Makers And Defenders of America
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One of the company became impatient and said to him one day, "George, you must get on with this railway faster and have it done by the first of January. " "It is impossible, " said Stephenson.
"Impossible!" exclaimed the man, "I wish I could get Napoleon at you. He would tell you that there is no such word. " " Don t speak to me of Napoleon. Give me men, money, and materials, and I will do what Napoleon couldn t do drive a railroad train from Liverpool to Manchester over Chat Moss!" replied Ste...phenson.
The first trip was made in September, 1825. Stephenson was in the engine as engineer. The train consisted of six THE STEAM RAILWAY 227 wagons loaded with coal and flour, three coaches with the officers of the road, besides carriages having six hundred passengers crowded in and hanging on the outside. The speed was from four to six miles an hour. The next trip was made at fourteen miles an hour. This first run of eight miles proved to the public that steam travel by land was a success.
Just after this trial trip a dinner was given to the great engineer, at which he made a speech, saying: "Now I will tell you that I think you will live to see the day when railroads will supersede all other methods of conveyance in this country; when mail coaches will go by railway, and railroads will become the great highway for the king and all his subjects.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
One of the company became impatient and said to him one day, "George, you must get on with this railway faster and have it done by the first of January. " "It is impossible, " said Stephenson.
"Impossible!" exclaimed the man, "I wish I could get Napoleon at you. He would tell you that there is no such word. " " Don t speak to me of Napoleon. Give me men, money, and materials, and I will do what Napoleon couldn t do drive a railroad train from Liverpool to Manchester over Chat Moss!" replied Ste...phenson.
The first trip was made in September, 1825. Stephenson was in the engine as engineer. The train consisted of six THE STEAM RAILWAY 227 wagons loaded with coal and flour, three coaches with the officers of the road, besides carriages having six hundred passengers crowded in and hanging on the outside. The speed was from four to six miles an hour. The next trip was made at fourteen miles an hour. This first run of eight miles proved to the public that steam travel by land was a success.
Just after this trial trip a dinner was given to the great engineer, at which he made a speech, saying: "Now I will tell you that I think you will live to see the day when railroads will supersede all other methods of conveyance in this country; when mail coaches will go by railway, and railroads will become the great highway for the king and all his subjects.
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