. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . quali-ifies of those hauling our train were notof the best, and with the had track, which cribbing some feet above the ground. Inraising the building much of the windowglass had been broken and numerouscracks were well developed in the waiting room, in dimension perhaps30 by 40 feet, had a large cylindrical stovein the center, round which the passen-gers, men, women and children, stood ina circle, and while they toasted on oneside the other was exposed to the chillingblasts which ca
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . quali-ifies of those hauling our train were notof the best, and with the had track, which cribbing some feet above the ground. Inraising the building much of the windowglass had been broken and numerouscracks were well developed in the waiting room, in dimension perhaps30 by 40 feet, had a large cylindrical stovein the center, round which the passen-gers, men, women and children, stood ina circle, and while they toasted on oneside the other was exposed to the chillingblasts which came from the lake andfreely floated through the numerous aper- tion, in most instances, stood on theirpresent locations. The railroad shops,round houses, passenger and freight yardswere in what is now the business districtand all street and railway crossings wereat grade. With boyish ardor two days were spentin Chicago visiting the various depots,shops and roundhouses, bent on seeingeverything having to do with of the sights were new to me, forwithin the prescribed limits of Northern. .N i_\\ N I iKK ]■• K FAI.: ir UNDER THE HUDSON. P. R R. tures in the building. .\t 4:30 the follow-ing morning the train was again put incommission and an eight hours ride tookus to Port Sarnia. Here we were ferriedacross the river and our trunks again sub-jected to the tender mercies of the customhouse officers. Reaching the Michiganside of the river a train was boarded furDetroit Junction, 6j miles, where in theevening \\c transferred to a MichiganCentral train for Chicago. Another night New England but few locomotives builtoutside of that bailiwick were in service,while here, in almost endless variety itseemed, were to be seen the Rogers,Ketchum & Grosvenors, Danforth &Cooke, New Jersey Locomotive & Ma-chine Co., Baldwins, Richard Norris &Son, .Schenectady (known as Dutchwagons), Amoskcag, Detroit, Cuyahogaand other builds, the shops in which manyof these locomf>
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