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158 HISTOET OF THE FIEST LOCOMOTIVES IN AMERICA. "William H. Beown, Esq.— " Dear Sie : "Office of J. M. Eason & Brothee, MANnFACimiEES op " Sieam-Engines, Boilers, and Machinekt. " Charleston, S. C, September 24, 1869. I enclose you a note from old Mr. Darrell, and also a photograph of him which I prevailed upon him'to have taken for you. " If of any interest to you, I could send you a photograph of Thomas Dotterer, who, in early railroad days, built the ' Native,' the first locomotive ever built with outside connections and straight axles. After the explosion of the ' Best Friend,' he changed her to straight axles and made iron wheels. Mr. Dotterer was con- sidered one of the best natural mechanics of his day. J. D. Petsch, N. W. Darrell, Henry Raworth, John Eason, etc., were the early locomotive-engineers here, and were all apprentices of his. Every master-machinist in charge of the South Carolina Railroad ma- chinery and shops, up to this day, was his apprentice. " I remember the first trip of the ' Native.' She had been started out to run up the road, and I well remember the great prejudice which Mr. Dotterer had to encounter against his plan of outside connections, which was then urged to this effect : that the power, being applied to the end of the axle, would rack the road to pieces and the engine too ; that the thing (not calling it an engine) would not do, etc. But, nothing daunted, he made the engine and sent it out. Evening came, and the locomotive, probably the second ever run on the road, certainly the first after the ' West Point,' did not arrive with the train. Great uneasiness was manifested by the officers of the company, for in those days everybody interested attended at the arrival of a locomotive. Finally night came on ; neither the regular train nor the little ' Native ' (for she only weighed about four tons) was in sight, and the murmurlngs could be heard in knots of persons and officials, that the damned thing had broken the road, or blown up, or some other casualty had happened to her, and prevented the arrival of the other locomotive and train. " Now, my dear sii-, imagine Mr. Dotterer's feelings ; but behold him, the man of genius, standing amid the bickerings of men, almost fearing that his little engine was the cause of the delay, when a voice cried out, ' She's coming ! ' and the sparks from the smoke-pipe were observed (for in those days spark-arresters were not perfected). Then a general rush to hear the news, to see what Digitized by Microsoft®
SECOND' AMEEIC4;N locomotive. 159 caused the detention, and learn the fate of the poor home-made ' Native,' -when lo ! a cry from a faithful friend of Mr. Dotterer, ' Why, 'tis the Native pulling locomotive and train ! ' Then look at Thomas Dotterer, -with a heart full, with tear-drops in his eyes, as the smile of successful championship and confidence in his work played upon his countenance. I stood beside him at that moment, and shared with him in his pride. If I had the time and the abil- ity, I could gather many interesting facts of early railroad times here in our old city, for I can remember many things. But I only intended to enclose to you Mr. Darrell's letter and his photograph, and trust you will excuse me for thus intruding on your valuable time. Very respectfully, yours, etc., "James M. Eason." CHAPTEE XXX. SEOOKD AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE. The second locomotive for the South Carolina Eail- road, and also the second tuilt in this country, arrived at Charleston by the ship Lafayette on Monday, February 28, 1831, This engine was ordered from the "West Point Foundery, and constructed from plans sent by Horatio Allen, Esq., the chief engineer of the road. Qf this locomotive, Mr. David Matthev?", after describ- ing in his letter to the author, in 1859, the " Stourbridge Lion " and the " Best Friend " locomotives, thus con- tinues : "American locomotive number two was called the 'West Point.' This engine was contracted for by Horatio Allen, and was commenced by me, David Matthew, in the fall of 1830, and com- pleted and shipped to the Charleston and Hamburg Railroad about the middle of February, 1831. This locomotive had the same size of engine, frame, wheels, and crahks, as the ' Best Friend,' but had Digitized by Microsoft®
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