The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-06-27

the line OF the Philadelphia. Whining
ton Il baltimore railroad. one com
pany constructed the road from l!avre
de Grace TO Baltimore; another had n
line from Wilmington ~ a point ON the
SuSquehanna river. opposite havre "a
Grace; third company built "a rC-d
from Philadelphia To Wilmington.
Matthew Newkirl< was its prcsident.
Before this last road was built steam
boats carried passengers between Phila-
delphia and Wilmington. where they
took the cars Just about the time the
road was finished. bat before there had
been any traffic over it to any extent,
the steamboat broke down. | hap
pened then 10 be running train on The
Willmington-Susque road. and
brought my train into Wilmington
was told 20 go on 20 Philadelphia and
get passengers for Baltimore and Wash
ington who could not get away from
Philadelphia because the steam boat was
laid up. So | went on with INV train.
1t was the first To run into Philadelphia
from Wilmington After turning the
engine round, we made up the train
and started back. This was in the sum
mer of 1887, and Il was the first train
out of Philadelphia that carried pasScn-
gers TO Baltimore. We had six ears aud
about sixty in each car. 1t was a big
thing. can tell you, and crowds ot
people were seen at all points watching
the train. We made about twenty
miles an hour. The rails were laid
on long wooden stringcrs which rested
on stone piers.
I'VE had no whistle on the engine
The front brakeman stood on the front
platform: when ! wanted To stop |
would motion 10 him. lie would put on
his brake and at the same time ring q
handbell al the side OF the car 10 notify
the other brakemen TO put on their
brakes. As TO signals with other trains,
we had none We had "a schedule and
we had plenty of time 10 reach passing
points II train was not there in
reasonable time we would start out.
and if we found il along the track. one
train or the other would back no To "A
siding. When ve came to a curve we
would run slow, and II there was any
danger OF the other train meeting us
on the curve we would send a alan
man ahead To warn us.
II never had a whistle till got 10 be
an engineer on the Reading road az
Philadelphia. ! made the first regular
whistle used for "A steamboat and put
one on my engine. Another engineer
had ono on his We made our own sig.
mails For instance. when | wanted
the brakes put on / Hould blow two
sharp blasts. The other engineer
would only blow one long blast Each
crew understood the signals of each
engineer. II was not until some wears
afterward that "a regular system was
adopted and controlled by the com
Philadelphia Press
Is The United Kingdom there are
sos BAPTIST churches, and 3, 75f chap
els
TEE Episcopal diocesan convention
OF Massachusetts, has elected william
Lawrence. dean Of the Episcopal the
illogical school at Cambridge, as bish-
op Of Massachusetts, n ssccced the late
Phillips Brooks
TnE Presbyterian and Methodist
boards Of foreign missions have taken
action ~ protect their missionaries in
China in the belief that the Chinese
will retaliate with violence ~ the
Geary Law is enforced in tho United
States
HEfyRIcH STTKS. ". D. Ph. n. IN
recent magazine article. claims that
the pres-rvation 81 the Jesvs e. d peo-
pie Is due 20 their religion, and that
an abandonment of their religious
laws would result IN deterioration OK