The evening times., 1899-03-03
BIG LOCOMOTIVE ORDERS.
The Baldwin Works Buster Now
Than for Twenty Years Past


Philadelphia. March S.-Not for twenty
years have the Baldwin Locomotive Works
of this city, the foremost locomotive
building concern in this country. if not in
the world. experienced such boom in
business as at the present time. The
works are kept busy to almost their full
capacity, and there are at present orders
en- hand which almost equal the entire out
put of the works for last year During
1888 the works turned out 754 locomotives.
and while members OF the firm refrain
from stating the number at present under
contract. it is understood that orders are
already on file for about 500 locomotives
of all kinds
While this number largely represents
/ domestic orders, fully $50 of the IOcomo-
( tiyes under contract are to be built for
railroad companies in foreign countries
/ The Baldwin locomotive is fast gaining
reputation in foreign lands. and there
are few of the old countries in which some
| or them cannot b. found doing service.
hussia, China. and Japan lead in the use
/ or the Baldwin engine. The prejudice
which has existed in some foreign coun-
/ tries against the American locomotive is
| iast disappearing, and in almost every in
stance the Baldwin locomotives are the
/ first to pave the way. Probably no better
/ Illustration of this fact is afforded than
I IN the recent action OF the Great Midland
Railway of England in placing an order
/ for twenty locomotives with the Baldwin
| company, and subsequently duplicating
/ the order
| Sweden is the latest of the European
/ countries 10 favorably consider the ner-
I It's OF American locomotives While no
definite information has been received on
the subject, il is believed that a large or
der Is about TO be placed in this country
v 10 pah
" orkS. II Is said, will probably secure the
/ contract India, likewise is looking IN
thIs country for locomotives, and il would
not be surprising if the BaIdwins would
De favored with an order from that Brit
| ish dependency.
IL IS not only the superior qualities of
| the American locomotive that are attract
| ing the managers OF foreign raiiv-avs 70
this country. but il is the celerity with
| "hlch the American manufacturers can
turn them out, and in this respect the
. Baldw1ns are again in the front rank IN
stead of being obliged 10 wait months pnd
sometimes years, TO have an ordinary num-
per OF locomotives built. as is the case
/ with some foreign manufacturers. the
BaIdwins, with their immense facilities
are able 70 manufacture and deliver loco
+, motives before some of their competitors
would be ready with the preliminary de-
tails
Nhhe locomotive building is booming
prices have not advanced TO any extent
in fact, not sufficient to cover the adj
vanced cost OF material This feature is
likely to adjust itself in the very near
future.
Among the recent orders booked bv the
BdidWins are the following. One s;x
wheeled switch engine for the Grand Rap
lbs and Western Railroad; five whaeled
freight engines for the Chicago and North
western Railroad. one single and one com
pound consolidation engine for the I.ehigh
Valley Railroad; five freight locomotives
Tor the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
road: fifteen mOgul engines for the Caica
go, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. two
ten-wheeled freight engines for the Dstrofr
and Mackinas Railroad: three Eau.Iain
compound passenger and five moguI freight
engines for the Wabash Railroad. rhtrtv
. four consolidation engines for the Mexican
Central Railroad. and Two six-wheaIed
switching engines for the Carnegie Steel
Company.