English: Identifier: locomotiveengine10hill

Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock Year: 1892 (1890s) Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 Subjects: Railroads Locomotives Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill [etc.] Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing After Image: old sober sides, and he, too, joined in thefun. In half an hour every soldier had gone,and nothing but the huge pile of smokingembers, casting their weird light againstthe sky, was left to speak of their visit.Such is one experience from a cavalryraid. Richmond, Va. PIONEER IRISH EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE. in the press and laws are aimed at him inthe legislature; and if he fails to satisfyhis employes he wishes that he had neverbeen born. Now, on the prongs of thattrident he goes through his career, seek-ing to maintain an equable disposition, toretain the constitutional amiability of hischaracter, and to be able to express him-self on all occasions m such language as wide open for any man in the service ofthe company, no matter how humble, andlet him take precedence of all other busi-ness. When I adopted that rule, mybrother railroad presidents who had beenlonger in the service all over the countrysaid. You are going to ruin the service,and overwhelm us with complaints ofeverv kind: we will

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