. Railway master mechanic . uding passengers; this sketch was deposited in theConnecticut Historical Society, and about fifteenyears ago was published, and is known as the How-ard drawing. The outline of the DeWitt Clinton inthis picture is good and also those of the cars, butthere have been added to the published picture twomisstatements which should be c/irrected for his-torys sake. The first error is in the name of the en-gine, there given as the John Bull. It should bestated here that the engine John Bull did not re-semble the DeWitt Clinton. The John Bull was aheavier engine, and had been
. Railway master mechanic . uding passengers; this sketch was deposited in theConnecticut Historical Society, and about fifteenyears ago was published, and is known as the How-ard drawing. The outline of the DeWitt Clinton inthis picture is good and also those of the cars, butthere have been added to the published picture twomisstatements which should be c/irrected for his-torys sake. The first error is in the name of the en-gine, there given as the John Bull. It should bestated here that the engine John Bull did not re-semble the DeWitt Clinton. The John Bull was aheavier engine, and had been selected to make therun to Schenectady, but not arriving from Europe intime, the DeWitt Clinton was sent to Albany and didpull the first passenger train, as above stated. The second error is the statement that the engi-neer that pulled this first train was John Hampson,an Englishman. The name of the engineer wasDavid Matthews, a man still alive, and somewherenear 90 years old. DEWITT GLINTON ^^.^^VOCOVc^,^- IbS:. ■^»^^>.L^^-^- .^..^^■^ . ^^ ! taken down and ithis The first Strong engine built by the Lehigh Valley Rail-road Company had a different main rod, and one muchsuperior in everyway: in fact, it is the best the writerever saw. It would have been well worth showing up inyour paper. I could never quite understand why Strongdid not continue its use in his lat«r engines, unless the arrived at by him was that it was on account of thedesign of main rod that the P. R. R. engine which runagainst the Strong, caused the former to burn so much lessfuel than his own. If that was the reason one cannot blamehim from copying that rod. for there are very few whowould not use anybodys type of main rod that would save35 percent, of fuel. There is not mucn more than thatsaved by a compound locomotive. Now, Mr. Editor, your readers are always willing to seea reasonable amount of free advertising of the numerousmonstrosities^ that are coming before the railway
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