5. Richard Collins; 3l6,
Eugene Romig; 3l7. John Stephenson;
3lS, Wesley Richmond; 3l9, George
Ferry.
The assignment of the machines
brought out many peculiarities of rail
road men, Ed Haaf wanting an even
number as, in his opinion, there is luck
In even numbers, while Dick Collins
requested that he be given number
315, thinking that to be q lucky num-
Der.
The passenger engines are identical
in feature with the freight with the ex-
ception that they are lighter and more
graceful, and are fitted with two pair
of 30-nch, steel tired drivers. Their
total weight in working order Is 90, SOC
pounds, the weight on. drivers being
$500 pounds. They, too, will all be
used on the northern division. They
number from los to Ill, and all given
to the seven oldest men on the line.
When the new rolling stock is all in
service the G. X. & l. will be one of the
finest equipped roads in the state. II
- probable that all the engines will be
running by Saturday or Monday. En-
gineers who will run them:
Genial Paddy Welsh will hold the
throttle Of los; o. Z. Coleman will have
charge of IO6; Mart Mckinney 1O7
William Smith los; SANDY" Donahue
l09; Byron Dart ITO; and Ill will b.
gwen to John Higgins.
These engineers are the oldest in tbt
employ of the road and have proved
their efficiency and bravery many
times during the time they have rur
over the q. r. & 1.
X. j. Welsh. the driver of No. los
has been IN the employ of the road tho
J longest and was gwen the first engine
. He is thoroughly in love with cher.
and continually sings her praise. ii,
is noted around the shops as the ma,
who pulled "oId 45'' out of the fire il
1885. He is a we'll known citizen o
the south end and owner of the Welsl
block on South Division street. Cole
man and Mckinney have been In tn,
, employ of the road many years and ar
known "a two of the best engineers OIL
the system.
SANDY" Donahue is a jolly Irish
man. whose chief delights are his en-
CINE and chance to rosst Welsh.
Byron Dart has for many years pulle,
the pav-car. but was unable to resis
the temptation 10 Ia Ike out one of tn
new engines
| Jack Higgins is n good engineer anC
the best looking man on the north end