Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-01-22

| opanlng OF the limo Of thu Hatton
9 ,l'iery, near Durham Eag'ana)
b etween thsir works, a few miles
northwest of Durham, and the
shipping staiths on the Wear ri
Sunderland, ia still employed
haa,ia. the ',u ia a. Hrt4on, and
is now, after eighty years contil :
Mons service, claimed TO ba the
'tp' dat work my locomotive i'm the
world" Tne principal dimensions
Of this ''oll-';mer' are: Dismet-
er OF the cylinders, lGa inches:
pisSo ssr,h !, 81 inches; diameter
Of the whaeis, 8 feet. The weight
of The engine is Is tons, and IL
hns u hsl'aye capacity of about
l20 tons as speed f 10 miles an
hour on n fairly l..vel track. Iss
gen rrs| d 'siga 'xsapting the
cab) remains ~ originally con-
|s5ructed, while some parts, notably
the steam, dome, are actually as
CONSTRUCTED in 1922 After this
long aud faithful service, it is not
snrpr sing to learn that the en-
|gine is at last becoming uaaqu Il
to the ever increasing demands
made upon it, and the directors of
the Hetton ColliAry, Therefore, and
with commaadab'e appropriate
ness, shortly intenl to withdraw
the relic from Het.on, ard it will
in the course of few weeks ind
a permanent resting-place at the
parham College of Seie' ce, New
castle-on.Tyne, where it will be
preserved to this and future gem
erations as q worthy cg4iupls of
the earliest period OF Locomotive
engineering. 1t may be noted
here that Stephenson's "No l 10.
comotion,' built for the opening
of the Stockton and Darlington
Reilroad in 1925, continued in
working Gu "'he first public rail-
ay'' uatil 1850, when it passed
into the hands Of Messss. Pease
q Partners, by whom it was used
for coiliery purposes n,til 1859, at
which time it was placed on pc
deslal for exhibition Mt Darling
ton Station, where it is to be seen
| t I'd ~, SO that not only in point Of
date Of construction, but also as
regards years of "active service"
mast the engine used at the open.
ing of the first public railway give
] place to that constructed for the
Hetton line by George Stephen.
son fourscore years ago.
The lessee of New York hotel
who thought he had earned
enough to retire from business
aud enjoy his fortune in leisure
recently had an offer for his rights
II
in the business that he has built
up. After consultation with his
attorneys he settled on $3,000,0O(
as a reasonable sum. There was
no formal consent to sell for that
amount, but that was the figure
that seemed just after hurried
view Of the situation. There came
from thu intending purchasers al
intimation that thy were willing
to do business Immediately OF
that basis. Luckily nothing def.
mite was done until The lawyers
set out to make more thorough
investigation as to the value Of
the property lased on the income
it yielded annually. GA that basis
the hotel was vastly more valuable
than it had at first been consid.
cred. The proprietor's personal
profit for the last eight years had
averaged Sl,O00,O00 In view o.
these profits, the price placed or
the hotel was increased to figure
which it WAS quite impossible fo,
the syndicate to pay. La view oil
the large amount he found him.
self to be earning annually, the
proprietor was quite satisfied tc
remain in harness few years
longer.
A New York court has dissolved
a marriage because the woman
was in such a frame of mind that
she did not know what che was
about. Ii that is sufficient ground
about nine-tenths of the mnrriag5 6
should be dissolved, gays an ex.