Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-03-08

the engine AS II rocked back and torth
on the rails sucked the snow into tho
cab and spread white mau;}e over
the PROSTATE and almOS; mrAu> ,on@
form .. Kelley who lay AZ The en-
siaeer'S feet
| Ahead \ewhoUSe saw nothing but
white, driving mist At the mad pace
he MAS so,uS he could not have
stopped his engine if any trains had
been met, He had NO assurance that
there VAS not a special or an extra ON
| the line Ne took The chance, -.
trusted . Providence. lie said after
ward that he set the lever At the top
notch and then fired the engine him
self As she rocked on her crazy
course
Through ali the small towns along
the line the train sped like mad
thins, Before the people could crane
their nttks out OF the windows il had
gone past With rush, Others who
were fortunate enough to see / ap-
IproachinG from a distance saw il com
| Ing toward chem covered from pilot
10 tendtr with snow like Great white
| bird,
| AS /, shot by they saw a man IN the
cab, hagcAeAtcd, With his hair flying,
and his eyes bent ahead. They did
not see the form Of the man lying on
the tooy, and they thought Newhousc
mus, be A maniac,
| \ l;ttr more than an hour and a
half after Newhnuse had left Sandy
willie, he pulled into the Union station
at Cleveland without meeting the
south-hound train, and Kelley his
fireman. was removed to the pest
house where he lies in critical condt-
ton. Without saying anything to
anyhody OF his Wild ride Newhouse
again boarded his engine, leaving
Cleveland ahead of the south bound
train, returned to Sandyvile almost
AS quick Is he had gone north
Again hitthng his engine to the
train that had heen lying on the maln
track over three hours. he proceeded
northward with his load with one OF
| l.,
There is no doubt that the officials
have learned OF NewhouSe's wild ride
before this but he has not yet been
dischareed, What they viii do can
only be cunjectured
There was not a man Of his crew nor
a resident of Sandyville, who when
they saw Newhousr bring his engine
to stanistill ON his return trip, did
not want to cheer The brave engl
neer speaks modestly of his exploit,
and said he would do il again under
the same circumstances.
Every six months the Railroad Ca
Hette prints summary Of the rail
roads constructed or extended in the
United States, Canada and Mexico.
The Ga1ette's first list, which APP
peared IN February, 1898, contained
reports Of l67 now lines ana exten-
sions, In that published in July OF
the same year, us new projects
were noticed, In February 1929, the
total reached 959, and in July over
mCntS proposed or being made eX-
ceeds $50 rhc railroad companies
interested in these improvements
number 1890, by far The greater
part Of this new work is in The United
States, the new lines or improve
ments contemplated or being carried
out in this country numbering | $50
/ by abort S75 companies The number
OF new lines, extensions and inn
prolcments that are now building" is
81 OF this number, 295 refer to en-
terpr.ses in the United States, 81 ia
Canadian enterprises ana Is to MeNi-
90, rhc same issue Of the Gazette
contains a summary Of the railroad
work done in 1882 This shows 4, 5Gg
miles Of road built in the United
States by 2S4 companies. 65G miles IN
Canada by 10 companies and 2G7 miles
in Mexico by 10 companies very
considerable gain over the mileage OF
recent Gears