The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-03
Seventy Miles an Hour.


tho great panic, | was running on the r. and G
X. L. The railroad COMPARES were growing
tender 10 all dire, tons Every DAY No heard
OF new failure. and quite often in quarter
where We lci,t expected b.. Oar road was
looked upoa rs one a. tue most substantial in
the nation; Uoho'v -cyiucd q have any great
fear thNt It would i.l to survive the General
smash ~. ButN,t % no. fully SH'ic ~ the gen
erAl CO fiicnyc. W g,s wen, ,u. down. arrcar.
ayes collcc .sd; AMI u great many u,hs- lttle
matters cculcd to -lc,to tn no that Vi, rod
hsd 60 into rather l.t pr water ihan was
agreeable all round Among other thi .,g tho
mSs'er uccaan., tal told mo in ho spring,
that tn c,mIauS bad pr'rr, d tour trs, quality
Iaun "a ergiuo. ior ths fall passenger bu mess.
The roe Va, PIT IN ths 10Y p,-, condition,
and her prrput' q ss " r. male % cj' down
the tune, and ru' the tain. turJu. h quicker
than vas c Cf known before, when the nrw EN-
gincs should come. wei, there was but ono Of
the new en- rits4 vqn',
| s,id the, wa bar one engine cam AMI
slo vas, in nv opinion, al ".r,hrr tia best
ever turn,d cut ~ the iau.f1n works. Aud
this IL ss much as nit be- s. . iu pipisc 81 ANY
trg'uo. Size VA On. inuN ,h,r'' MN i.ttc-
!, with TIC uu3.s.tHUiu, ur -n' yt> uiuc.
wat Nuu UJy nhHu t.. .tut,u. % ttc
-.pp. ard wI. g. axe as q 'rtIn ur 60
-. Gua o.. 10 Nas 'rH'. 70 the i.c,..
Ant tld e.s'r.l 1t-"r ,h.t. fut rul, Z.
moot some oAi,,.. u' iup.h,r rn.i, which .russ
"a ours there, AMI Wr4',' .on. ,uprr'tu
bushes, with them. Ih,d Do trouble 1' all
making forty mile. an boar going ou'. The
engine handled h.m.,li most beautifully. We
were just holding mp a. y, when Alluch,
tho Treasurer VITO came out on the platform 10
nut the brake on. Slipped and fell. a. we
wcro got under god hraiw,y, he va, Ia
injured ani wa carried to Tho hotel inscu, TO-
According to the Presidents dire ion,
switched of ny triiu. turned my ens,nc, md
ste't ready to tart back tot e nome 10 8
notice.
Alirehs prcs,rcc was q .Dm4h imp.r
tlroe hat the busirrs could u.' ic fran,t., .
without him. - thl' IN those that / h.
~ .Ught up except tho Prof. cn' ,1l Arir.rh.
mt acA to t----'n The three ,,l K "Npr
train v ic' w. 'u pr owe. th' roll iu th
t,llowin. Sion ay. This was The las, ;alar
tfalu.
Ia.'ly in The eve. M Iler 0h,u.c.ils -.
.rha'gc " ny f,,ma., an went over ioIu e..
ting bOuss 10 see if cIlld not sp'nl my tim,
more pleasantly VI IN on my engine. The hpur.
dragged them elves away slb Vly. | was
taking game OF GumiGOes with tho station
agent, when in came Roberts, the President, in
a state Of great excitement.
Harry, said ho in me. Il want Won to nut
ne down TO Cat twelve o'clock
AZ it was near eleven o'clock, and the dis.
lance was seventy five miles, | thought ho was
jOkIug at first; but when We got outside the
Coor he caught me by the arm aud Il Irnod me
sluni, ~ last saw no WlS m rAt.tst.
'Hn ry,' said lac, If YOU Don't 'ct INC dONn
in C-by twelve o'clock | Am q ruined man,
AMI this read Is 4 ruined road hIrich Is dead,
90, lie tod mo before lo diot that he hal ON.
hezZlcd from tiuiJ to tiwc, tity huu5Ind dol.
Lars of our none and his Clofk ~ TO start In |
tho twelve o'clock DO I from { 20 thad'. |
II we dol have ha money GA Monday morn |
ing TO N axe !Orr pay n'nt- Ni p, tho iold goes |
into o'her band; and Il you put me- loSn In |
Cat the risht time, 70 thai ciE save the |
money, you shell have five Thousand dollars.
Understand IL, la r. z Eve th1rand lullars!'
OF Coz rec u''"f-'ooi VI N'NT "o~ the
reafoa why the va COS hat been en- du.m un |
dcrstord ii oll aud my h,opl boiled. ,elt that
| could gave the ioid II live, ami tod Rob.
crts 10.
.'Sce that 50. do So, Harry, he replied, as b
climbed Up Tho steps Of he ,"ach which VISA
coupled to my en- 'inr.
sw..cI tender TO r'lp my 1re nan, opened the
throttle and just as thc commenced moving,
ooLed At my watch. II wa just even ocl-ck
10 that | had just one hour TO make myseven'y-
sve miles in.
6.uFr,m y thee were few
curves in the road, but tholc we - geveral hca'y
grades. | WAS perfectly acquainted with every
rod of 40 hat | new eNac ly what had To
encounter; aud wh"1 ! saw how the engine was
moving had very litIl, fear OF the result.
The road for the first lew miles, was an air
with scarcely perc, pthlr Jar. | was so busy
resting myself up as to the amount Of wood and
water aboard, etc, that We danced by the ilrst
station almost before was aware of IL, having
been tive miuuter out, and haVing i've mlles
accomplished.
you are 10 ing timel" yelled voice from
the coach lu,kel around, and there stood
Roberts wi IA his watch in his hand.
knew vr'y well that We sho4ld have to in.
crease our pced by so no means, At We Carried
~ al 81 Ia
md looked anXiously around 10 zee what
tculd do 20 accomplish that puTpo,e. 81. wa'
lowing of steam iiercely At oul h.ndred aud
len hounds: 80 turned dow tho valve to two
hundred for knew she nee ,ci il al to make
some Of the heavy grades hich lay between u
Il was three mnss TO the next citation. VIII
the exception Of a few cures, the track was a
good as the last. As We dsrtod around VIVA
commonly seemed TO be rather long curve, a
the station, but which VISA, at our hi IN speed
short enough, ] looked at my watch, and we la'
done il in two minutes an half
''Gaining - shouted lrk to Roberts, VIII
was standing on tue platform outside OF th
coach.
Look out for the heavy grades" he reElie
and went inside the car.
The next six miles ro'e gradually from levo
the frat TO ten and halt feet grade, the last
which ay between US and the next station. Nj
foreman kept her full ana r0w she began I
get hot. The furnace dor was /, and III
steam rose continually, ~ hIt lie kept h,
speed, and passed the station Ike q streak {
lightning in five minutes.
Now came nine miles Ike D. pi'ti ov'
which she kept pace with her q -, and plssc
the Ation in seven MINUTES.
Here, for ten miles We h,. 4 twenty Zoe
grade tO encounter hut the 500 OF all wa
at this Ilaoo we should have = lor WOO
Twas just going 10 speak To K 'r,s about !
wher looked around AID In hlling q
tender from tho coach, with vorl mat had bee
placed there before starting "h.'o he was gor
after Ips.
believe he would have mad hi ten miles
the same speed as before hu lruuEh the car
Isssness Of the fireman tre 10 PEE. " valve on Il
left hand side OF the engiul ~. o.cn aud Il
water rose in the boiler, 50 Tar a, 10 run Il
steam down TO one hundrcd p0I Ia, before
Uncovered where the diff alt lev.
At frbt Roberts didn't appear 10 notice Il
decrease Of speed, and KEEP a, "HrN at he wo
as if for dear life. But presen ~ he looked U
and seeing that the speed had decreased,
shouted
"HaIry we are stopping T"
And then, coming over % where | was,
said
"Why, here we have been ten minutes on I
last ton miles and believe we will come TO