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THE STORY OE ERIE 99
was making the reputation which has made it a the crooked Delaware Division it was not the fault
center of that industry for almost the entire world. of the engine. He made his runs on time easier
Rogers and Swinburne were rivals in the business, with "71 " than he had ever done with previous
and both had turned out engines for the Eric. locomotives, and had run her but two weeks when
Among the engineers running on the road were the great event of both his and Swinburne's lives
Joshua R. Martin and Gad Lyman. The former occurred.
ran from Fort Jervis to Susquehanna, the latter from After Gad Lyman had abandoned No. 71 as useless,
Piermont to Port Jervis. Martin had been running he was given an engine of the Rogers make—No. 100.
a locomotive from the Rogers shop named " Onei- In Ma}-, 1S51, Lyman was notified that he was to
da," which he called the "One Idea," because he run the excursion train from Piermont with his
said it only seemed to have one idea, and that was locomotive, and he was a proud man when he pulled
that it couldn't do the work he wanted it to clo. In open its throttle and started on that historic day.
December, 1850, Swinburne delivered to the Com- Put before he had gone many miles Engineer Lyman
pan}- a locomotive known as No. 71. Engineer saw, much to his dismay and chagrin, that his engine
Martin set his heart on the engine, because he was with difficult}- hauling the train, and that he
believed it was a good one, and for the further reason could not make time. Before he reached Suffern
that he was afiim friend of Swinburne's, and wanted the engine was " stuck," and the one on the rear
to give the locomotive the best possible test for the train was called to its aid, as noted above. This
benefit of the builder. The locomotive, however engine was the Steuben, or No. 6, Onderdonk Aleritt
was assigned to Gad Lyman, who was a strong advo- ' engineer, James Gillin fireman. The train reached
cate of the Rogers locomotives. Lyman ran the en- Goshen in this way, much behind time.
gine for some time, but complained constant!}- that At Chester, N. Y., where the Newburgh Branch
its construction was such that he could not make his then had its terminus, a number of guests from
time with it. As he failed so frequently in making Newburgh had joined the party. The}' added a
his time, the locomotive was condemned. When splendid banner to the collection of such offerings
Martin heard of this he made application to Master already aboard the excursion train. On one side
Mechanic John Brandt, who in those days ruled in of it was a view of Newburgh Bay, looking toward
all such matters, to have charge of " 71." The West Point, with a train of cars in the foreground
Master Mechanic said that the machine wasn't worth on the right, taken from the south end of the village
bothering with for regular business, and he assigned near the point where the branch railroad entered,
it to duty on the gravel train. The failure of the enclosed in a medallion or shield, surmounted by an
engine was a severe blow to Swinburne, who had eagle holding in its beak a scroll, with the names of
exercised his best skill and knowledge in the science the President and Vice-President of the Company
of locomotive construction to turn out a perfect and the names of the other Directors tastefully
machine. Martin did not lose faith in the engine's displayed on the leaves and scrolls which formed the
qualities and capacity, however, and continued so border of the shield. Over it was the motto : "This
persistently to solicit Master Mechanic Brandt for its peaceful victory more glorious in its triumph than
charge that the latter, who was very emphatic in the Austerlitz or Waterloo." And underneath : " Ncighuse
of language, told the engineer to " take the bors to-day, strangers yesterday. Newburgh, Dundamned
old thing and go to hell with it." At kirk." On the reverse was a faithful representation
Martin's request, Swinburne took the locomotive to of Washington's Headquarters, over which was the
his shop for the purpose of remedying whatever defect motto: " This clay wanting, the world had not seen
he had made in its construction, but a careful exami- the extent of human greatness." The banner was
nation of the parts failed to reveal anything wrong, painted by a Newburgh artist named Charles XV.
Martin then assumed control of the throttle on Tice.
" 71,-" and if he was ever late in making his time on At Goshen ex-Governor W. II. Seward, who had