The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-17
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS.
IRON THE METROPOLIS TO CHICAGo
IN TWENTY-SIx HOURS.

o..h,ns up the Hudson ne Forty miles IN
tfour-Thirty Tons of Letters and News
pnpers Handled In the Cars Enthusiastic
Reception nv 5000 Persons In Cleveland
little after 4 o'clock yesterday morn
,ug the last of the great green mail wagons,
,,len high with letter pouches and bags oil
n.net.. rnttled through the Fourth avenue tun-
oeI hearing ts load to the Grand Central Depot
Atom, the side " the new postal train was
,,o.l.v array of drays and trucks, mingled with
the natty express wagons ~; for every available
,.bicIe that the Post ONCE Department could
command WIS pre- sscd into service to meet ex-
traordinary demands. lIomely drays, which
had done duty in hauling granite and Iron Few
months ago, truuded great leather sacks
through the MOONLIGHT In the confidential ser
vice OF the Government. They met on Fourth
avenue a shivering picnic party returning nome
I'm erucer- wagon deckcd with shcaves OF
wheat and with ribhons that hung h'aVS WI"
the airs dan pness. There was hasty trhnsie'
Of the mails from the trucks e. the cars u"'
,,ing Of n slecuy Il. rtv Of cxcur-ionists INFO
,hct, an. riers and then the train dasheu away
tnktur a r tie ~ forty niles an hour. ., 18Th
At Spuvten pus, TIC river WIS G,N XIV croft
aonfinx in ON the rising tue, anu even w
sfennhoats, which sputtri tnelr eltlli's AZ tuo
train passed them nv. seemed y stailu noti ,
isss nnd the fratn seemed to tv. As the river
widencd into the taponn Zcc, The mi.ts lty only
IN occ -ionnl 80 "a, nd some, hitcd 20 the tons
Of the T. tdcs. lay like helvy no r.trpSt on the
trees rhc moon. nearly fuil. made tho NIT
clouds luminous. AMI except where heiNN uinhs
r ~ lack shadows Il threw "A bro path OF
Dgi.t ever the water. Io person looking back
oV,r the scene. this ath was ALWAYS stretched
with one e. d at hiS feet and the other lust IN
dr. The moon aud AZ the train dashed on, the
nght ran % even &c, never tninH' never
losing. A tcet " small sloops laV hcrosl uc
river. each one rk IN tho shadow, until its
tiits cam t. % vc it, sails turned vhite and its
huh Ell. u fOr 70 moment hv TIE rtlsdis nee ing
l,ht. T. ch ono in the lurcme mhment glowed
Ike pu ntnm IL. aud then ~ tue moon
passed incn nv, became dtm' dark hsure ot a
comuon sionp oetin. ,...
A. in'tl * the shor, tunnel az sing sing Il TX
eucd t.c - ~ nome {. an IN g me
icc, nyi IS were iust beginning their day. Ono
hour az, hcs sun rose nj IA wed tie barracN'
ami hu c's ~ West Point. and hit"cn minutes
later De- ufsi NM was disirin9ied hN ar pplni
twnl tter pouches a. Nrwtur-h llnlint wnUe
Al % -u.cd NJ stop was made between NV
York md Albany, cxcegt at poughkeensic'
~hc'c ugils were exchanged. AT Catskill an-
9th O. mail tug was drOute /.
lh pn. til train was coup 'scd ~ four c.rs. In
whi 3D. fora few hours an cnersetil nutl' tor
or rr So arriy ed. In the nrst cor. the
Governor iltN' were tcrtl seven letter unuche,
aud ns hundred aud thirty-twg registered
PACKAGE. h're were 10 sacks OF G ~ uri1te
mlt'"', " II VII i1d 10 lie emptied and .l'-
tuh't ~ busy hands md rep ckcd according
a. g.. r~ uhicgl districts. A. fast as bags could
be tcfli.i they were carried to the second ear.
the q y IA. Morgan, aud 81 red in Cgulai
pii,-. head high. on both sides OF a mar
w % le In the third car, the Governo,
III the .a'k- containing paper for the
W., States were thrown. They were
h. pr IN proWiscuuusly, and Tor feW
hu.f~ Il anybody maze q irlss - thr ugh
TIE cnr. he could oulN 90 40 hy climne ing Over
tre TIRE ulir piles close 70 tue roof, though
he " Co. in crow 'od ma loft Tn So 0ass were
~ &C VS. allied Win TIA" New YORK dailic-' and
mauf 90 IA -m sid not need t. ue opencd fol
Assortmeut. they had neen refully packed
IN De- newspaper offices. But thy had to 10,
ottria I'D rud iled according To- system, anC
those whirh were TO 20 to the fur hest point
rc tr n.iefrcd to the fourth car the GOV
Tod, auI scored tncrr There were In all G6
BIS ~ rrint, Il mat cr. each bag probably aver
aging IN % * yes. over 100 - the bags wer'
m seize lu { lucel tr n-itorN mail, as II Il called
AMI tn-a'r" { uulk of the remainder contained
the New York dailtts.
Beside D. SIR. " iiams, the man ger ~ th'
Union Nf~- Companv, carried out Ia one enc
Of the fourth ear 30 p ckHgc- ot New Gori
morfins nrvsp per-. containing 800 c"lles
which had req tica tour double trucks to carr
them 900 TIE ueuot. The were to be distribute,
at all stations % the Central road. Some wer
"a. u s'iil further. hese pack ,ees he tumble.
OF fru;n he re1r end OF the parlor car. through
which bee q. rred them as fast : needed. and .
all Ia stntiuus long the Hudson soiit 90 v news
men waited tor retVe them. The large bundle
" .ich we're rlllei un at laces II 20 Yunkers an'
sing sins, rart kim of the momentum II III
u ir. bounded nigh As they str !ck the tiers an'
the SOLITARY newsman sadly followed them
Wueu some favored watchman was passed,
half de1Du tapcrs were twisted toget a,r an
tossed 20 hun. but as they passed through IN
air the strong currents sclzea tn spread thet
our AZ j some Of them hoatei far oui over tn
river
Albany was reached at 10, ave minutes ahea
Of u e. giving the party niteen minutes T.
breakfast Instead OF ten, Here Nire.ftc.ldft
wilson joined the party ma rode win thenl I
Utica. some prominent railroad .mci IT, 10
ciuiinE s'cretar T.. ID. MorcSrt.. = erlhi'N,
en- LanceN, H. {. iue7t M It, II lief- W. wei
also % enter OF t1r - ri, anu So were "e,,r-
5 u u-s and MIR. hnnps ~ ot inc f"st phic
heprrsentatlVe7 OF the New 1oik' BOSTON, ~
cagp and ol'Feldnd newspapers NAL" up "a
rest Of the party. IL was ann unced ih"i "a
locom"tiN used from New olk 10 hlnahS
the one fhai Was h-tcd out 81 Tue Me-" il'u
b - 90 "k ~ me Hccid.ut whlch resulteu :
poe sll mon uetth' Al Aloahy IL was chahSe
Tor one u ilNeltr f'cNrd.
u iond Alnan' the people along the rout
tufn"d unt IN lreat numbers 70 see the tran
Ia 20 lNiuN hundreds 81 the 'aliWtN rt
pin '''- G % Nutk u come out ana siF' chcci
WI go c.ad mot q heard, ana al Schctect d.
Ut' "a. Rome. and syracuse there seem d TO %
greet 'hthurH. M. IL ~ a. thought lnat l'rrs
hu, , ',"" ,, ur fs an ~ t "a. ~ vs.