When Railroads Were New
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In order to keep the profits down to this liberal figure the fare was limited to one cent a mile. All this legisla- tive caution proved to be unnecessarj% for it was many years before the road paid any dividends at all, even after the tariff was raised to two cents a mile. The road was opened for traffic June 6, 1882, with " nine splendid cars " according to contemporaneous ac- counts, which were greatly admired by some thousands of spectators.
The " splendid cars," as a matter of fact, were ol...d Concord stages, provided with flanged wheels to en- able them to stay on the rails and footboards along which the conductors walked to collect fares. Horses furnished the motive power.
This road is chiefly interesting from the fact that the building of " Old Ironsides," its flrst locomotive, laid the foundation of the great Baldwin Locomotive Works. Matthew Baldwin, the builder, was a watch- maker by trade. For some unexplained reason a curious afiinity existed between watchmakers and loco- motives in early days.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In order to keep the profits down to this liberal figure the fare was limited to one cent a mile. All this legisla- tive caution proved to be unnecessarj% for it was many years before the road paid any dividends at all, even after the tariff was raised to two cents a mile. The road was opened for traffic June 6, 1882, with " nine splendid cars " according to contemporaneous ac- counts, which were greatly admired by some thousands of spectators.
The " splendid cars," as a matter of fact, were ol...d Concord stages, provided with flanged wheels to en- able them to stay on the rails and footboards along which the conductors walked to collect fares. Horses furnished the motive power.
This road is chiefly interesting from the fact that the building of " Old Ironsides," its flrst locomotive, laid the foundation of the great Baldwin Locomotive Works. Matthew Baldwin, the builder, was a watch- maker by trade. For some unexplained reason a curious afiinity existed between watchmakers and loco- motives in early days.
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