The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-02

The engineer In charge Was W. O. Iaber and our con-
ducsor MAJOR N. y. Scott Away and away al full
speed We went and It evident that the second soc
ton OF M arretts sranscontinentol railway combina
ton was going 10 run come fast time The road was
much rougher ono travel the track ballast consist
ing OF gravel and cinders instead Of macadam, as on
the Pennsylvania road still It far rom unpleasant
on the straight stretches The excitement Of this
mornings rido now began to tell the passengers.
and with tho exceptions or Judge Russell aud Mr. Jar
rstt your correspondent found awake as the
whistle three times 10 denote the fact that wc had
az length left Pennsyivania soil and were bounding
over Ohio This was ut Palestine. which station was
passed at twelve minutes past twelve, ono minute
behind schedule time.
ooIxo ACROSS OHIO.
Tho numerous manufacturing towns along this secss
ton appeared take great interest tho passage OF
the train Salem especially. The people from far and
near had assembled along the limo OF tho road They
stood house tops sat IN rows ON fences and stood
ankle deep in the dust whirl past The poe
pie Of the town were very lively, and It being tho
dinner hour everybody was at leisure TO watch
the train. At thirty eight and half min
ules past twelve o'clock we dashed through
the town, having Just passed trains Nos and
on the siding The speed then percepnbly increased,
and We rassed Woodland, Damascus and Belon in
rapid succession, funning into Alliance thrcc minutes
ahead OF timc at nyscven minses past twelve. Here
another locomotive, with cnginecrJohu vanwormcrs,
with his hand on the throttle valve waited for tho tran
and In less than thirty seconds again In mo-
ton The stations a'ong this part Of the route
dotted every few miles, and crowds werc on
the lookout Everywhere the schoolhouscs were
empted, tho factories wdfo hushed for moment and
hundreds Of people waived their hands 10 those
board The delight Of these residents finding
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and there was boisterous physical encounter. now
and them to get copy We reached Crestline at ~
minutes past three Ave minutes ahead OF the sched-
ule thus gaining sufficient time to change locomotives
Mr. Griscom left u.s. and the train oame under tho
control or Mr. Charles Edward Gorham superintens-
ent or tho Western Division Tho engine was No
1so Engineer A. Kelker, Conductor r. H. Younsbloed
yRolACREsrLISE CHICAGO.
Thcusua throng was at the depot cheer Was
given when We started from Crcstline Chicago The
road is as straight as bee line. and went at .
speed Of fifty miles per hour The heat that had been
SO oppressive all day subdued by delicious
breeze and the gathering clouds told that were
nearing the storm described by tho HERALD. Tho
country looked beautiful In Its verdure and the fields
seemed whir around and every appeared TO be
dancing, 50 rapid progress. Indeed had It
not been for tho rocking motion OF tho cars would
have thought that tho landscape swift panorama
We made the run OF l3l miles from Crestline Fort
Wayne In two hours and hfty-nvc minutes, meeting
the Chicago express bound at Ada siding Il fifteen
minutes past i've
THE STORM PREDICTED BY THE HERALD
At Fort Wayne wc remained ton minutes and
distributed = large number OF HERALDs to the
throng assembled. starting regular time, at
five minutes past seven. with engine No.
22l, engineer A. h. Polhcmus and conductor
John H. Moore We dashed with clear track all the
way for Chicago. Mr.. Gorham announced that II tho
locomotive could do II, We would reach tho Queen
city by ten r. NJ. Our ratio OF speed indeed ter
rife, frequently over q mile minute. and we gained
minutes on the schedule .ime from Fort Wayne. At
nine O'Clock the train passed through binding
rain storm accompanied by vivid lightning
and heavy thunder, emerging from it after race Of
thirty miles At the Chicago depot immense crowd
stands looking At the train and II Its passengers
who walked through the HERALD building this morn
ing and are now in their midst after travcrsing Ave
states-namey, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Ilnois Hero General Horace Porter Vice
President II the Pns,Ss,n Gar Company, leaves our
party well satisfied with this "trip from Now York TO
chicago twenty-five hours instead Of thirty seven,
the usual speed for that distance Mr. E. w.
Eldridge, OF tho fremont House, row Of this city,
also ieft rs, having made the round trip since
nine O'CLOCK ON luc5uuy iuoEutuE Tot soO hS sihC
on record the people Of Chicago read tho NEW York
HERALD on tho evening OF the day OF It's publication,
. fact worthy 70 be held everlasting remembrance.
1T s quite evident that this experiment Of fast trans:
continental train has aroused tho entrc country and
all along the route farmers came nfeen and twenty
miles TO see tho train, although no local effort
had been made to attract special attention TO 1t.
IfMr. Jarrett succeeds reaching San Francisco
cordinu the schedule time the fact will revoutionize
our present system or railway travel and make rapid
passenger trains necessity.
A RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA
representative Of tho Herald accompanied the
jarrett & Palmer fast train far Pttsburg
The return by special train to Philadelphia through
tho courtesy OF superintendent Jackson made
little over nine hours.
BOUND FOR THE MISSISSIPPI
Az write these lines for the messenger at my VIM
dow the locomotive whistle is sounding and in min
ute more start one gigantic bound for the Misss.
sipp River, expecting to cross It twcnty-iour hours
from New York