



center-rail plan was being considered by the executive committee 

 of the Panama Railroad. ^^^ Sometime after Trautwine's resig- 

 nation from the project in November 1850"* a new survey revealed 

 an easier grade, one that eliminated the necessity of using the Sellers 

 locomotives- Sellers was unaware of these developments and pro- 

 ceeded to New York in early August to be on hand before the loco- 

 motive arrived for the inspection. Coleman informed his brother 

 that it had been shipped on August 9 and should arrive in Cleveland 

 two days later. "^ 



Upon the locomotive's arrival in New York, the officers of the 

 Panama Company insisted on a trial of the machine and refused 

 payment. Allen reported that the engine was sound and that a 

 trial could be held only at great expense and inconvenience, since 



^^^ Panama Railroad, executive committee minutes, July 25, 1851. 



11* Trautwine wrote the editors of the American Railroad Journal (January 1 1 , 

 1 85 1, vol. 7, pp. 27-29) that he did not resign because of ill health, as often re- 

 ported, but because he could not agree with the directors. 



116 Coleman to G.E. Sellers, August 10, 1851, Peale-Sellers papers. 



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