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Fahions For Men AMONG THE AUTOISTS Part 44 Pages MAGAZINE SECTION MOTORCYCLE GOSSIP WOMAN'S PAGE BALTIMORE, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1915. B. AND O. VLTE.RAN5 RECALL WAR TIML5 OF FIFTY YEARS AGO riT Iff in Patrick Higgins, On Guard At Harpers Ferry. Bridge, Was Shot By John Brown When The Abolitionists' Raid Occurred.

Fireman Was On Engine Captured By ConfederatesJohn Ed. Spurrier Has Been In Active Service Since 1 864. conductor and master mechanic. ni road was known as the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific and was 40 miles iu length. On leaving Marshall there was a long grade, to say nothing of the grades elsewhere on the line.

"During the war the soldiers "took" the greater part of the rolling stock, leaving but three box cars. These box cars represented the rolling stock of the system until it passed into other hands. The motive power was of the best in those days and consisted of several yokes of oxen, commonly known as "hay-burners." The oxen were, it is said, generally on time. Mr. Iligginson's train was operated on the tri-weekly plan.

When a "cargo" was gathered up and everything ready for the trip, the oxen were loaded into the first box car in the train. The next car was loaded with freight and passengers and the third was occupied by the "management." The cars were started down the steep grade out of Marshall and, after rolling as far as they the brakes were set. the oxen unloaded and hitched to the. coupling of the car. The brakes were released and the train, started up the grade until the top was reached, when the oxen were again loaded into their car and another start was made down hill.

This was repeated until Shreveport was reached. On a level the oxen pulled the train, but on down grades tho solo power was the natural momentum of the rolling stock. This, however, was not the first "hay burning" railway in the United States. That honor belongs to the Baltimore and Ohio, which at one time employed horses to haul freight and passenger trains over the first 15 miles of track constructed. On the Marshall and Shreveport line the passenger rate was 25 cents a person.

Freight charges were anything the owner could get. Since there was no competition, Mr. Iligginson made considerable money. All freight was marked "red ball" and handled as soon JUST as the roll of a drum quickens tlie step of the old soldiers and rekindles within them the patriotism responsible for deeds which have been written into the history of nations, so the shrill blast of the whistle fires the hearts of the pioneers of transportation who were engineers when there were only a few locomotives snorting around in the world. A few days ago a call was sound'-d to the veteran employes of the Baltimore and Ohio inviting themin the name of the management to take part in a reunion at Berkeley Springs, W.

where, in the cool shade of the mountains through winch they ran in bygone days, they could live again through the times which meant so much to America's first big railroad. The reunion was unique. Those who attended form an intimate association between the past and the present, for their recollections go back beyond the days of the Civil War and their reminiscences comprise much of the unwritten narrative of those exciting times. They were in the thick of it, for both Federals and Confederates fought for possession of the railroads and many a battle was fought in and along the cuts and embankments in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Three Generations There.

Many of the veterans were accompanied by grandchildren who, having laid aside their railroad work for the day, were interested listeners to the reminiscences of the elder members of the family, for in some cases three generations have furnished men to the road. The in-vitaton to the old guard was unconfined and they were there in the uniforms of trainmen who ran the diminutive equipment of the past and they came fropi every section of the Baltimore and Ohio lines. Some of those who attended the reunion had not met since the Civil War, so they lived again the days when trains were operated by military orders and their schedules called for their "proceeding unless molested." In thetdays preceding the war railroad extension was at a standstill for a time on account of financial conditions in the country. The Baltimore and Ohio had been built from Baltimore to Cumberland and work was suspended. Development in the territory served by the railroad continued by leaps and bounds and it was decided to push the paths of steel on westward.

When this was undertaken the Galloways, IJigginses, Smiths, Mc-Gowans and others at the reunion were men just ntering railroad service, many of them following the footsteps of their parents. Their fathers had built the railroad and run the little 'engines and cars that are hauled on wagons in these times as objects of curiosity and evidence of the development of the railroad is offered by th fact that the engines run today by the grandsons of those now on the Baltimore and Ohio's roll of honor weigh as much as the entire train which their an. cestors operated. Once Hauled By Horses. It was fitting that the first annual reunion of the old guard of the Baltimore and Ohio was attended by Charles W.

Galloway, general manager, the third generation of the family which has worked for the company and the grandson of the road's first horse-driver before the locomotive was used, and its first engineer as well. Do you know that for years the Baltimore and Ohio cars were h'aul-ed by horses? William Galloway drove the horse in the famous race between the horse and the locomotive and John R. Smith, grandfather of the general manager on his mother's side, was in charge of the engine. The old railroad men from Baltimore were taken to Berkeley Springs on a special train, accompanied by their general manager and members of their families. Mr.

Galloway told the nestors in his address that he would tell them about the Baltimore and Ohio as it has been developed since they discounted active, service and then he wanted to learn how they had handled its traffic during times gone by. Those In The Group. The photograph made at the reunion shows a group of the veterans of 40 years and more service, with General Manager Galloway (32 years) in the centre. The front row. reading from left to right, follows: George II.

Keedy, 47 Maryland side on the night of the famous riot. In the clash that ensued when the insurrectionists attempted to take possession of the bridge, Mr. Higgins was shot by John Brown and therefore shed the first blood in the struggle which led directly to the Civil War. These warm summer dajs find Patrick Higgins sitting in the shade of the mountain bluffs at Harpers Ferry, where he entertains tourists with his experience in the days when all was not quiet along the Potomac and when John Brown, prospector, miner and abolitionist, was inciting rebellion among the slaves. Captured By Confederates.

Other reminiscences recited at the Berkeley Springs reunion were of absorbing interest, particularly the experience of the old fireman who was on one of the engines captured by the Confederates and taken South to be used to move troops and supplies over other lines. The fireman of the old engine, which the Confederates named the "Lady Davis," was relieved of his timepiece and currency before being ordered to surrender his charge. The Veterans' Association of the Baltimore and Ohio was organized about a year ago and in its membership are employes who have been in the service of the company for 20 years or more. B. AND O.

WAS FIRST "HAY BURNER" ROAD history of railway construetiwn and operation in this country offers many curious and interesting details, says the Washington Star. Among these, none is more curious than that pertaining to a line which was operated between Marshall, Texas, and Shreve-port, during the Civil War. The owner of this road made money, and he eventually sold it to the Texas and Pacific Company. This owner's name was John Higgin-son. He had many titles chairman of the' board, president, vice-president, superintendent, trainmaster, roadmaster, freight and passenger agent, fireman, BALTIMORE AND OHIO VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED 40 YEARS OR MORE General Manager Galloway in the centre of the picture.

Front Row (from left to right) George II. Keedv, W. G. Edwards. George, T.

Colenburg, W. IT. Plush, G- R. Kendall. John Ed.

Spurrier, W. n. C. House, L. C.

MeCahn. William McDade, Z. T. Brantner, R. M.

McGowan, J. II. Peer, William J. Everheart, AVilliam T. Holmes, J.

R. Shipley, M. L. Sharon, J. W.

Myers and W. J. La veil. Others in the Picture W. A.

Burkharf, Daniel McGinnis, J. W. Barker, Lindsav Van Horn, C. A. Thompson, Abner T.

Engles, J. W. Solbaeh, A. E. T.

Parlett and II. C. years; W. G. Edwards, 44 years; George T.

Colenburg, 45 years; W. II. Plush, 48 years; G. R. Kendall, 50 years an engineer; John Ed.

Spurrier, 51 years, assistant to general manager; W. II. C. Uouse, 44 years; L. C.

MeCahn, 4j years; William McDade, 41 years an engineer: Z. T. Brantner, 52 years, superintendent of shops and president of the veterans' association; R. M. McGowan.

45 years J. II. Peer, 47 years; AVilliam J. Everheart, 42 years; William T. Holmes, 45 years; J.

R. Shipley. 45 years; M. L. Sharon.

44 years; J. W. Meyers, 42 years; W. Lavelle, 42 years. Others in the picture are W.

A. Burkhart, 41 years; Daniel McGinnis, 45 years; J. W. Barker, 47 years; Lindsay Vans-Horn. 42 years; C.

A. Thompson, 40 years; Abner T. En in freight service had no shelter from the weather, while passengers kept themselves warm by means of wood and coal stoves and read the weekly newspapers by tallow dips. Identified with the stirring times which preceded the Civil War, Patrick Higgins, of Harpers Ferry, is one of the most interesting railroad men in America and he has to his credit in the Veterans' Assocoiation of the Baltimore and Ohio 58 years of service. Patrick Higgins was an intimate friend of John Brown.

They boarded in the same house previous to the attack upon the arsenal and the insurrection at Harpers Ferry. Mr. Higgins was the watchman on the Baltimore and Ohio bridge over which John Brown and his followers crossed from the gles, 52 years; J. W. Solbaeh.

44 years; A. McKeever, 42 ears; E. T. Parlett, 42 years, and II. 7.

Elder, 42 years. Nervy Abner Engles. It took one back to the early days of F. Ilopkinson Smith and his "Adventures of Oliver Horn" to hear the experiences of Abner Engles, one of the nerviest men who ever cracked a throt-earnecl the sobriquet "The man who earned the sobriquet. "The man who saved Annapolis." "Uncle Ab" was bedecked with the jewel presented him by the company in recognition of his 50 years in the cab.

Just as the special left Baltimore the locomotive whistle sounded and the old engineer leaned out to watch the' signals. That set him in the midst of the early days when no such safeguards as automatic signals were provided for the traveling public. The engineer's rules were for him to run by schedule and pass trains at meeting points, allowing five minutes for a variation in the watches. "John Ed. Spurrier enjoys the distinction of being the oldest railroad official in pint service in the country.

Mr. Spurrier began his work on the Baltimore and Ohio in 1804, when the road was torn up by the contending armies and when it was worth a man's life to stick his head out the engine cab-to see that the tracks were clear. The old "camelback" engines were in use when Mr. Spurrier became a fireman and during the time that he dispatched trains and filled other official positions in his earlier career trainmen as received and the train made up. YING JU5T LONGED TO 5LL 5HIP5 BOY WHO 15 SLOWLY CRIPPLED 'strument to one eye and gazed out over where the big ships moved iu state ami the swarms of smaller craft.

"Why, this is just like being marooned, like in 'Treasure isn't it, Miss Lee?" Freddy cried. "Like being marooned on an island, and watching for a ship!" Miss Lee smiled. "Freddy has no visitors, you see," she explained. "His mother works at cleaning in office buildings, and she ha? four other children. So she only gets to visit Freddy once every two or three months, and between times Freddy plays that he's marooned on an island." Nursing incurable children is Miss Lee's daily work, but she suddenly turned her'head away to hide her eyes.

"Perhaps he won't be marooned many the dream slipping away from him. "Oh, the doctors all say I'm going to get well," said Freddy today. "But I know I'm not Fact is, I think I'm going to die pretty soon. Don't you think so?" Freddy's visitor felt a sudden tightening of his throat, and did not answer. "They can't fool me," the little boy went on.

He is really 13 years old, but pain and disease have so halted his growth that he seems a child of 7. "I know what's happening just as well as they do. Don't Miss Lee?" he called to his nurse. Miss Lee hurried over and showered pats upon his pillow, and then gave her little patient a real hug and kiss. She soothed him into changing the conversation.

Like Treasure Island. tain's voyage is nearly over. An eminent specialist Dr. John Parrish visited him the other day and examined him from head to toe. And when the specialist left he was coughing behind the hand and wiping his spectacles with his silk handkerchief.

"No," he said to the superintendent, "I'm afraid there's nothing to be done. It would be useless even to try to take him West. lie couldn't stand the journey to get there. It's best for him to stay here until well, you understand." The superintendent understood, and so does Freddy. But there was no trace of sadness in Freddy's face when he was taken for the first time to the roof, with his precious spyglass in his hands.

His eyes were shining, and he was trembling the water. As it happened, it was noon, the usual sailing hour of trans-Atlantic liners, and across the sunny harbor Freddy saw two immense ships slowly nosing their way past the skyscrapers of Manhattan and out to sea. One was the St. Paul and the other the Duca D'Oosta. "O-o-oh!" breathed Freddy in ecstasy, "Look! I see the captain.

And look at the little boats pulling the big ones! O-oh!" Unable to express what he felt, he fell suddenly silent and only looked. The tiny hands that held the spyglass were shaking with excitement. Anrt -t-lxvn rnmp hours of haiinv watch who longed to see the ships touched the heart of many New Yorkers. Some wrote to him, others telephoned and still others went up to the hospital to see Freddy and took him the thing he wished and prayed for. A Shower Of Spyglasses.

It was a great day for the boy when they put into his hands spyglasses enough for an ocean liner. For what sorrow in life, even on a hospital cot, can offset his joy in having a spyglass a real spyglass with which to watch all the ships in the harbor Freddy, as he said, had always dreamed of being a sea captain, and had spent hours picturing in imagination the joys of striding up and down the bridge of his ship. But since the day. several years ago. when he was first taken to a hospital, lie has slowly seen spyglass, just like in 'Treasure Freddy went on.

"Then Miss Lee says she'll take me up on the roof on a wheel chair and leave there all morning, and I can look at all the ships. Can't I. Miss Lee? Ships from all over the world, aren't they. Miss Lee?" Miss Lee smiled and nodded gayly. It seems that the other day a party of women on a tour of the hospital heard of the little incurable boy and asked him what he would rather have than anything else.

He promptly reeled off the three great desires of his life: a set of meccano toys, "to build things with a picture book of "ships and things," and a spyglass "a real sailor's spyglass." Imagine his surprise and delight when, instead of one glass, he got three. One was a real sypglass such as the captain in "Treasure Island" used. An J'VE always wanted, more'n anything in the world, to be a sea captain and sail way across the ocean in one of those big ships. And now I know I won't ever be able to walk without crutches and won't ever be well again. would like to just go up on the roof and watch the ships sail out.

But I s'pose I can't. For they are too far away, and mother is too poor to buy me some spy glasses to watch 'em through. But I would give anything for a big spyglass like the eap'ns use, so I could look at 'em. For they say I've got to stay in the hospital a long time, and maybe all my life." That was what Freddy Smith told his nurse in the King's County Hospital, New York. And she told the newspapers and the newspapers told thf whole city about it.

The story of the poor little cripple other was a costlv pair of French field glasses, such as naval officers use. The third, which was accompanied by a five-pound box of candy which Freddy cannot eat, by the way a tiny pair of pearl opera glasses, given by a tender-hearted woman. Freddy immediately gave away two of the glasses to other little boys in the ward, and kept the "real captain's one" for himself. Not only did he get the glasses, but the superintendent of the hospital has 200 letters written to Freddy by sympathetic persons who had read of his misfortune. Such a large percentage of the letters contained money that, should Freddy ever recover, he would have quite a snug little sum with which to start out in life.

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