The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05
TO San Francisco actual time difference OF longi.--
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70 san Frnpcsro actual time, difference OF longi.---
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nov jamp IRON the tram in the city Of San Fran
CISCO. As tho morning papers had intimatcd the
possible arrival OF the party about nine O'Clock. there
was great concourse OF people at tho wharf
70 witness the landing OF the excursionists, and
all along Market street the sidewalks were
thronged with citizens demonstrating their graft
ncaton At the safe arrival OF tho lightning train.
AS the Carriages were driven into the inner OF the
Palace Hotel tho crowd burst out with enthusiastic
shouts Of welcome. Royalty could have received no
greater token OF respect and admiration show
cred upon evcry traveller as he aghcd from his
riage The spacious Office where had to register
names was at ncd with acrowd pushing forward
catch glimpse OF our dusty countenances A dozen
hands graspcd ours and in actual danger
thereby. There associated with the curiosity
manifested very gratifying interest in personal
safety, Tor IL could hardly DO expected
that such lengthy trip AZ such remarkable
speed, could be accomplished without giving rise
to the apprehension that accident at least possible
RECEPTION
was truly genuine, and Impressed with tho enthus
assn of tho generous, hearty citizens OF the Pacific
slope, whose better acquaintance We shall all be glad
cultivate during our short stay among them.
Warren Leland tho lessee, had prepared breakfast
the party ana we FOUND usscmDlcu inc leaulng
OF San Francisco, headed by Mayor Bryant
Ing entrance After a hearty meal tho prophcsed
San Francisco breakfast with toasts and
congratua,ory speeches by Atlantic aud Pacific
speakers who thus claspcd hands across tho entire
Continent
The enormous bundles OF Thursdays HERALps
brought by your agent were meanwhile selling At
fabulous prices in the streets OF the city, and thus
tho transatlantic journey ended and passed into
the history OF the centennial year.
WHAT Is THOUGHT OF THE FAST TRAIN IN THE
wEsT-soME FAST TRIPS ON THE NEW YORK
CENTRAL ROAD.
Boston Post:-"Thc fast train the Continent
naturally raises tho question, Why Is It that fast
travelling on tho rail isn't more popular this
country Riding at tho ratio Of sixty seventy miles
an hour is said by competent authorities to be no
moro dangerous than riding at tho rate OF forty or
| nifty miles an hour, and railroad kings like Com
| modore Vanderbilt, Colonel Scott and John W.
| Garrett uneasy when making less than a mile a
minute In England much faster time made on the
railroads than IN thus country tho express
the Great Northern Railroad usually making between
| sixty. nine and seventy miles hour. Tho highest
speed ever attained the English railways seventy
eight miles hour, whilo in this country the asrst
time record was made by tram running IRON syria
cuse to Rochester, n. T., thc distancs-eiyhty-one
miles-having been accomplished In sixty-one min.
utcS
Chicago Inter Ocean, Juno 2-"The special cxcur-
sion train from New York San Francisco, which ex-
poets reach the latter place tho fourth day
| Now York. whirling through New York, Pcnnsyi-
vania Ohio Indiana and Illinois yesterday and this
writing seems likely accomplish Its feat II ran 444
miles yesterday without stopping-a feat uncxampicd
us Mr. Boyd tcicgrnphs in the history of the world
The train arrived in this city O'Clock last night
aud few minutes later the NEW YORK HERALD OF yes
terday morning was delivered at this oihco."
Clinton (lowa) Age:-"The NEW YORK HERALD OF
yesterday June 1875 received here at half past
ono A. II. this morning. having been carried 1861
miles in twenty-ono hours and iorty.nvo minutes,
icat never before performed and probably for some
years will not DO repeated As q matter OF
record and for further information about
article from the NEW York HERALD Of Juno
| i, 1876 Tits article wns put In type before
o'clock, and AT ten minutes past two \. NJ tho Age
will go to press and will be distributed throu ghout tho
subscribers extracts from the SKw YoRx HERALD.
only some twenty-five hours before tho was rc-
produced in the Clinton Age"
Fort Wayne Ind.) Gasctte:-"For tho FIRST timc in
the history OF tho world the New York morning papers
received IN this city bcforo sunset of the Same
day. On yesterday evening at seven o'clock We re-
ccivcd the New York HERALD of Juno l. addressed 10
tho Gasctfc eighteen hours from tho timc II left tho
press Bennett the proprietor OF the HERALD has the
energy and push to be successful ana the prosperity
OF the HERALD living witness to his energy
The HERALD carried from New York Jarrett n
Pamcr's last transcontinental train which left that
city yesterday morning for san Francisco,
wncro il Will arrive In three days and twelve
hours. Such undertaking, II predicted twenty
years ago, would have been considered chimcricaL A
trip from ocean 10 In cighty-iour hours. The
first ninety miles made In ono hour and forty MN
utcs The train was time this city. Twcny.iour
OF the London Times, the Journal DIES Debdts and
the HERALD. The tram consists of locomotive,
mi I'D m md
| and Pullman palace hotel car. There arc but fvo
principal stopping places between New York and san
Francisco This trip doubt will stand the fastest
and longest continuous run on record for years
come"
| FAST TRAINS ON THE CENTRAL ROAD
| In 1871, Mr. w. H. Vanderbilt, who was West having
| been tcicgraphcd 10 meet tho Commodore in Albany
Lett Chicago a special train, and At Cleveland at
tachcd to the regular atlantic cxprcss,n which hal
/ been held there two hours This train consisted OF
eleven cars, but Il made up the limo lost, that the
whole run from Chicago to Albany was nadc In
twenty hours, and to New York In twenty four hours
The popularity OF this run that, OF tho whole
distance Of 9s1 miles, $50 miles wcro made with
regular train, much above average sze, making all
the stops on the time table to set down and receive
passengers aud baggage
| In 1872 Mr.. W. II. Vanderbilt accompanied BY some
other persons connected with tho road left Buffalo on
special train twelve noon, and reached Albany at
| twenty minutes 10 six p. NJ, rrnnng q distance Of
900 miles In $40 minutes, including stoppagcs The
speed OF this tram while In motion uniformly
sixty miles an hour tho extra iorty minutes bong
consumed in the soppagcs. No especial preparations
were made for this run, and IL may DO considered ono
oil tho fastest record
The HERALD carly in the present year ran a special
train from Niagara Falls to SYRACUSE distance OF 15s
miles In 1j7 minutes making two stoppages Allowing
four minutes Tor each OF these stoppagcs the running
speed o ihis train about sixty -four miles per hour
and considering the distance that rate aud tho
and comfort Of the train II may fairly be con-
sidcred the best run ever made.
On the second day OF last month Special was
from New York to carry the directors and others
the Lake shore election ut Cleveland Tho distance
Is $50 miles. and the limo between tcrmni was thr-
teen hours and ten NOTWITHSTANDING an average speed
or forty-eght miles hour including stoppagea The