The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-08-25
DEWITT CLINTON ENGINE
TO BE IN B. & o. PAGEANT
First Iron Horse In New York
State in Exhibition.

Venerable and dignified with the
pride of a retired veteran who has
seen long years of service, the famous
Dewitt Clinton locomotive, the first
iron horse to puff its way in the State
of New York, has arrived in Balti-
more and is patiently awaiting the
day when it will take a prominent
place in the Centenary Exhibition and
Pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, to be held at Halethorpe,
Baltimore, September "a to October
9th.
The old engine, with its curious
train of antique-looking carriages, is
reposing in temporary obscurity at
Baltimore awaiting the curtain call
The historic locomotive was sent to
Baltimore by the courtesy of the New
York Central Lines to take part in an
elaborate pageant, major feature of
the coming railroad exposition, which
will show in detail the chief phases in
the development of inland transporta-
ton in this country, from the crude
slow vehicles used by the American
Indians to the swift efficient steel
giants of the modern railroad.
The Dewitt Clinton train was one
of the first to carry passengers in the
New World-the third locomotive
built in the United States for actual
service.
1t was in 1881, at time when the
iron horse was a gawky, putting pre-
posterous affair, that this old engine
successfully wheezed its way over the
seventeen miles between Schenectady
and Albany, amazing those who wit
messed this new spectacular triumph
of mans ingenuity. 1t was the central
feature in the centennial exposition of
the New York Central Railroad last
year.
The old-timer is but a short step
removed from the once-popular post
coach which used to rattle over the
national turnpike on fixed schedules.
1t was planned by John B. Jervis, chief
engineer of the Mohawk and Hudson
Railroad, and was built by Dave Mat
thew, who was also its first engineer.
The Dewitt Clinton, with its long
up-turned nose of smoke-stack
sticking high in the air, large queer
looking wheels, and quaint set of re-
modelled stage coach carriages, forms
a striking contrast when compared
with a modern locomotive and train.
It's maximum speed is fifteen miles an
hour, which in it's day was considered
breathtaking. It's weight is 10000
pounds, or less than the weight of one
pair of wheels of the largest present
day type of engine. Its stumpy, old
fashioned, ungainly appearance sets
off in vivid way the long graceful
lines that spell speed and power in the
locomotive of today.
If preliminary tests are successful
this time-honored locomotive will run
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Baltimore next month.
Exhibit To Be Open To Public
The Centenary Exhibition and Pag-
cant will be a public affair, to which
everybody is cordially invited. There
will be no admission charge of any
kind or special invitation required.
The President, Director and officers
of the Company extend hearty gen.
eral invitation to everyone.
The exposition will be open from 10
o'clock in the morning until six
o'clock in the evening. The Pageant
will be held in the afternoon. There
will be a grandstand for viewing this
feature, seating twelve thousand, in
addition to ample standing room on
the lawn nearby the route of the