The New York herald., 1875-09-17

upheld a mail bag, sometimes three, and when the
mail train came along from the forward car was ex
tended another arm, worked by lever and in mo
ment the train the recipient Of news, foreign and
domestic. The arm belonging 70 the train caught the
mail bag insiantaneousy and hooked beneath ts own
elbow its precious burden Il may seem almost in
credible to deliver and receive mails such manner at
sixty miles an hour but done to-day and without
one mistake Seventy thousand New York papers we're
the train, and every wayside station they
thrown or in huge bundles from the platform
under the experienced direction Of Williams and
OBrien, OF the Union News Company. The rate of
speed from New York to Poughkecpsie was not remark
able, averaging about forty-three and half miles an
hour Hank Mullgan, the engineer, however, man
aged to bring us in exactly on time
Crossing New Hamburg Creek the mind naturally
called recollectons of the awful disaster which Doc
Simmons and Of others lost their lives and in
which the very engine which drew train made
plunge into the icy waters of the creek From Pough
keepse to Albany, engine s5 George Bates, engineer,
brought us ahead Of time A mile minute made
in this stretch At Albany the schedule time called for
74o, and we arrived seven minutes sooner
THE VICE PRESIDENT ABOARD.
Vice President Wilson got the Wagner attached
to the train at Albany and went with US far as
Utica He was dismayed at first meeting many
newspaper men, fearing the ordeal of interview, but
the speed too great the Knights of the Pen for
bore for once the infection. At Utica the distin-
guished representative of the government left the
train to join the Army of the Cumberland in their
celebration The President in the city, but failed
| o meet his lieutenant his arrival. We reached
Syracuse fifteen minutes ahead of mo and wo expect
| to have the celebrated Jim Woods with his wonderful
| engine No 1l0, TO take us to Buffalo The road is
crowded with rural gazers the same when the first
HERALD trainthe originator OF this mail tran-nashed
| by at sxty-iive miles an hour on July L.
| On arrivng at Syracuse ahead OF time and making
such fast recordconsderably above ordn ry express
trans but very much slower than the schedule time of
the HERALD express during the summer months-be-
| tween New York and Niagara Falls, engines
| were again changed. To tho intense disappoInt-
| ment of every board, Jim Woods
| replaced on his fayorite route and another
| engineer, William Gould, and another engine Q25l
took the place of the famous team that has now become
historic in railroadng The pace, however, became
very hot until at Clyde the forward journals OF the
| engine became very hot also and necesstated stop
| page. AT least twelve minutes were lost at this poor
little station and the running gear of the entire train
was examined carefully from one end to the other.
Yet in spite OF the terrible upgrade from Syracuse to
Batavia, Gould managed to pull up all lost time and we
arrived at Buffalo five minutes ahead of time The
Wagner car filled to an overowing extent with journal
lists OF all kinds and from all localities was constantly
| full of merriment and jokes and oowed along with
swavng motion worthy of pull back' belle The lack
| of speed compared with the HERALD train
mented upon with considerable latitude, while be-
yond Syracuse when table of cold chicken and drink
| ables was spread Tor the knights of the pen
BOARD
| curve would sometimes spill the sparkling liquid
on side of the car and the woud-be orator the
other Toast of the majority was 10 the HERALD light
| ming trainf probably Forgetting at the time
| that they Uncle Sans guests Among the
| journalists fraternity over fifty papers rep
resented There were many valued representatives
of the road among others Mr. Toucy, the superinten
dent of the Hudson River ana Central roads; Mr. Bur
roughs, who presdes over the Western DIVISION the
genial Tillnghast who always looks out for fast time
| on the Central; Watkeys, the master machnist who
| built engine No. no. Colonel Crockett, of the Grand
Central HOTEL II. j. Pearson, Assistant Postmaster of
| New York; Anthony Yeoman superintendent OF mails
| New York; Mr.. Falrman. Postmaster of Philadelphia;
| DR. Rupener, New York; c. H. Fisher, chief engineer
| of vanderbit's road E. d. Worcester secretary of
! vanderblts road, and many others. We arrived at
Buffalo eight minutes ahead of time Gould making up
| lost time on the down grade from Batavia
We left Buffalo at 80 r. NJ, taking the Lake Shore
Railroad to Cleveland and Toledo, thence to Chicago by
the Michigan Southern Railroad The first station at
| which the train stopped was Dunkrk forty miles from
| Buffalo, which was reached in one hour.
ADDITION THE TRAIN AND THE PARTY
There was an extra palace car put on the train at
Buffalo, making in all six cars for the train. This
was attached in order TO accommodate certain newspaper
and otherwise official people from Cleveland. No other
our train The running the Lake Shore line was at
first, very slow; any ordinary Erie or Central tram
| might have beaten It. Thirty-hve miles an hour
the extreme of speed where hity miles or more
| might have been easily attained. Here the
| Post Office representative summoned all the
newspaper in his presence and alter asking each
his name the paper TO which he belonged and other
questions, he said that he authorized give each
representative OF the press Tree back from Chi
| cago any regular train going eastward Some in
| dIgnanty replied that the invitation sent by Mr.
Bangs meant in plain terms trip to Chicago and back
and refused to accept OF any avors from the Post Office
representative in question In roply he sarcastcally
marked that every one was at liberty to interpret let
ter he pleased and that the from the Post Office
Department conveyed information well invita-
ton We reached Erie on time, 4:52 2. NJ, very slow
| rate of running Jim Woods, with his famous engine,
| could have made IL in one hour and half
Alter leaving Erie at 4:57 p. NJ, the train went
through to Cleveland with only one stop at Ashta6ula
At the stopping in question the entire population of the
| neghborhood turned out in holiday attire, Al Erie
| we took on new engine with Nicholas Hartman as
Hs oo s' aOS OS steam gos wh ,,oS
| fifty miles hour, like the phantasmagoria
| of dream The dusk came on rapidly, dozens of
freight and cattle trains passed as the red and white
flags gave place to lights OF the same color and the pail
OF night fell over the train milk white included
| On the Lake Shore Road there were many prominent
officials on board. Among them Joseph Lyons,
| who took charge of tho train between Buffalo
and Cleveland, and Mr.. Merritt, the chief
| superintendent of the railway mail service, turned
up this evening in the Wagner after long sleep in
OF the postal He repudated the action OF his
subordinate and seemed aLxous to bring back repre-
| sentaves of the press on the return mail trip. An
idea OF the enormous magnitude of the
| mail service train may be imagined from
the fact that between Syracuse and Erie four men
ivered 14l sacks OF mail We have had four distinct
showers of to-day, and the result gratifying
inasmuch the rain laid the dust and the cool
| Crowds lined not only the stations but the parts
OF the track where not even an apology for village
visible This was one Of tho most remarkable fea-
| lures of this memorable trip.
IL is now midnight, and am writing while the train
travels a speed Of fifty miles hour with conduc.
tors lantern swinging beside me and the swayng
in the most outlandish way. The people turn out in
dense numbers, and we hear their shouts Of welcome
drowning the eternal clank of the wheels as they spin
/ around on the steel tracks.
THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL TRAIN.
| PIrTsBuRG, Sept 16, 1875.
The first limited mail train of the Pennsylvania Rail-
| hatv
rived at Altoona ten minutes late The train left Jersey
Ctv at halfpas four this morning being seven min