The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-05-06
VANDERBILT'SVIS
The Railway King in Sedalis
FASTEST Time Ever Made on the
Missouri Pacific.


BAzoo Of Friday, Mr. WIN. II. Vanderbilt,
the railway king Of Americs, arrived in his
magnificent private car "Vsnderbilt" that
evening a, SIS. The party consisted Of
Vim. II. Vanderbilt, his three ron-, Corne-
illus, William X aud Fred w., Captain
Jacob Nandeib hi a brother of the dead
Commodore; John Newell. General Mana
ger of the Like Shore Il Michigan South
ern; Augustus Sch~li, Of New York. ard
WIN. l.. Scott, Of Erie. They we're accom-
panied by A. A. Talmsge, Gen. Supt. Of
the Mo. Pacific. and conductor Chss. Gal
lagher had charge OF the train.
At $50 tie party took supper on board
of their train, which consisted only Of a
baggage car and the private car Of Mr..
Vanderbilt. After supper carriages were
in waiting. aud the uarty drove around the
city
They expressed themselves highly pleas
ed with SeJalia and retired to their rooms
at the Garrison House, where they passed
the night. They left for 81. Louis at $40 q.
M. yesterday.
FASTEST TINE On NO PACIFIC.
The special train left here At CAS- yester.
day morning. with Conductor Cha.. Gala
CHER, and James McCourt, engineer. The
party arrived in st Louis, lSS miles, a,
ll:20 a. ~, the quickest run ever made
over the Missouri Pacific By twO hours
To Chamois. IS miles. the run was made in
two hours and ten minutes. The quickest
run ever made tefOre was two hours and
forty minutes.
The wheels Of Mr. Vanderbili's car are
made OF compressed paper, with steel tires
An AGR0ABLE INCIDENT.
Not the least pleasant incident Of the
trip was Mr.. Vanderbil,'s kind appreciation
aud remembrance Of the engineer. Mr.
Robert Lester. and his fireman, Barney
Pollman, who whirled him through in
such style from Kan-as City 10 Sedslia on
the Mo. Pacific. The following dispatch
was received after the party arrived in St
Louis:
Geo. Woisk,, w. ":
DEAR SIR. -Piesse hand ten dollars &c
Lester, and five dollars 10 his fireman, with
the compliments OF W. H Vanderbilt.
Yours. ETC.,
A. 4. TALNAGE, Sup.
The men were "a much surprised Is graf
ified, mol so much ON account Of the gift,
as the delicate compliment which accom-
panied it. Barney took of his hat,
scratched his head a minute, and said,
"vell, dot ish got, undt wish he coom
efery day.
OBJECT OF THE TRIP
This il the first time Mr.. Vanderbilt has
been in the West. and the object of the
visit has aroused much curiosity. The
Chicago Times says:
BY securing the Chicago aud Northwest
ern Railroad, Vanderbilt adds 2.l55 miles
to his system o! railroads, "a follows
cago and Council Bluff, 4Sl miles juno.
ton to FreepOr:, III miles, Chicago to
Milwaukee. So miles; Chicago to Lake
Superior, 46i miles; Chicago Cut.Cf and
branches, 10 miles; Elgin to Lake Geneva.
45 miles; Lake Geneva to st. Charles, q
miles Geneva te Batavia 3D. miles; STAN
wood to Upton, 81 miles; Clinton to Ana
moe, ia miles; Maple River Railroad.
6Ol5 miles; Belvidere 10 Winona, 227
miles Keno-ha TO Rockford. 72l miles !;
Milwaukee 10 Fon du Lac, 6363 miles !;
Menomonee River Railroad, 24.l miles !;
Rochester and Northern Minnesota Rail
wsy, 24.i2 miles; Plainview Railroad, Is
miles; Chatfeld Railroad, Il.4i.
The change in the ownership Of the
Chicago and Northwestern will not only not
result in any changes in the present officers
of the road, but will rather seat them more
firmly in their PLACES. From President
Keep down they have been opposed TO the
Gould party, and Gould would no dorb;
have had them ousted hnd il not Keen for
the fact that he could never get enough
strength 10 carry out the intention. Presi-
dent Keep has long been identified with the
Vanderbilt interest. and il now. and has
been for years, a Director in the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern. Ii il I'M
derstood that at the next election the
Gould men in the Northwestern Directory,
who are only four in number, will retire
and Vanderbilt men will he substituted in
their places. Mr.. w. L. Scott, one Of the
directors who has heretofore acted With
Gould, has gone over to Vanderbilt, and is
one of the Vanderbilt party making the
present trip.
The purchase Of the Wabash BY Gould
had no doubt insiigAted Vanderbilt TO &C.
cure this property, and probably also the
Alton. TO prevent his being cut of from the
North and Southwest.
FAST TINE.
The time made by the party on this trip
is something extraordinary for snch die
lance on Western roads, On Thursday
morning they left Chicago for Omaha over
the Chicago and North western Line. At
1905 that day. Tsm., Iowa. 2.l miles,
WAS made, the train Of engine, tender and
one car going forty-nine miles an hour
The train reached Counci, Bluffs at 6:2l
that evening, making the run between Chi
cago and Council Bluff. distance 4SS miles.
in eleven hours and fifteen minutes, heating
the celebrated Jarrett and Palmer run
over the same road nine minutes.
They left Council Bluffs Friday evening
and arrived in Kansas City ct lilo p. m.
over the Kansas City, St. Joseph 4 Council
Bluffs road, the actual running time from
Council Bluff to Harlem being four hosrs
and thirty-seven minutes, or at the rate Of
nearly a. miles per hour.
At Kansas City they we're met BY Sup't
Tslmage, and after . drive around that
City they returned to the depot when they
entered the special car Vanderbilt, which
had arrived from Chicago, where it had
been left for repairs.
Reading.Room Sociable.
SEDALIA, May 8, 1879.
Editor Bazso:
This morning the ladies of the G. 7. L.
held . meeting and passed resolutions