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99.
PIONEER ENGINE TO BE REBUILT
Famous Old "No. 1" of the St. Paul & Pacific, the First Locomotive Ever Seen
in Minnesota, Stands in the Great Northern Shop Yards, a Silent Reminder of
a Past Era —A Red River Cart Keeps Company to Its Once Dreaded Rival.
"A locomotive is, next to a marine
engine, the most sensitive thing man
«ver made," says Mr. Kipling. If the
biographer of .007 is right, then No. 1.
of the Great Northern road, origin
ally the William Croks,- must suf
fer great anguish of spirit. For, on a
short spur track in the yard of the
Great Northern shops stands, friend-
Jess and alone, the first engine that
the state of Minnesota ever saw.
Standing as it does on the outskirts of
the yard, the busy life of the shops is
carried on right under its very nose.
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The First Locomotive Brought Into St. Paul, Which is to Be Rebuilt.
Big engines, in for repairs, swish by
Insolently without so much as a glance
at the derelict. Freshly painted Pull
mans, who wouldn't dare become fa
miliar with the iron steeds which haul
them out, glide -haughtily by decrepit
No. 1. Greatest humiliation of all, a
once despised rival, an old Red river
cart, lounges against a great pile c?
scrap iron not.hajf a block away from
No. 1 and gloats over her downfall.
And the fact that No. 1 is coaled adds
to the irony of the situation. For her
headlight is covered with grime, her
wheels are rusty and dust-clogged, her
fire box is almost entirely burnt out.
No grimy face looks out of the cab
window, no blackened hand rests on
the disused throttle. Whatever of life
she sees comes to her. The bit of
track only a few yards in length meas
ures the extent of her journeying.
Red River Cart for Company.
The yard of the repair shop of a
great railroad is not exactly the place
to look for sentiment, but the fact that
No. 1 has not been sold for scrap iron
and the fact that the old Red river cart
is. allowed standing room In the yard
proves that the new cannot altogether
crowd out the old, that respect for the
latter ljngers long after its usefulness
'has passed away. Both the Red river
) cart and Engine No. 1 have had stir
ring histories of their own. Both are
v Intimately connected with the history
of Minnesota and mark two steps in
her progression. The 318,000-poun3er
that comes panting into the shops for
repairs is the third step, for it repre
sents the highest degree of efficiency
that an engine: can attain today and a
very big and imposing creature it
seems beside No. 1, who tips the scales
at exactly 55,400 pounds.
There are many people in St. Paul
today, and not very old people, either,
•who can recall distinctly the loud, grat
ing noise made by a procession of the
Red river carts as they approached the
town which was their destination after
a long journey from the West. And an
Inspection of the cart in the yard of the
Great Northern shops will account for
the unpleasant noise a number of those
carts made. For the queer vehicle is
made entirely of wood, even to the
bolts. In appearance it resembles
nothing so much as the tumbrels which
the French revolution made famous
and which made so many fatal jour
neys from the prisons to the guillotine.
Once Familiar Vehicle.
From the time that traders pene
trated the valley of the Red River of
the North until the railroads put them
out of business, the Red river carts
and the prairie schooners were familiar
vehicles to Western settlers. Some
times as many as seventy of these
carts made the journey together. Each
cart was drawn by a wiry little Indian
pony, and each was capable of carry
ing 900 pounds.
Three or four horsemen .usually ac
companied this picturezqn'e caravan,
riding up and down the line, switching
a lazy pony into a faster pace or re
straining a too fiery one. The caravan
traveled at the rate of ten miles a day;
and the nights were spent in camp on
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Original Vehicle, Drawn by an Ox, in Which Freight Was Transported Out of St. Paul.
the open prairies. The carts brought
furs to St. Paul, and rode back into the
West loaded with provisions, articles
of furniture and dress stuffs, anything,
in fact, which was needed by the West
ern settlers or for trading with the In
dians. The fact that these carts were
nearly always driven by Indians or
half-breeds is doubtless one reason
why they were safe from attacks by
Indians. At any rate they met with
none of the «xciting and sometimes
fatal adventures that fell to the lot of
the prairie schooner. Perhaps another
THE WILLIAM CROOKS.
reason for this was that the schooners I
were, as--a Tule, better worth plunder- I
ing, for the big^er^-^r^ders employed
these Velifclesfor transporting their
fars. AJ ,-■- : :^ .'::'.;:'
No. 1 Appears.
Doubtless on that July day in 1862,
when a long line of those carts which
had just come lumbering into St. Paul
caught a glimpse of Engine No. 1 puf
fing- sauejlj^«n the-track near, the foot
of Third^j£eet,^^hjej; ( realized that their
day was nearly over. But the carts did
not disappear I'afdhCe 1." As the St. Paul
& Pacific railroad pushed its way to
ward the coast, the carts,* driven by
half-breeds! fn^tnf'e'm'ploy" of the Hud
con Bay company, came down from the
North to meet the railroad and to send
its cargd?>r furs' 'Batffc -. with" 'the train
to the Eastern terminus; Fort V Gary
now Winnipeg, was a more important
and more picturesque center I for this
old style* method of traveling than St.
Paul. The ia' made" long- journeys
between this- fort and Fort Edmonton
in the interest of the'Hudson.Bay com
pany. The journey one way consumed
three _. mouths^ -which-- made the round
trip half a year. Those . carts-carried
passen^ets as we'll as goods. Misssion
ary, .pEJests, sometimes fine \ ladies who
had come out to the,.nevv 1 world with
adventurous - husbands, hardy fron
tiprsTT^Tj flT)<^Jh^,t,ta/tprs. form a mot
ley crowd that risked together the long
and tiresome joln-ney: The ; pictur
esqueness .and-the comfortable are sel
dom, identical, .and ', doubtless ; those
travelers of earlier days often failed to
appreciate -the--attractiveness from " a
picturesque pqint of: view, of this meth
od of travel. Sometimes sleek oxen re
placed -'the litaiart ponies, and : when
these were hltche'd in front of the cart
a curious sight was presented, for the
size of the' cart was t out of : all : propor
tion to the size .of the animal which
drew it. I Scrub oak,- which was to be
had fin abundance,, provided the wood
for the carts. , •■. ii-. ;
':~- No. I's First Trip. -
But while the carts were still jour
neying in the great Northwest through
primeval . forest, .. brains | and I industry
were hastening to perfection , that
which was to deprive the Red river
cart forever of ■ its usefulness. When
on that July day in 1862 No. 1 started
proudly off with a few coaches to make
the first trip over the St. Paul & Pa
cific road, she did not ; face a • long
journey. 'In fact her terminus .was
just this side of the.state university,
although no . university was standing
there then; : But the fact that . she had
to go only eight or nine miles did not
lessen the pride the little engine felt
in the task that lay before her. W. C.
Gardner, the engineer,' who stood- in the
little cab, pulled the throttle, and No.
1 started. , The , conductor's J name -t was
Rice, and since there were no railroad
tickets in Vthose early days, Mr. s Rice
collected money instead. ; It did. not
seem possible: then for a conductor to
collect fares when ' the ! train was going
at full speed,. so the engineer had . in
structions to ; slacken ■ speed ;. until the
conductor had finished his task. v
Had Few Accidents.
In the first year of her life No. 1 was
FIRST HORSELESS CARRIAGE,
THE ST. PATOf GLO.BJS, SUNDAY AUGUST 16, 1903.
fortunate, for she met with no accident
worthy the name. But on July 4, 1863,
there occurred that which must have
unsteadied her nerve and robbed her
of some of her pride. She had start
ed on her trip west shortly before 7
o'clock one morning, and was nearing
the spot where the present Como sta
tion of the Great Northern stands
when a truckman attempted to drive
his cart across the track. He was on
the track before the engineer could
see him, and No. 1 crashed into the
wagon, killing the man, injuring his
No. 8. FIRST DIVISION No. 8.
SfIINT PfIUL fIND F|6lf 16 R. R.
TIME CARD.
For Employes on ly.
INTO EFFECT MONDAY, SEPT. ; 30, 1867.
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v :; " -•;;,; Branch LinCTrains.; : :^*M
5 , GOING U/E3T. ••':-" *. ':*"'-■ : GOING r EfIST; <■;.-..-V?^
STATIONS A.M. P.M. V-'' \ "STAtIdNS *" fM A.M. ] P.M.'
De. ST. PAUL, ....;...' 8:00 2:00 Re.'' S.AUK RAPIDS,,.... 7:30 1:30
Ar. ST. ANTHT JUNCT. 8:30 2:35 An ST. CL0UD,.. ■..<,.+..'. 7:35 1:35
" MAN0M1N.V....... v. 8:55 2:55{ " CLEAR LAKE^..: . 8:15 2:15
" ANOKA ..........— 9:30 3:30 if BIG LAKE,V.v..i.-... 8:55 2:55
" ITASCA .';....:... 10:00 4:00 \ " ELK RIVER,... .... 9:35 3:35 »*
" ELK RIVER :..'.l; 10:20 4:20 TTASCA .'.. 1.; v...... 10:00 4:00 "
"BIG LAKE,-....;■..".. 11:00 5:00 )r "ANOKA;. .;;;....*:.:. 10:30 4:3o°°
:", CLEAR LAKE :•;;;'.•. 11:40 5:40 " MANOMIN ..:.:..-. 11:05 5:0$::,
ST. CLOUD. .-;..... 12:15 6:15:* ~'* 'St.' ANTH'Y JUNCT. 11:25 5:25 '
" SAUK RAPIDS 12:30 &30. „V,, STi. PAUL ..:....... 12:00 6:00'
Trains No. I and 2 meet at Itasca Side Track at
IO:CO A. M. and 4 P. M. >
TRAINS GOING SOUTH f &KJTHE SIDE TRACK. . ..
Main Litre Trains. :• ■ ;^j
. ■: : LEAVE,".^:::'!! ■'' .' -' .. t „;, .' „y . -..;. ARRIVE, ■;';;,; „(^.\
MINNEAPOLIS v.;.: 8:15 A. M. -ST. PAUL .. ...vir.'.... 9:00 A. W:
ST. ANTH'Y JUNCTION.. 8:30 "i ST. ANTHONY.. 10:40 '": •'"
ST. PAUL,........:..... 10:00 " ■ ! MINNEAPOLIS.... .A... 10:55 ". ;i^
MINNEAPOLIS.. ..... ... 11:05 " !' ':WA"-Y2ETTAV...'V?:V.' 1(.... 11:50 " . "
LWAYZETTAf;:.....-.;: 1:45 P. M. MINNEAPOLIS .V,-j>.,. 2:30 P. M.
MINNEAPOLIS....' 2:45 " ST. PAUL „.... £. :,<, ... 3:30 Vts-d
ST. ANTHONY 2:55 " ' ST. ANTHO'Y JUNCTION 5:30 /".s:^
ST. PAUL ........... 5:00 " : ST. ANTHONY.. ..X... 5:40 " -f- 1
■ - ' MINNEAPOLIS..J., ;;... 5:50 '•';;.
, - ■ - . :• -.• '
lA/etlt 3O Minutes for Delayed grains.
. j
Irregular Working and Freight Trains will run on both linss; and keep out of the
way of all Regular Trains. : - ■ .<.,*.; ■'--■ . **'■ n V * . -'v
The Working Train on Branch Lins will not move East of Sit, Anthony Junction ;
; before 4:00 P. M., unless flagged by the Reeular Main Line Train°going East. '
. Trains losing over 15 minutes will not attempt to make up the lost time at a -
greater rats than 10 minutes per hour, and that whsre the road is clear ot Pile :
; Culverts and Bridges. . :: "■' _ . T^T^T^ ''■"--' ':'-■ ■".. >'>: ■'■"' .;-^";
look: out sia/itqhes. v
Slow speed to 8 miles an hour over Saint Paul Trestle Work, Rice Creek, Coon '
Ciesk, Rum River and Elk River Bridges. '.^^* •_ . ...I*'.;
No Engines allowed on the road except on order of the Superintendent or Master
Mechanic. "'1 "; - •- ;.-;■ :iA
Irregular Trains slow on curves, and look out for Section men. < . -. - :■■■''- ■'...
In case of doubt follow the safe course. .-, ' -„ ■-';■ % . '■.-■'■'■_
(OTI8) F. X DELANO, Supt.
son and destroying "Jne cart. J*°' f
record, so far accidents are con
cerned, has been very g°od' f l° p>n for
less that first fatality has not been ror
gotten. The road tlat was calied at
•first the St. Paul & plciflc later chang
edits name and that Is why tneJ*f %V
'ft. P., M. & M.," which means St
Minneapolis & " Manitoba, are
written on th e tender under her name.
As the road began to grow and en
gines multiplied, little No. 1 began io
find--herself pushW' to the wall, or,
rather, off the tr^fck,* One night xvnen
the roundhouse was burned she was
caught in the flames,-and while an en
gine cannot burn, so much of JNO. i
was harmed by the 'fire that she was
almost entirely rebuilt. The fact that
6he was now more modern restored ncr
usefulness, but it,wasn't long before
No. 1 was sent to the coast for ny
draulic work. Thjs was a crushing
blow, and from that time on No. 1 was
doomed, so far as active service on
the road was concerned. She had been
sent to the repair shops many times
for repairs, but finally she drifted in
there- one day never to come back.
,» u a ■!■ Now Sees Strange Sights.
She does not lack for entertainment, for
aft'"sorts and conditions of engines and
trains are switched into the yards of the
'G?eat Northern repair shops. Whenever
there is a wreck on the road the wreck
ing train brings the disabled cars and en
gines here, where they are thoroughly
overhauled. If No. 1 has any,spiteful feel
ings concealed away in her fire box, it
probably gives her some satisfaction to
see the engines that puffed out proudly
hi' thorough repair come back disabled and
ailing. But it is not wrecks alone that
No. 1 witnesses from her vantage point
at the north end of the yard. She can see
cars and engines built from the wheels
up, old fashioned engines remodeled, cars
made to look up to date by fresh paint
and varnish. And then she can see en
gines over "which no sentiment has been
wasted sold for scrap iron or, if the en
gine is still capable of work, sold to firms
whose business it is to supply lumber
firms with engines for their logging
roads.
The old Red river cart has had many
outings since it took up quarters in the
yard of the Great Noi-^hern shops. It ha»
made a number of trips to the state fair,
and in the celebration of the completion of
the Great Northern road to the coast in
1893 it took part in the procession, but
since No. 1 was .pronounced unfit for
further service she nas : never left the yard..
It is not improbable^ liowever, that a day
of triumph is comtrtg for No. 1. It is un
derstood that the engine is to he restored
so' that it will look exactly like the en
gine that started out from St. Paul on its
first trip in 1562. , Just what will be
done with it when this is accomplished is
not known, but there is no doubt that the
engine will then have suitable quarters.
In spite of the fact that No. 1 is so small
that it would easily ftt in the cab room
of one of the modern engines, it is alto
gether too unwieldly-an object for the
State Historical society. In fact, were it
presented to the laiter the society migh
feel that it had a white elephant on ita
hands. But Minnesota's first steam en
gine has historical Interest, and whatever
its home hereafter this fact should not
be lost sight of.
TRAIN MAKES FASTEST TIME.
New Long-Distance Record Between
• . London and Cornwall.
On. July 14 the train which carried
the Prince and Princess of Wales from
.London to Cornwall over the Great
Western railway established, so it is,
Maimed, a new record for long-distance
speed. The first portion of the run
was- from Paddington station to Plym
outh, a distance of 246 miles. This was*
negotiated in three hours fifty-three and
_'Jir.ej£=fluarter minutes, which was
about thirty-seven minutes less than
> *ttre fast schedule which the engineer
had 1 been asked to make. The tra£n,
"consisted of five heavy eight-wheeled
coaches, and the entire run was made
lay a single locomotive, which averaged
fot*he entire distance just about six
ty-three miles an hour. During por-
Aioijf *>t the run, However, a higher av
erage speed than this'was maintained.
For instance, the:'first 100 miles were
covered in eighty-stf* and a quarter
minutes, a speed- of over sixty-nine
. miles.an hour from the start. A single
mile was covered"^ irfi forty-eight sec
onds,, or at the *ate o f seventy-flve
miles an hour, an<s Ot*er 135 miles were
■covered in the Stet'-two hours. Ac
cording to those who were on the train,
which is estimated j£6 have had a
weight of about 330 tons behind the
tender, the traveling throughout was
Jieautifully smooth a#d easy, and even
a little better tirfre^could have been
<naade>had there ntft t^een a slowing tip 1
on the curves for the^sake of the con)
fort of the royal passengers. This rec
ord altogether surpasses anything ac
complished in the United States, for
here fe a run quite a little longer than
that from Boston to New York covered
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in more than an hour less than the
fastest time made by the two limited
trains running between our city and
New York.—Boston Herald.
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AUTO FOR THE FARMER.
Machine Can Plow Double Furrow
Faster Than Four Horses.
There has been an automobile de
vised which meets the approval of the A
farmer. It Is an agricultural motor
car driven by a strong, single-cylinder
engine of about twelve*-horse-power
(actual), and can be used efficiently
for many of the purposes of the farm
er -where power and tractive force are
•*«*Hiired. It will haul a double furrow
plow twice as fast as four horses, and,
the horses," does not give out
from fatigue at the end of five or six
hours. It can be used for hauling
heavy loads along the highway or to
drive a threshing machine, and Is, In
short, a complete combination of porta
ble and traction engine.
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DOG IN TRAINING.
How the Boys Broke Little Pete, the
Firenr>ejp?s Pet.
The small fat dog was making heavy
weather of it witfiftis tongue out, but
determined in his pursuit of the three
small boys in the home-made cart in
which they were coasting down One
Hundred and Sixth street, from Colum
bus avenue to Central Park West.
After they had dragged the wagon up
and coasted down six or eight times,
the dog was apparently on the point of
expiring. The last time the boys coast
ed' down the dog rebelled, stopping
half-way down the hill. The boys wait
ed "at the foot of the incline and
whistled for the little fat dog, but he
refused to budge. While these diplo
matic negotiations were in progress,
and just as the grimiest of the three
urchins had picked- up a stone to send
!as " an , ultimatum, Lady Benevolent
came over the hill on her way to Cen
tral Park: She had a kindly, beaming,
meddling eye, and she aligned herself
with the oppressed against the three
allies. : ■-■'
"What are you little, boys, doing to
this poor doggie?" she asked.
"A-h-g'wn; - he's mine," was the re
sponse. "Can't a feller train his own
dog? He's Little Pete,"the firemen's
pride, and we're learning him to run wid
de truck." '■-'-' '." J fc'u "'*■}'' ..."".'
: ; "Oh!" said the lady uncomprehend
ingly and passed on. The next trip
down the hill the firemen's pride. sat*i
on " the : front seat with the steersman,
barking hoarse satisfaction. — New
York Press. . ;■■:-.. ; . ■
RAISING ALLIGATORS, n
One Breeder Has ' Farms in Arkansas
..:_. and Florida. ■" •'' - ■
The departure from New Orleans to
day of two cages of - small live alliga
tors .to Hot : Springs, Ark., disclosed
the existence at that place of "a; alli
gator ranch "for: the purpose "of raising .
alligators for ; the ,- market, and that
another • alligator ranch, owned by the
same : breeder, is in• operation :in Flor
ida.
,:; <i The r hunting;; of alligators ' has al
most 1 exterminated them m Louisiana
and Florida, and it is evident that ', in a
few years the wild alligator ? will be ex
tinct- In view lof f; this and the great
demand - for alligators : for zoological
■departments,* an effort is being made to.
raise them by ;hand.'rf:; v • "-v r -'.:•■ - >
.1^ A - considerable part of. this v year's
hatchings, instead of being mounted,
is v being i gent -to : the Arkansas * and
Florida ranches, and raised for th»
market.
It is slow progress, but it is thought
that the alligator will become so much
more valuable when the wild ones ara
killed off that it will pay to raise them.
—New York Sun.
Returned at Once.
Merchant —Did you deliver my message
to Mr. Smith?
Boy—No, sir; he was out, and the offlc<
was locked up.
Merchant—Well, why didn't you wait
for him. as I toll you?
Boy—There was a notice on the door
saying. "Return at once," so I came back
as quick as I could."
RIPAVS
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Mllausneßa and the many ailment* »rt»ln« from a
tlsordered stomach, llrer or bowtlili RlpansTao.
3«.™They have accomplished wonder*, and thel*
thneJy aid remove th« neceMlty of calllnt» phv«l-
many IHtU lUs that bMet mankind. Th«»
KOitraiaht to the teat of the trouble, relleTe the dlf.
cleanae the affected parti, and give the system
•general toning up. The fl»e c.-nt packet la enough
lor an ordinary occasion. The faintly bottle. M cent^
a ■uodlt for » y»ar. All Oxugglata t»U Hum