The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-04
Creased Lightning
JARRETT SPE.
CIAL TRAIN STILL ON
THE WING.
Evanston TO Ogden. rs Niles. Run in 70
misunderstanding the sierras at
SO Niles an Eour-Tuli De-
tails Up to "rress
~ Time" 80 q 41'a4 a

Our account OF the progress of
Jarrett 4 Palmer's Special Trans
continental express, which passed
through here on Friday night, closed
with the arrival of the train at Car
bon, Wyoming, which point it reach
ed at 2:28 a. m. yesterday. The
train arrived at Bridger station at
1858 a. m, being then seven hours
and sixteen minutes ahead of time.
Evanston, 955 miles west of Omaha,
was reached at 9:15, and the train
left there at 800, eight hours and
fifteen minutes ahead of time.
The break on the Union Pacific
was repaired Friday night, and the
train rushed N without delay to Og-
den, where it arrived at 1922 a. IN,
local time, being hen five hours
ahead of time. 1t made the run
from Omaha to Ogden in just "A
hours, and ran from Evanston to Og-
den, Is miles, in 70 minutes. The
fastest time made was IA miles in ii
minutes. The train stopped in Og-
den just five minutes. 1t runs so
fast that it is in a constant cloud of
dust, and the passengers look dusty
and exhausted. The maximum rate
per mile of the train on each of the
three divisions of the Union Pacific
road was n minute, and on the di-
vision between Big Springs and
Julesburg the run was made at the
rate of seventy-two miles an hour.
The train passed Blue Canon at
the rate of 473 miles an hour. Prom
ontory was passed at 1854 a. M,
travelling up grade 80 miles an hour.
Reached Kelton at Has and stop
ped five minutes for water. The
speed between Promontory and KEEL
ton was 464 miles an hour arrived
at Terrace at 1871 p. m. and left at
1887; left Tecoma at LEO at the
rate of 463 miles an hour. The aver
age rate of speed to Tecoma from
Ogden was AL miles per hour, and
the entire time from Ogden to Teco-
ma, including stops, 8 hours and So
minutes-distance, 157 miles.
Toano was reached at 8 p. m,
running at the rate of 80 miles an
hour from Terrace through the hills.
Relay engines were ready to respond
to duty if necessary at all stations
between Promontory and San Fran
cisco. The average speed from Og-
den to Toano, was 43 miles an hour.
The most remarkable run has been
on the Central Pacific, up hill grade
from Ogden to Promontory, in Utah,
where "a miles were made in one hour
and nine minutes. The train pass
ed Elko at 4:45, Carlin at Also. Pal
asades at 500, arriving at Battle
Mountain at $40. 1t was detained
here ten minutes by hot boxes, and
arrived at Winnemucca at 500, the
average running time from Ogden be-
lug 40 miles per hour, at which rate
it would reach San Francisco at 7:30
this morning
The train reached Mill City at
1852, making 30 miles from Winnie
mucca in 33 minutes; it passed Ore
ana at 9:43 /; left Wadsworth at 11:31
p. M, and Reno, $50 miles west of
Ogden, at 12:25this morning, or 2:25
by Cheyenne railroad time.
The train passed Broncho, 610
miles west of Ogden, at l:03 a. M,
or 3:03 a. m. by Cheyenne railroad
time, having then only 272 miles to
run. This will take it into San Fran
cisco by 7 a. m , at the farthest, or 9
a. m, our time, being in in season
for a very early breakfast there.
The hour of the trains arrival in
San Francisco will be bulletined in
the postofice and on Pclack's cor
ner as soon as received at The LEAD
Err office this morning.
B0ughton's Bag Of Gold.