Show The Father of Railways e His Lifes Lesson Young Men liK ti Leer ridge al tu > caitttnr rtnl SMUtSlfMII orornollpeOee HUH deed and Tkffflh Aumvinary ef George St > > itni < mt Rirllt lta llu < xUt IbrtHlJge Dytcullitt Ml l oohthis Ktitrgy W l Yriivrnii < T I antflrt ef Mnitry and 1ftlratloit OnrcatMinftffiiilKti ltultrsl Ktilteay Oftt Chat oSlTltt KotMi Ttlmiiti Jastnitttitra King fjtfhtnsoni Key la Surtm Through the town of Nnwcwtle Northumberland England llowi the liver Tyno at U wand Hi way eastward east-ward lolo the North Ha or German Ocean Blllctly ipeaklng I Nowcaitlu ilea on the north bank of the liteatn and OIOIbd on the south Link but for ill except corporate purpowi they practically one town with a combined com-bined population I of neatly squatter a million tople Connecting CUB bank of the river will the other In Now oulle are two bridges the lower one Ibo Hwliig revolving on a pier In the center of the stream to accummo date the boats Out ply up mil dawn b1 day and night Alrauit directly over the Swing at a heUlit of 112 feet above high water mark itaud HIP High Intel llrldcr a triumph of engineering en-gineering aklll tltilguud by Iloberl Btephenion The peopluof Newcastle are Juatly fraud < of this structure and the attention of the traveler li called thereto by the fuel that each person I who 1lInofr the bridge It I chirked a hapenny loll The upper level of Ibo bridge It used by Ihu railway for n double track and lulU It li hung n roadway for vehicle and podntrlani The brldgo ooi neirly two and a ball million dotter Over the Newcastle end It lionel an Interfiling piece of machinery which Northumbrian take tvpeclal timbre In pointing out 10 traveler II li I labeled Btephenwnj No I Kn Cine and Ii Ibo Ort locomotive built by Ueorgo Hlepbuntou the father of railways Aaouegateii npat the unique lookIng look-Ing Iron borne hli mind involuntarily involun-tarily levem to the little village of Wylam on he Tyno ten mile writ of Newcastle whore Ju > ton liundr and twelve yean ago on the nil of Juue 17S1 there wa born lu the t I humble cottage of Oil HohBlcjlieu I rin Ibo Infant whom carter tea destined to revolution method of travel lu every Miuntryaf llipRhbr and where In 181lho flrit working locomotive wu couilrucled by Wit I am Medley Au honest decent hardworking couple were Iloberl and Mabel Htephonioii rite wage e which Il > bert received In his railing ai it rear worn hardy enough even with rigid economy 10 shard ihu family a null Coot auppty of food and i clothing Toe house hi which they d1t 110 sound ly lurnlthed IU wall uuplulere I and Ian exposed I The second ohlld of a family of four Mn nod ilr daughters w Urorgo Btophenun None oh the funlly were ever cent school George employment 09tiilitedln carrying hli 1lIIer Jill inr to him while at work In nursing time youII or chlldruo and teeing Ilia they were kept out of the way of the chnldron wagons which were drugged along wooden tramroad Immediately lu front of the cottage door Ii In flU herded the com of a widow at Deklry llurnwhllher the lamll1 remove Iron Wylam when the coil win woruud out llfildesliirdlnt llmrenwm eligaod attic wage ot twowuc u dR1 four meet to bar the gates at nUht alter all the cool wagons had pneerl The 111110 heidbuy wen ao nrtoJInic Iy diligent an I oluerrant clilll lie pent hi spare time In mikliiK whin ties and little mlllo and eruvllnir clay cngliiM the latter lj luir remarkably KPoJ niodelf nf Ibo one ttt which hla lather wan fireman lie wan nest advaocedtolhiswitloaof jlctirr I at the colliery where nloritf with bin elder brother ha cleared coal of noun and drove and drew ill into a duy Then bo w < IflTuii the work of dnflnit Iho ulnhuro at lIIack Unlltrton colliery two mllM from Ddwlxy Hum m einntpenoe lay At thin line be It detcrlbe1 t grit birile < tl l lathe I very iiillck willed and full of fun and trick Uflun wbeu oil duly he went bird IIII t nndlni hving 1 Inherited from hli father u > lrun atUolinnnt for bird and animal Ho tamed young black blrdr taught them to fly about the ootliiK uuconfmed by sago i and prided hlinielf upon lima iiupcrlorlly of bit breed of robhiu Hut thin wai only n ptillmu Hn itlllapplloj him ill lo the lutrlotclia of meclitDloil oonlrUauctt al fare Ids luultujon vrlunltlM would lurmll I At the age of fxirluiH ho brcAliiu neeletatt Illtimmi bin father at Dow ley HID amtiltlun was lu lie at eI KUieniAH and his vxultatlou wa unbounded vrhen a yen later he Attained the doilreil promolloii and WM In out of thin workliiiji of Jollet lae mine on his own account lie I I we now u Dtiiady lobur hard worklug young clot Ills time and invnui were never > pent In the aluhoutr whore o mony of Silo oomiunloni made Ir a prucllcn to no lie vrai worklnK to t bu a man and hli heroic jwrioTirenve wt making Ihu necei nry prrparathn He pnsecsed l a IIJj piwciiul I li phyla IF und held his post t Iiou will lu a fettle ot strength with hit uompanloiM Atlhuaiiuol leTontetn George woe appointed iluunnn of u puuiiilnir ii < lno and wai HUM ahead of hli father I who worked Itni llremin lu IhU re pouilble poillloit hu ilorMud hhmelf aiiiduouily tn the study uf the ennliie Ire iueutly HkliiK It to ilec ln bliown time for thelurleeo of ctrnnlnic anti moturln i in p rand < r-and thus c < ulroJ a In t iu < u pra carts I knowleOee of lit cHiilruolloM Au engine deemed to attract him by lomo Mysterious fatclnitlon i It wee no dull groining machine In his lIm > lIoo but a mint Initlncl with woudroui llf Ire caini > ll04teJ nieohanlim ah xirtinl bli Inlorett mid rxclled Ida admiration The minute tuJy of III detail while quIckeuloK bli rowers of obierratlinmjdohlnian acoomplltbed l for him the workman and gHued 1hf 1 Inorraied oinlldeuceof 1 hlivmpluyori Al thli itrlod ho worked twelve hours every day and earned twelve still llnm tliiiio dollan n week He now found hlmmlf face lo face with a Hull dlll1 ully lit knew all about the ullf rent palls of this engine under hli charge and I had heard of the englnri ot Walls and Iblton Inaknawlixlico of thaw was a broader Held for him but he o iiild not read a word He was right veil year of age nod UlJ not kuuw hits lunar Many of hit ojmpunloni were In I tlii lame condition and teemed uonteiit to remain Hare Hut not u with Ueotgu Hlephvnion fheru Wit rplrltln him and the tinderitiindlnK that eau III him from toe AlmlKhty whose grace ant furor he nugni taught him the uocewlly of aJdlu to hli iualincatloiu a knovleJue bf I the vlemenli of n ichool tralnlliK Hli time wai llmlteJ but hit energy was omitl to the emergency lilt mind bad been trained tu grain at idea and lo retain kniwlodge He went to a night chwl where tun big bony itrongmutoled cnglnriunn prrel over hli loilen and wielded Ihu dellctle pun lnmiklu ilralghlitrokei ail pot hook Ito WII nol abahed by liar lug tioonffM hli Unoranir ho wai Iruu 1 lint hopoHtnol inooipibllity of learnlnj noon he inntirml hu sot jecta auiitclenl hot nlg ail turned lo n new Ivavher Andrew llDberUwri a Hatch daiuinte woo enJoyed en-Joyed the liiUUtloil of being w iklllod mttbemillclan He Improved Im-proved every opine mlnuto In working out Ihu sums let for him by ton Imriialdomlnloof Nowburu till the iluileiil ouliltl 01 hli teacher What a intmuriblo inoJol lo young infill hllu1 every dliadvantagu ot ulrtumitinceand fortune ho > truiilol onward by tau force of will and the determination to turreei Manyuieu untchool dllknhlm In boyiiood and of IUI natural nblllly aibamed l lo oonltiii little Ulurauce 1 would have remained without Iniirnotbn and would never haw rlieii out of the rut lu which Ihn fortune til lowly births had 1 thrown them Hut It wu dlUeront wills Ueor < u Hlephenioii Ho taught Hint tu Inttlllgeil irarieverance all Ihlnniaro pofilblr and proved that where the UMlru 10 learn li strong rapid attainment li cerliln What notniiluexamnlelm I lu Kill regard bathe ba-the youth uf Until Tin re may or may nut tow Ithlu their reach the means of levoluilumtlnn a irovalint lyilem but there la l In their power by U duilry cnvrgy lntelllir iici > nud perte veraiioc howayofiiuklnKllfeaiuccnig and ol leavliu to future Kfiipratbnii aa end < 1 urlng mini e uf worthy iiiinhojd UMrg Utepheniou wont ou and < n dowry but itlll ouwrJ JIU Uevelopmentof bit mochanloil Renlus send hllll a handy man HnoojIJ mile the sloes ol iweelhcart army HeiiJuriun aid mcelve the cjinpli t 111 meat that hn hrl I m < dn is capitol jub 011 It It was Irons ilmeniMiliiK that heinauigel 10 Otto Ills lint Rulcei I Hunt after h complete hUiluJInwIth > ImlnloHoborteoubeni > r r led and Ibo Ixtnlgn iDlldeuci of aiced 1 and gentle womau came to light 1 1 hli i III for although ihe died 1 tires yours afterward after-ward leaving him with a baby boy hr memory won fondly cherished and lightened his heart with hope In many a darkened hour From lllack Callerlon Btepheniou went to Wllllnglon < luay There he continued bli regular uurtu of life working hard during the day and doing odd Jabi and aludylug the prlntlples ot meohanloi In 1110 even inK Ho aluo modeled experlmmital onglnej and oocuiilul hlmiell much In ondoavotlug to ulicoter t > erix > tual motion t Hi finally concluded hut Ibo 1lIor wa not ponlbk p and left It fur more ollalnable object Hu allowed few mlnutci pan unimproved hit eye was ever otnervant and hit mind I ever active Hu ojuldmike cud intud ihoei cut out shoo Jill clean clock and model oompllcit dmtchluei Al Wlllington hit only i < n llobirl was horn sod IWII years later In 1901 he moved In ICIliingtrortn IOU miles iiurlh of Newcastle A tier the death uf I ills wife at Kill Ingworlhhn went to Montroie beat land where ho worked fur a year In 18078 he contemikled the Idea I of removing tj the United Shale but could not raise the money required lo omljralo Htlnted I ai ho was for inum he reiolved to send ibis IOU Iliheit arbool Uf thus he laid Inn speech al Newcastle tong 1t11rarJ VVneultobtrl was a little boy I saw how deflclenl two In odiioallon and I ninth up my mind that he mould lutlalur under the sam defect but that I would put him to school and give him n liberal Irilnlng I was however spoor mao how do you Ihluk I managedT betook myself to mending my oclghbon cloths and witches al night alter my dally labor wai done and thin I procured l < the menu ol uJucotlng soy un An achievement which George per farmed at Dili lime drew toward to-ward 1 him addlll mil attention Al the KlIlllKWorth pit the englnerepalrtra hal filled tu fix auatminpherle engine Inuiuio that water could be pumped out uf the haftand the workmuti were often drowned out Htcphumou look the enitlue apart and male the necessary repair odI n recogultlou I of I ICk trar received a I reienl of JCIO I Ho was beginning lo receive a reward for bI pereeterenrrand Hill Incltul him to greater dlllguuce If that woo piKlblo He niadi many Ingeuloui mechanical contrlvanut Invented alley < a-lley craw to protect garden crop frum the ravage of strut connected cradloi with the imnkejaok for the women and intde them aclfaotlug omtrlvvd a lump which burned underwater under-water i da made many other device lu 1812 HeJIeya looouiotlvu was rondo atWylimaul Htepbunion became be-came liilervlted In II tjnveml other oinks tried their Ingenuity l and he J i Oc f 1 finally I iioucluded that he could curia them nil All of the hoamotlvei made CO1 more Ihtn hone power for nitration nitra-tion rilepbenioii was authorized by Lard Itiveuifforth a lease I of the Kti llngworlh colliery lo build one and It wu lulu on the Killing worth railroad July Kill Ibid It iiircindej 111 I drawing alter It on an aicendlugKradloul oil In 45J eight loaded crt of thirty tone weight at four solids an hqUr II wai alow cumbrous maatitne but AM an ai vince upon all prevloui looimotlvef an coil no more u work than horse h I power 1 Hleplionton iiw III Jefeiltot lu care It Invented and < upplleJ Ibo iteAmbltit which moru than doubled Iho engines power Then he con slouched < a tecond locomotive which Was a camolete nuccett It 1 was tin shed In IBIS and may be regarded < m the type of tbo present locomotive It li tho Hlephenion No 1 Engine which reels on the crest of the High Level Jlrldge An Incident related I of Htephenion alIbi time Ihowlng Silo oourlIu and pretence of mind One day a workman work-man hurried into his cOIIg with the nMrlllng Information that the ileerwil mine In the colliery was on flit He Immediately liaiteiied lolhopllmouth about hundred yards oUt hlhor bile women and chlldrenolthocolllery were laitrunnlng with w 111 new and Imror depleted I I In every face In nnenergttlo olp r voice Htephenian ordered the engine man lo lower him down the ihaflln Iho carve There Was danger II might be death before him but he mutt go Ac those about the pitmouth taw hint i Ueicend rapidly l out vf tight and heard from the gloomy depth of the lull mingled cries of deeper and agony ililrg from the wurkpeiplo below they gazed on the lierlo roan wllh breathltii amazement He was eton at Iho bottom alii I In Ihe tnldit of ills workmen who were uMlX d al HID danger which threatened lime llvrs of ell III the pit Leaping from Iii carve on III I uehlng the ground he oatled out Bland back Are there ilx men among you who baveoourign vnough to follow meT If no come and wu will put I the fire out Hllence succeeded the franllo tumult of the pMvloui minute and Ihe men followed and 1 nt t > work A will woe raliu 1 at the entrance to the main thus excluding the atmoipherc The fire Was extlugulihed l the peopla Vera sated from death and lie mine Was pboom I After this Blmhenton Inventej IhoUrorJyHtfoly Limp The uamu of Hlr Humpirey Davy hai been generally ldentine I < t with thu Invention Inven-tion butHlepbeiiMii had Unto u sun eves ul trial of ills lamp baoro Ivy < Invention Was made public Many people predicted that mine day there there would bo n lerrlulu UliaitrrnlKllltngtrorlh by the blowIng blow-Ing upof Hlephennonii enllnn Hut they worked on and ho built new Dun Impiovrnienti such ai experience suggested and his Ingenuity devlted Hu was ungagei lu build the Helton Ilneof railway and It 1 was opened In November 11tH Five 01 hue locoma tires were at work nail Thli wan the hint dololo reoa ultlon of hli magi ururlngiklll TheHtockton and Dirllnglon line the IIUII public railway wai oronid In 1SJS I Mr Hlephenion hlmtelf drove Ibo locomotive at the opening tore inonlM tlnwlng a train of thirty elghl car lit nupta lor I twelve mllei an tour Then came Ibo Llvirtwal and Manoheater railway whlon Mr Hienhcnioii was engaged ti build Thl lino received uppoilllon almoit evrrywhure It wai fought In iiirliament and 1 Ibo bill providing fir It 1 Will withdrawn During the Inquiry b parliamentary commltlcu ruijpclid ritepbenion In a rigid cro exinilnitlsn Ono member hinted l thai he woo mad another mggiiied that he mint bu n foreigner and he woe lulrt1I Imevuru rebut Thor Idea Th-or a multi oing IIlno or ten lull san s-an hour was rrgarde I at absurd A inemwriuggcutud that II a cow rh ul r Bet on the track when a train was going at that rate It would ben very awkward clrounuitance I Aye aye replied Htepbeuion In his broad Noithumbrlau dlale n very awkward awk-ward Indeed for the ooo The projector 01 Ibo line surveyed n new route and Hill time got the bill through parliament 1 ItprjYlJel l thai the road ihould cross Chat MOM a deep bog twelve mllei square which wai thought tihavo iome connection with the Inttomlfti pit U was ald that DO man In hli setae would undertake to doll Hit Hlepheniou bad < not known failure Even when Ibo directors of Ihe road < grew Ulicouragedfhe urged them to leravere The Y oealuable hog eoemed to swallow all but after six montbi ul aih labor the eoild r cnbitnknient able above limo bOI1 BUphcrnonn vigor and h determination bid conquered The iucitlou ni to what power would ue uied on the road wa a IIll11eult ono to decide Tho eminent practical I engineers of Ibo country r > ported agalut the uhiploymeut of the ro i nH JOI llt looomollve Hlepheuiun I I alone stool by It rime director had confidence In him and decided to make a Kit they olTered a prize cf C1JO for the belt louumotlvo for the oonJItlonn pro scribed Oho of those won thai It should maintain a abed of ten mllei for hour l > our lomimollvei I were built the Novelty 1ereverauce daiujarell IOU < Rocket The latter was built by jouug Hubert Hlephenion aide 1 I by lilt father The first tare signally failed to meet the tiiulrementi The Jtockel attuned at-tuned l during a trial trip with thirteen tout weight In cart n prod of tweiitynlnu mile per hour Ihrvutlmei the ixed that uuu uf the lodge had declared lo be lets limit nl ponlblllly Thu lcntor Were filled with aitonlilimtnt and one of the directors ot the road lifted up his land and 1 vxilalmud Now li George Hiiphenioti nt lOll dellvercU I rims wu lu 181J and eight of the Hlepheuion locomotives MCIO con ttrucled and put on time lino The practicability of railway locomotion loco-motion wai how oilabllihud and lluti were projected In every dlrettlon The next llnuon which 81phuiioii was iHK jid was tie London and Hlrmliiglmm railway which iulrtd the COlIIlIuolloll 01 timer Kllitiy tunnel 21 < W yard In length and pvnelMtiui h Sot lent below me nurface It was luccoxfully nccompllihed and was luitly regarded u a great ongluoirlug triumph The oppoilllon lo Klrphonioni Idtoa 01 railroading did not all diiippvur with hli victory but ho was no longer ilacul al 11 dliadvaiilacelTho prufemlou would not trtogiitxo mm an an engineer > nd the Civil hnglneenIuilllulo would not walvu Ihu Dominion that hu ihuuM roil om a prouatioiury t eay In proof ot hli caiaclly ai an eiiglnver and admit him About this thou hu Wae calloi tunjvlu lw > olJ king of 111 t glum aID IhelUMl clllclent lyrtem of rallwayii b r time lapels kingdom atepheuian did not need the rec gni llou if fopwry and filpptry iDbruiK 11 into the trout Hv crams fonvid through s ur force of intellect and neverlallliu det imlii4llon IU pro ected the 1I11t1i Level lirllge over Ibo ryno butdld not live lo tea U complete com-plete t Tbe wi it was crfcrnud l Iy bin sou llobert who wu worthy of inch a lather and boa done iuuh t < brli g tenor lo lima Hlephonion uniur The hllor1 of George Ulepbenroti II a leiion t j men 01 all tune llyin dent uuelo I suiI rellant lie roes from olt cur It 10 worlJwl Indoetry renown emphatically I top roving e p erseveraoee le power lie was vlg sue In thought and ItIlPrKollolliDtI e Wbull I nglner bo w of hue tisyJlhe Iho act Kr I sooiio VUOII Jld 1101 dUllo hi Iturotlllyl1Theanhenceoof Ublly rlur I as marked lu httn 51 Wae lala II 11 11II1 lu poeesnI n of tuusolly of purpose rId occurred Augustltid19 The 01 late life 10 ono 01 drop Inlereet record en roeSolly 10 young men and entoreas Valuable leoeon roday June Ob the aimlveriary of Iho dy when heaven gave to 051111 such a lopr ooullleo or frank fearless sad borule manhood II a nUhl1l lime far llsoee 1 the present 10 rep forward whit at It Imllialu 10 euooeed It did Oootl tllrlhuou In HOOd Sod noble wota |