Evening star., 1921-04-24

gallant gray. Of great beauty and power. was
driven by them fTom town. attached to another
car on the second track-for the company had
oegun by making two tricks to the Nils
and met the eng me nt the Relay House OH its
way back. From this point it was determined
TO have q race home: aud. the start being
OF the one and the puff Of the other keeping
time and time.
At first the gray hnd the best of it. for his
steam would be applied to the greatest adj
vantage on the instant while the engine had
to wait until tie rotation Of the wheels set
the bower to work. The hcrse v-s perhaps
valve Of the engine lif:ed and the thin bl;e
rapor issuing from it showed an excess OF
steam The blower whistled. the seam blew
OF in rnpory clouds. the pRce increased. the
Passengers shouted. the engine gained on the
horse. son It lapp.d h;m-the silk was paced
the race w*s neck and neck. nuse and lose
then the engine PASSED he horse and a g-ea,
huirah hailed :iIe victory But IL was no,
repeated. for just at this time. wien the gray
ma>'er was abon' giving up. the band whici,
drove tie pulley. which moved the blower.
slipped from the drum, the Safety-valve cea setl
10 scream and the engine for want OF brentn,
began to she"ze and pant In vain Mr..
'onPef. VINO was his oHn engineer and fire.
man. lacer!ted his hands IN attempting 10 re-
place the baud npon the wheel: in vain he
morse gained on the machine and passed it.
and. though the band was presently replaced
and seam ag. in did lis best. the horse was
:" far ahead :" he overtaknn and came IN
tue winarr - the race Brt the real victo,y
was Eih Ir. Cooper. Ds.~iths,an!iag lie
na1 nn1 rii h-a fast fast TO ne faith that Was in HIM
ana had demNis rated its truth byond per-
adventure. All honor to his name.
TO the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company belongs the credi; for
having operated the first locomotive
on the western hemispha ere. The date
OF this epoch making innovation was
Agust s, 1929. This road was in
Pennsylvania and connected the coal
mines with the canal. This famous
engine. known as the "Stourbridse
Lion" was built in England express
~ for the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company. Horatio Allen, as
Sktant engineer of the company. had
the distinction of handling the throt-
tic OF this engine on its initial "Trip
While making speech in 1851 at
Dunk!rk. y. Y, in celebration Of the
completion OF the New York and
Erie railroad. Mr.. Allen made the
following reference to his trip on
the first locomotive on the American
continent:
ITO bring before you as strik!ngly
as in my power. it has occurred 10
me 10 lead your imagination to the
conception OF the scene which would
presenl itseli il, on some fine morn
ing. YOU We're placed at an eIeya-
ton. and gifted for the moment with
4 power OF vision which would cora
ma:d thr railroad movements Of the
whole United States. There would
be presented an exciting picture OF
activity. in thousands of iron horses
starting forth from the various rail-
road csnters. or traversng the sur
face of the continent in al! direc-
tons
w hen the Imagination has attained
10 some cOncep,.on ., The scelie, LEI
IL Seek to go Uack to the time wis II
Ou!y Oae OF tnes. ifon mons.erS Vas
in existence on this coAtin.nl and
was moving forth, the nrst o. h S
mighty race. When was il? Where
was it? And who awakened its ener-
gies and directed It's movements? fl
was in tn: year 1879, On the banks
of the LackaWaXen, at the commence
ment of The railroad connecting the
canal of the Delaware and Hudson
Company with their coal mines, and
he who addresses you was the only
person on that locomotive.
The circumstances which led to
my being lett alone on the engine
were these: The road had been built
In the summer. the structure was of
hemlock timber and the rails. of large
dimensions. notched on to caps place d
lar apart The timber had cracked
and warped from exposure to the sun
After about 500 feet of straight line.
the road crossed the Lackawaxen
creek on trestle work about thirty
feet high, and with curve Of $50 or
400 feet radius. The impression was