. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d pity you if you had to referto me as Mr. Carnegie. PIONEER DAYS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA. Well, now, just think of it. Im in theprime of youth (laughter), and yet when I entered the service of the PennsylvaniaRailroad it was not completed to Pitts-burgh. I have seen the first telegraph linestretched to Pittsburgh, and wondered howthe messages got through the little insu-lators on the poles. I have seen the firstlocomotive brought by canal to have delivered messages (and so hasBob, a
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d pity you if you had to referto me as Mr. Carnegie. PIONEER DAYS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA. Well, now, just think of it. Im in theprime of youth (laughter), and yet when I entered the service of the PennsylvaniaRailroad it was not completed to Pitts-burgh. I have seen the first telegraph linestretched to Pittsburgh, and wondered howthe messages got through the little insu-lators on the poles. I have seen the firstlocomotive brought by canal to have delivered messages (and so hasBob, and I guess Jim, too) to the firstwhite man born west of the Ohio River—General William Robinson, of Allegheny—and I am young yet and going to see agreat deal more, I hope, before I die. The Pennsylvania Railroad was not com-pleted then. By means of some miles ofstaging between two points, and a climbover the mountains by means of ten in-clined planes, the passenger was enabledto reach Philadelphia by rail. The rails onthe mountain were iron, 14-foot lengths,imported from England, lying on huge. ■ij^ *,^-<^**-# i/iL^^ J^ ^^ /^—-tJ&CJl^^ ~~^ u hewn blocks of stone, although the linepassed through woods and ties would havecost little. The company had no telegrapliline and was dependent upon the use ofthe Western Union wire. Mr. Scott, thesuperintendent, the celebrated Thomas who was afterward president, oftencame to the telegraph office in Pittsburghto talk to his superior in Altoona, the gen-eral superintendent. I was then a youngoperator and made his acquaintance bydoing this telegraphing for him. OLD-TIME SALARIES. I was receiving the enormous salary of$25 per month then, and he offered me$35 to become his secretary and telegraph-er, which meant fortune. Let me con-gratulate you upon the great advance inyour own wages and salaries since Scott received $125 a month—$1,500 a year, and my wonder was what a mancould do with that amount of money.(Laught
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