The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-08-27


time made by the Herald fast sunday
train between New York and >uspen-
sion Bridge, that | resolved 90 take this
train and investigate for myself. Ac-
cordingly, on SUNDAY morning, at >
o'clock, boarded the train AT the
Grand Central Depot, and found be-
tween 100 and 200 passengers already
in the sleepiEg-car, or in the passenger
coaches Of the train. Fifteen minutes
later there was a cOmmotiOn al the up
per end OF the depot, and rushing 10
and fro 81 men and wagons. They
were the teams and hand, employed in
transferring 30 900 copies Of the Hcrdld
~ last sunday on the train They had
been run all the way from the office on
trucks, and folded, and still wet from
the swift revolving cylinders II the five
Bullock presses. At2 80 the conductor
summons '.all aboard, and Nathaniel
sawyer, the fearless driver of engine
No. 20. drew his lever and We were OF,
tearing through the tunnels under
Fourth Avenue, and gradually increas-
ing in speed until We had reached a
speed OF forty-five miles per hour.
bridges, telegraph poles, station
nNA~fN. lNAAtA away ~ AAAt lfAA IT Aiit
rate Of fifty miles per hour, ere we
passed Spuyten Duyyel Greek. In the
meantime six nimhle folders had been
making up parcels Of papers, and as
our train tore around the curves 81 the
Hudson River Railroad these parcels
we're hurled out, only 10 be picked up.
opened and their contents distributed
al over the towns and hamletS adjacent
These bundles of newspapers made
some tall Somersaults after touching
terra irma or a railroad tie, frequently
bounding mp into the air "A distance ~
twenty or thirty feet. aud coming o.
stanl-still against the side Of water
tank. the roots 81 tree. or against
a switch y the lightning train. bowl
cd along at AN increased rate of speed,
the hills. valleys, mountains and rivers
were lighted mp brilliantly by Nat.
Sawyer headlight, that ravi~hed cut
and tunnel only 10 emerge and, like "A
straiaing race-horse. bend itself for
more desperate cndeayor. Now we are
rolling away round turn OF the river.
the high bluffs on the right. the placid
Hudson on the left; now Sawyer, the
grand pilot. SoOt-sfained and fearless.
drives his iron charger into the tunneled
hill, .'like a cambria needle through a
seam: - now he strikes a bridge, and
engine 20 takes il al a leap and j. over
il, A. coufser takes hurdle in his
eagerness 10 win the handicap. Every
few miles a bundle IF papers was
thrown out a. a peacc-offering to the
inhabitants for the indignity offered
them in not stopping. and We arrived AZ
Poughkecpsie on time. The most cN-
citing portion II the trip was between
Peek~kill and Poughkeepsie. along by
New Hamburg. where, IN 1871, the
horrible accident occurred. A. ! look
al from the door Of the sleeper al the
rear Of the train. | could not but al
mire the beautiful and vivid picture
Ben. r. Taylor drew Of Doc. simmons
ride to death ON that fatal night when he
went down with his engine into New
Hamburg Greek;
Thanked by rugged rock and river.
Death and double sid, by side
Hand upon the mighty bride,
see the gallant horseman ride.
1t was with feeling Of relief that |
found We had at the rate 81 iifty-iiye
miles per hour spanned this ''chasm of
death without danger. Dawn broke
upon Us AZ Poughkeepsie, where we
halted. took new engine, driven BY
gallant Will Class,'i. and were of again
for Albany. hurting out papers at every
station. Farmers along the route who
were ont 10 feed their stock rested on
their forks. and wondered a. they gazed
upon the phantom train. Pretty milk
maids looked and wondered A. the train
swung around a curve, and
Cclumned smokeIhuilt high and mighty
Colorado the dome % night,
kindles like a face the dial
With the bu sis Of furnace light.
And VIII Clas-en az his window,
Watching with pleasant smile
Sees the friendly world - meet him,
Coming down the track the while,
Sixty seconds to the mile.
The run into Albany was made at the
rate ~ sixty miles per hour, the last
eight being made in seven minuiesl
The run from Albany to syracuse was
made AT the rate 81 iifty-seven miles per
hour with new engine and driver. Al
Syracuse we halted Eve minutes. when
Jares Wood, with engine No THAT
the people along the road STYLES ''the
lying devil. = took the train. A. he
coupled on and oiled up. we passengers
got out and eyed the famous engine
driver Of Commodore Vanderbilt with
great curiosity, as Jim Woods fame j.
a. wide as that Of the ''iiying devil. "
The passengers were not at all disap-
pointed in Wood and hiS engine, who
ran from Syracuse to East Buffalo IN
three hours and twenty minutes. where
he turned over the train to another,
who carried IL 10 suspension Bridge be-
fore | 80 p. m. i'm time to transfer the
travellers to the Western-bound trains.
Wood made several spurts Of from fifty
five 10 siXty-five miles per hour between
Syracuse and Buffalo, and for twelve