The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-16
THE sOUND-MONET LOCOMOTIVE
Was a Great Hit-Pertinent Trans-
parfencies in First Division.


The first division of the inspiring and
spectacular parade of the sound-money rail-
road boys was nearly mile in length and
was more than half hour in passing
reporter standing at the corner or wash
ington and Delaware streets. When the
head of the second division turned Off
Washington into South Pennsylvania street
the big locomotive of the Terre Faute Van
dalfa Club was passing the Denison Hotel.
From there down Pennsylvania to Wash
ington street, west to Illinois, south to
Maryland, east TO Pennsylvania and north
to Washington street again is nearly eight
blocks, the length of the first division. The
first strains from the brass band at the
head of the first division were heard by the
portion of the great throng of people stand
ing at the corner of Delaware and WASH
ington streets at S:l5 o'clock. AT times the
music was drowned out entirely by the wild
cheers of the shouting people and the dis
cordant noise of thousands of fox horns,
but now and then martial music could be
heard. After some two or three minutes
had passed the whole heaven to the east
was made brilliant by the rosy glare of
colored fire. 1t lit up every window for two
or three blocks away, revealing the heads
of thousands of people projecting from
every window of the big business blocks,
and the forms of daring men and boys
against the blackness of the night. In the
street above the heads of the great crowds
that the police could not keep back to the
curb stood out in bold relief the first flags
and banners of the marchers and back Of
them the black snokestack of the locomo-
tive. AS the parade drew nearer the beau
tifu glow died away and tho minds of the
crowds were drawn to earth by the loud
shouts of platoon of police under COM
mand OF Superintendent Colbert and Capt.
Dawson. who were trying to clear the street
for the head of the first division. 1t was
almost hopeless task.
stand back there. Stand backr' shouted
the police. Get back to the curb" BY
dint of much showing and bodily pushing
back on the front ranks of the crowds that
had wedged up to the street tracks a
space was cleared on the north side of the
street long enough for the marshal and his
staff, mounted horses and riding four
abreast, to pass. Back of the horsernen
came brass band and the Vincennes Rail-
road Flambeau Club. The white Jackets,
laced in front with red trimmings, made an
impressive appearance. but their fambeaus
burned with a sickly yellow glare under the
white stream of light from the electric
headlight on the locomotive which rum
bled along just behind them. A shrill blast
from the whistle, followed by the ringing of
the bell, excited the crowds to the widest
pitch of excitement, and they came crowd
ing back into the street again until there
was imminent danger that those In front
would be pushed down upon the track. TO
avoid any fatal accidents detail of train
men walked in front and at the sides of the
big engine ready. TO grab any that
might be Jostled into danger. The engine
was one of the most attractive features in
the great spectacular parade. Under the
electric headlight the familiar shield of the
Pennsylvania road appeared standing out
in electric incandescent lights of red. white
and blue. Smoke poured out of the smoke
stack and occasionally the exhaust pipe
was opened, letting forth heavy puffs like
The engine is as near like a standard en-
gine as 1t is possible for an imitation to be,
and each feature was noted from the
large revolving driving wheels and heavy
pilot to the engineers cab and the tender
the crowds gave loud shouts OF applause
LIKE A REAL ENGINE.
"Sakes alive.' exclaimed old colorcd
woman IF they amt got "a real engine
goin right down the middle of the street
Look out there. chile" she cried to a little
girl that tried to break away from hei
hand 'youse'u git runncd over II youse
don't watch out." Her fears were natural
and more than one person thought that the
engine actually running on the street
car track, but propelled by steam. Instead
it Is wooden engine. mounted on street
car trucks and the power was obtained
from the trolley wire which operates
through a motor mounted on the trucks be-
meath the engine. The locomotive was
turned out from the Naldalia shops The
engine Is equipped with Westinghouse air
brakes air-pumos. an Injector. "a dynamo
for operating the standard electric lights
has exhausts at both stack and cylinders
anc would be taken by the ordiRary outsid-
er for an e. ne fresh from the round house
A small steam boiler furnishes lsteam for
Continued second FageJ
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