The National tribune., 1904-05-12
Transportation at Sc. Louis.

In the Transportation Building at the
ST. Louis Exposition one will see many
examples of early transportation machin-
cry that IS interesting, as it is something
There is shown the progress of locomo-
tive building from the beginning to the
present. One of the engines is No. !.
old Ironsides," built by the Baldwin
Works. 1t is braced with timbers and the
boiler is wrapped with dove-tailed boards
and bound with brass bands
Ihere IS also shown the Pioneer" an
other Baldwin engine, that was the first
locomotive in Chicago, to which place it
was shipped by boat in 1915, to run on
the Galena Il Chicago, the foundation of
the present Chicago & Northwestern sys-
tenn. The Thomas jefferson" is the first
locomotive owned by the Baltimore &
and stands to-day as it was when taken
out OF % years of service, which shows
how long an engine lasted in the old DAYS.
One OF the peculiar engines of the old DAYS
is the one dubbed the "Amphibious." 1t
Is correctly named. 1t was made to run
on land, without rails, and when stream
was reached 1t plunged in and crossed,
having a propeller. This was in 1891
!oo years ago. 1t has broad bed and
is built like the present-day fatboats, and
the machinery for its propulsion is very
old, wholly different from anything of the
present day. There is also Sir Isaac New
| tons idea of motive power by steam of
about 1880 1t consists only of a huge
boiler, almost round, over fire-box, and
has a spout in the rear. His idea was
tnat the escaping steam against the atmos-
phere would be sufficient force to propel
| it. The engineer sat in front
There are also engines to run on rails
where the engineer sat in front, and others
to run on land where the engineer in front
guided the machine by turning the front
wheel with a crank. There is also Had
ley's demonstration of adhesion. In the
first days of railroading the wheels were
roughed. the belief being that smooth
most instances the track was also roughed.
Hadley, an Englishman, believed that the
smooth wheels would stick SO he built
engines and cars with smooth wheels and
| the track was smooth, but he loaded the
cars and engines down with weights so
| that the wheels would "stick" There is
| an endless array of old street cars and
| stage coaches. and models of enrly steam
| ships and steamboats,. and also the strictly
up-to-date trains, engines and steamships
and trolley cars.
In this collection Is also a typical stage
coach OF the old days. with the body sus-
pended on leather straps. so that 1t
"swung" instead of "sprung" az in modern
| vehicles. There Is drop in the rear for
| baggage, and on top are two seats, aside
from the box for the driver. and inside
are three seats. 1t is put together with
| the hardest of hickory wood, and every
| thing shows how sOlidly they built stage
| coaches in the days before there were rail
roads. 1t was for six horses or four
horses. as desired. and the coach is COM
Dlete. even to the one big lamp next to
| the driver.
An Enjoyable Campfire.
| COnyngham Post. 81, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
held n very enjoyable Campfire on April
20. in honor of Department Comma der
Edwin Walton. of Philadelphia; Past
Commander Col. Thomas G.. Semple. of
Allegheny City; Col. Ezra III. Ripple and
| X. IL. Holgate. of Scranton. who are max
ing tour Of the State visiting the differ
| ent Posts. There were Rotations and
singing and several very good speeches
among which was one by Department
Commander Walton. who said that the
Department was in fine shape all over the
State. Those comrades who had dropped
ing back. and new members were con-
stantly being added. He spoke of the
number of col0red men i'm the Posts, and
paid high tribute to the cOOred soldier
He also referred to the bill lately intro
duced in Congress to pension civil service
clerks after reaching the age of 20. and
| the great injustice legislation of that kind
would be to the veteran, who cannot get
Sl2 month without howl going all over
the country. He closed his address by re-
citing the poem We've Drunk from the
Same Canteen." Past Department Com
mander Thomas q. Semple also made q
stirring address, in which lie scored those
old soldiers who were not identified with
some Post. and reminded them that no
legislation in the interests of the veterans
had ever been brought about without the
| efforts of the G. A. r.
OF INTEREST TO PENSION ATTORNEYS.
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