. Pittoreschi B. e O. storico e descrittivo. Egli ferrovia wasgived come un'automobile che trasporta venticinque passeggeri. Con un relay everysix o sette miglia questo ridurrebbe lo spazio tra la marea di theChesapeake e la navigazione in battello a vapore dell'Ohio a quarantacinque hourstravel. Per tutto questo tempo nessuno aveva sognato l'uso del vapore, - gli animalswere di fare il lavoro; e anche dopo che la linea è stata completata a Frederitik, relè di cavalli ha portato le automobili da Frederick a Baltimora. In corrispondenza dei punti diff-ferenti lungo la linea sono stati forniti relè, e la stazione nowknown come la Relay House, al bivio
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. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . he railway wasgiven as one car carrying twenty-five passengers. With a relay everysix or seven miles this would reduce the space between the tide of theChesapeake and the steamboat navigation of the Ohio to forty-five hourstravel. All this time no one had dreamed of the use of steam, — animalswere to do the work; and even after the line was completed to Frederitik, relays of horses brought the cars from Frederick to Baltimore. At dif-ferent points along the line relays were provided, and the station nowknown as the Relay House, at the junction of the Main Stem and Wash- Picturesque B. and O. ington Branch, received its name from thefact that It was formerly a point for thechaniring of horses. About this period steam made its ap-pearance on the Liverpool and Manches-tcr Hdilroad, and attracted attentionin this country; but there was a diffi-i ulty in running- an engine on anAmerican road. The Englishroad was laid nearly straight, the American road was e.xceed-ingly crooked. For a season. it was believed that thisfeature of the first Americanrailroad would prevent the use oflocomotive engines, but their practicabilitywas soon demonstrated by a New Yorker, who was none other than the distinguishedPeter Cooper. He was satisfied that steam-engines, if they could be used at all, couldbe applied to curved roads, and he visited Baltimore totest his faith. He came with an odd-looking contrivancewhich he called a steam-engine, but which a boy of thepresent generation would hardly consider worthy of thename of a mechanical toy. The boiler was not as large 28 II„w the Ilors, Jleadeil Hi, , , . as that of a range in the kitchen uf a modern iiouse. It was about thesame diameter, but not more tiian half as high, and had a smoke-stackwhich looked like an aggravated oil-can. This was the first locomotivefor railroad purposes ever built in America, and drew the first passengercar ever propelled by steam upon any railroad in the world.
