, 1880-05-15
Excursion "Trip Over the Illinois
central's Suburban Line.
The New Cars and Enginc-Tho
Fast Thine to DO Made.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul Gets II
Ahead Of the Northwestern.
Conference between tho Coni.NItncrs
and the Railroad Companies.
Election Of Officers Of the Atohison, Tope-
ka l. Santa Fe Road.
RAPID TRANSIT IN CHICAGO.

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MAi'in I'll, TRANSIT IN CHICAGO.
Inc Illinois ccntfa! ka'lroad Company
ths an naoH, nn Gs
Park for tho purpose of Introducing their
new suburban trains which Will begin to
moks rngmIor .rina ,,a,,yocn rh,cora ard
Grand cross,ng Monday. Among those who
participated in tho excursion were Judge
Osborn. D. l.. Shorev. I. II. Morgan. Paul
CornelI. Geor0n Trumbull. q. If. Hague. j.
" % sca,n,non % r. n % Mc,snn n II n % no"tou ~
George NJ. Pullman, a. B. Pullman. A. q.
Darwin, G. y. Waller, Aid. Bnr1cy, ballard,
Clarke. md Wickcrshnr. .Jutlru Van II.
Higgins, II. n. 1iib1ur,, Consider ii. vii
lctt l." ~. Co,tueot H. H. HoDaFt' Mayer OF
Hyde Park, II. =. Pierce, G. L. Ford,
Mr. Webster, b1r. johnson, aud Mr..
Foss, Trustees Of 11Yde Park. J. II.
Lionel, Elliott. Tl,olnas lloyne,. N. G. Per
kins, Grorge G. Willard, II. J. Goodrich, ].
n, n: 5ewett " T. KIN Ke: John. John Morris; Her
James IL: bowe''' !. Baektngl'an,, 9: Buck-
ingham, Clarence buckingham, J. W. Stew
nt a; + II Eor1s;tsr GnSn ,'a o, ns we G
officers who looked out for tho comforts et ..
tho cxcurs'onlsts tilere were present u. r.
Ayer' ueae1ai = ooI.clttr, =, !. Je.res, oupe1"
lntcndent;J j. Z. Tucker, Traffic Mnnagcr; J.
sccrn,orw w. y, +ho Pr.s{cnt MN Nunn' p'1'"'o
Tha train wns ii,tia I'D Of the ak ncw sut,-
u1bun cmrs and tho new" double-unt!ern en.
ee,ninck rom 'HT tha tsentrni I n"nnt an ihs t,,c
trnfn want tn .tia % ;s,,iitnnn ,"o ar ar
sions ,,c,r Konsinptril. wj,cro st@a, at soi,,o
fifteen minutes "as mnde to give tllose pres-
unt q. .chMnee to view the location of tho prtl-
Ei1|S ss fssGps s nd tss1ay s As aPssd sgsdf
t i IN Sssts9 Se t ess soad 81 s %s f
been selected. Tho foundation for tho Allen
sp1 a5 s os s M01si @ Hss Wss sFfok e kspnR pas H.
ton, where lunch was served OH. tic cars,
which proved most interesting feature Ut
the excursion: After lunch the. train went
inenccd. On tlis trip tho valves Of
tho new n1,l novel engtnu were
opened to slow wlat speed she could
tic Tic" Central Dcpot WIS nt,ds in tf,irty-two
minutes, Including Gvn stups. At Olie time
tho train rail ut n Spectl OF about fifty miles
M holr, and vt tic ears rode rs ssealiiy ns
an hour. II Is claimed that still bet
Ter t!Mo cal, 10 muIo II desired. 1t
Is the Intention Of tho Company
e to- maks M tho 1sF!as tsps bstwsen 1,.F KsasIi
son,, as the full equipment has BEEN built.
Tie l1con,otlye Is wat is Technically
known rs o "Iuuhle-ender,s is, it I,as
a.headligl!t and pilot ut eael end, ind can
hsng n tnrMs IL cylinders r nrc % ffec,, incIrs
diai'5etcr and twcnty-two,lnch stroke, aid
Tie iriving-wheeis foitr feet Six Inches tlfatn-
ehI is carried upn1, ono pair Of leauiilg
| wheels Id Inches fn dIan,eters The frnmcs n
thn nnrine nrt, f.xtrntiii bgvcni lila furnace
fur liz purpose Of CARRYING 4 tank, wl,jcjt
j,n}fls i.o{W xnij0us of waller a,M Ado nn,,,fIs
Of soai' T6o end Of tic uneino al wliich lin
tank Is placed rest upon q four-wl,sel tr,tck,
| II viii this In srnI, thnt thn nnrinn nrT
frntinr nra urncticniiv ntio. iiistaHti III heinv
of scparata construction ts Is Is usually tic
Wsstlnrhs,nse n,tfounttts nirrhrnkr' n,,1 liz
hnii"r iS siinnl1eI wifi watnr bv twn In isctors
| iMstcnd of by put1rs. wlIjr,. pro ,isUgusrI
enuinn for tho suburban btsinrss II to Ii,
! away with tho necessity Of turning hor nt
cacl. end of run; Snch work ms consumed!