The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
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hrSC experiment was trioo Win tho nc" To-
S'no''Ve' inc De "lVtCllhtoh' o"ing 10 some
uotecls tho locomotive did not give perfect igni'
ton to the Lackawanna coal used for fuel. and
the speed was not more than six miles an hour.
1t was sent back to New York to the West Point
foundry to be overhauled. Tho De Witt Clinton
was returned from the foundry Aug. 90. and on
Sent. was tried npaIn. Ghn~ Scott took his
first ride on n railroad bobind n locomotive that
dav ,rho VIM ,r,,n schcnoot,dr IN Albany
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ra'iroau was issueu sept - a ioiio"s'
MOHAWK AND HUDSON RAILROAD.
The following arrangements will be observed on
u ! u, ' po'ee.
Carriages will leave the head Of tho inclined plane.
= OF q milo from the city OF Schenectady, at the
| following times:
J., mat . IN tbc Morning.
O'Clock Am
le do. Noon.
a, pm
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from the Hudson river. at the following times,
l. past o O'Clock A. NJ.
10 do. AM.
past 90. f.M,
Tho Locomotive Engine De witt Clinton will do.
mart in tho following order:
Hsavo "oaS ~ n,aro NJ s,,o,cc,,dv a, q o,c,oc.
Leave neau OF plane al senenec'nuy q o O'CLOCK
10 o'clock A. NJ. and /. past p. NJ.
Passengers taking the Carriages at schenectady at
sa,tmsr, , In ~ n,o,n,rr ,rr, at. =, IIhan, ~
he'' p"o' = ~ ''S '"'H'hS ''' ''''S 'eaS 81.
season FOR the . O'CLOCK morning steamboats,. Ihose
leaving at ~ O'Clock. in ample season for the after.
noon steamboats,. Also. those taking the ocomotiv
at z p. NJ. will arrive in Albany In season for the 4
o'clock boats.
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Thorps & sprague. In Albany and Schenectady. Price,
including stage fare, 20 cents. JouS T. CLARK.
Agent of the N. and II. Railroad Co.
,onno,a,0h =, sar, srd ~ ~. raIw.r WITH t,".",.
-. W -. -
at 90 cents. transportation at each end or the rail.
road will be furnished by Messrs. Thorps & sprasue.
SErT. 20. 1881.
The head OF Lydlus street is the present
junction OF State street and washington avenue,
street is a conspicuous landmark, the reason for
Albanians. That spnce belongs not to the city
Of Albany, but to the New York Central Railroad
GGmranS n.y.; u was s nae SPOT R,x where the ne inclined %
Lydius street ended ana the locomotive road be.
at last TO- be part Of the possessions OF the New
YORK central, ana tnnt unpaVcu space marks
the spot from which tho first locomotive to turn
n wheel on a railroad in New y orli state started
on its way. a pavement and q monument would
mark i more appropriately.
Another interesting olt OF railroad literature
OF thc oiu tune IN inns collection Is n copy OF q
handhili issued by the New York Central Rail.
foad company anu signed py Iheuilccy Nlpbard,
general superintendent The Hudson River
Railroad was not part or the Central then. and
Commodore vanderbilt had not even dreamed
OF owning either; This handful illustrates how
1 N ms nArflCnlAr mnnnynInnnt was IF h
feelings OF a rival management, just then buffet
ing with misfortune:
NEW YORK CENTRAL
Passengers taking this route can feel assured ,b,
tn y are with careful and experienced eng neers. thi
sS%Sspy q paying S.s hr w nsn for M,, fse no a ssssr, SsSins sn bee 8
count of strikes. endangerIng iife, ami never making
time, as is the case on the "Great Broad G"us
Passengers should !, ~ tb be sur sure ana secure tickets b.
a anis ,o9 from as Cincinnati a o to B mi ha' thence I tn SeH
baggage b0rn . and md the annoyance Of missing e OF \.
which occur SO often on the New York and III
f" This is the only route that eau land passengers b
cars in New York city. within a short distance o
their principal hotels, All other routes land theI
passengers In Jersey CITY. compelling them to secur
the services OF porters and hacks In crossing tn
, rlrs5; mI ak me ~ Ys aSd Iu 5lg, a, And Er, dl soss chang
This deliveranee was made in the spring c
1857. In 1856 D. c. McCellum was genera
road. He was a strict discipiinarian. and ha
formulated n code Of rules TO govern the ell
ployees, especially the engineers, which in som
|, respects were almost impossible to live up Il
/ He had come into the service of the Erie in lS54
and at that time formulated his rules. One c
b. them was that engineers should be responsible
a for switches at all stations, whether their train
stopped at them or not; that is. II an engine wa
running at schedule speed past a station and
$ switch happened to be open and he ran off it il
0 and not the switchman was held responsible fC
the open switch, and the penalty was dismissa
:, This rule was intended, so superintendent
! McCallum held. to mako the engineers constan
1 ly watchful. Before McCallum had been on th
rDal - ,Npth hta rnta "a az a. n - o all -
the engineers all along the line-the first strik
. in the history of the Erie. 1t lasted ten day
Q and the men won. the obnoxious rule being vi
& tually withdrawn. In 1856, however, McCallul
n put the rule in force again. Not long afterwar
n AN engineer was running his engine at goo
=. s"l.' hninh, otoU ~. IohahsnI' ICY Smi.e
and 1t was derailed. Tho frightened switc
,,nn aad anj ,lth,puh ha hn1 N month