. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . wants of the community in thisnew direction. It was with this thought that the Baldwinworks were started, in 1832. Many manufactories in GreatBritain, among others Stephenson it Company; Fenton, Mur-ray & Company; E. Bury k Company; Galloway & Company;Sharp, Koberts & Company; Tayleur & Company; and Forrestertfc Company, destined to exert a most marked influence on theconstruction and value of the locomotive, had already beenstarted. EVOLUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE. 33 as late as 1863. It is noted of the Comet, builtat this time, that its smoke-s
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . wants of the community in thisnew direction. It was with this thought that the Baldwinworks were started, in 1832. Many manufactories in GreatBritain, among others Stephenson it Company; Fenton, Mur-ray & Company; E. Bury k Company; Galloway & Company;Sharp, Koberts & Company; Tayleur & Company; and Forrestertfc Company, destined to exert a most marked influence on theconstruction and value of the locomotive, had already beenstarted. EVOLUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE. 33 as late as 1863. It is noted of the Comet, builtat this time, that its smoke-stack was thirteenfeet in height. It was about this time in railwayconstruction that there sprung up the question ofthe relative value of four and six-wheeled advocates of each claimed superior qualitiesfor tlieir machine. For many years those whoadvocated the four-wheeled disputed the useful-ness of the other, but ultimately the great valueof the six-wheeled locomotive for particular useswas demonstrated beyond Train on Charleston & Hamburgh Railroad, South Carolina. The locomo-tive was called Best Friend. It was built in 183(), and soon after explodedthrough neglect of the fireman. When re-built it was called the Phoenix. If the public were slow to appreciate the valueof the locomotive for commercial purposes priorto the opening of the Liverpool & Manchesterrailway, it w^as fitfully alive after that , from ])eing coldly indifferent it becameover zealous; from being loth to invest at all, itbecame insanely anxious to place its money atany risk. It thus came a]}out that promotershad no difficulty in finding means to further theirenterprises, no matter how wild or visionarythey were. Little attention was given to the 3^ Vol. I 34 RAIL^yA Y EQUIPMENT. probable dividend-paying capacity of the ven-ture, but everything offered was quickly result was as might have been expected, agreat financial crash, which for the moment par-alyzed ve
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