The steel-rail company was organized January 1, 1873.
The question of location was the first to engage our serious attention.

I could not reconcile myself to any location that was proposed, and finally went to Pittsburgh to consult with my partners about it.

The subject was constantly in my mind and in bed Sunday morning the site suddenly appeared to me.

I rose and called to my brother: "Tom, you and Mr.Coleman are right about the location; right at Braddock's, between the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the river, is the best situation in America; and let's call the works after our dear friend Edgar Thomson.

Let us go over to Mr.Coleman's and drive out to Braddock's." We did so that day, and the next morning Mr.Coleman was at work trying to secure the property.