Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-19
/ PERSONAL AND GENERAL

n G.. Meacham and excursion party Of
twelve left Senstobia yesterday for Waco
Dallas and Austin.
Messrs. Charles F. Ludlune, of the Chi.
cstto and Alton, and G. p. Atmore, IT., of the
StIr and Crescent route, are in the city.
<The Little Rock people who recently
visited Louisville are said TO be so pleased
18th the treatment at the hands of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad manage.
lnent, that the road is frequently referred 10
as the "Quapaw" route.
The frat through train on the Chesapeake.
Ohio and Southwestern road left Memphis
Monday, July 10th, at 8 o'clock am, and
was differed as follows: c. +. Cook, con-
ductor; VIM. Bender. engineer; Ed. Satter-
white. fireman; Dick Moody and VIM.
Lowe, brakemen; n. L. Bib, express mes
senger.
A party will arrive to-day at 4:20 O'Clock
PM, on the Louisville and Nashville road.
from Chattanooga and Atlanta, Ga. A
party from Montgomery and line of the
Memphis and Charleston, will arrive at 8: as
o'clock am. Both parties leave on The Lit
lie Rock road at 4: 80 O'Clock PM About 400
tor Arkansas and Texas.
The st. Louis R0ih0ay Register says: "The
last spike in the Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern YVES driven on Thursday, and
the Chesapeake and Ohio system is now
complete to Memphis. Work will now be-
gin on the link between the Mississippi and
The Southern Pacific, which will extend from
Memphis in a southwesterly direction to a
junction with the Texas and New Orleans,
near the crossing OF Trinity river"
The recently published proposition to re-
form the system of passenger charges in this
country is not an original idea, but a repro
tluclion of the systems prevailing in Europe,
where the rates OF fare vary, with the class,
and may be roughly stated 10 be 4, 3 and 2
cents per mile for first, second and third
classes, respectively, with an extra charge, in
many countries, for fast or express trains
The result is, that it costs l or cents per
mile more to travel in Europe than in palace
cars in this country.
The RaiiVoy Age, Of Chicago, prints a
diagram indicating the comparative railway
mileage of the different States and Terrific
ries on January LIST, 1882. 1t shows Illinois
FIRST III the list with 1926 miles. The other
States and Territories come in the following
order: Pennsylvania, $500 miles; Ohio, 1904;
New York, 6279; Iowa, 6ll3; Texas, 5344;
Indiana, 1895; Michigan, 1884; Missouri,
421I; Kansas, S7ls; Wisconsin, 3442; Mn
nesota, 1891; Georgia, 25SI; Nebraska, 2310;
Colorado, 2275; California, 226l; Virgins,
2l94; Tennessee, 1874; Massach usetts 1885;
Alabama, 1904; New Jersey, 1853; Ken
lucky, 17l5; Dakota Territory, 1883; North
Carolina, 1919; South Carolina, 1854; Mis-
sissippi, 1892; Maryland and District of
Columbia, lO4S; Arkansas, 1912; New
Hampshire, 1926; Maine, 1922; Louisiana,
999; New Mexico Territory, 975; Connecti-
cut, 959; Vermont, 9l6; Utah Territory, 90S;
Nevada, $50; Florida, 1893; West Virginia,
7l2; Oregon, $50; Arizona Territory, 557
Wyoming Territory, 533; Washington Ter
ritory, 4S0; Delaware, 27S; Indian Territory,
275; Idaho Territory, 265; Montana Terri |
a
total railway mileage OF the United States,
I04 ,S13 miles
Tie rates OF speed in the different coun-
tries are interesting. In. speed of railroad :
trains England leads the list, the maximum T,
bainy 46 sc miles per hour, made by the train
from London 20 Leeds The distance from
London to Edinburgh, 1877 miles, is ms de by
She fastest train ia hours, or at the rate OF |
44.11 miles per hour. The average time is ]
10 hours, and the average speed 1910 miles ]
per hour between these TWO cities. The dis !
lance from London to Liverpool, POI miles, !
is made by the fastest train in 4 hours and |
so minutes, and at the rate of ALA miles |
per hour. Another train from different |
part of London makes the distance, 229 |
miles, in 5 hours and % minutes, or at the |
rate of AZ, % miles per hour. On some short |
runs much faster time is M ade; from London |
to Grantham, 1851 miles, the speed is nearly |
~ miles per HOuT, DeLhecH 1OuuOu anu |
Bedford, 80 miles is run in 55 minutes, or at |
the rate OF 559 miles per hour, while short |
distances are often made at the rate of 20 |
miles per hour In France the highest speed |
is made between Orleans, Paris and Bor-
6eaux, 1858 miles, which is covered in hours
and minutes, or at the rate of SO miles per
hour. Other rates Of Rpeed vary from the
fastest above recorded, to 1927 miles per
hour, the slowest, made between Bordeaux and
Pau. InNorth Germany the quickest time is
IN ade between Berlin and Cologne, S62 miles,
which ia at the rate Of 40.2S miles per hour.
Many OF the trains move exceedingly slow,
bat most Of the express trains run at the
rate of 80 to 40 miles per hour. In South
Germany their fastest train makes the dis
Lance between Frankfort and Cologne, 1876
miles, in hours and 45 minutes, or at the l
rate OF 80 IA miles per hour. Many trains
however, only make Is or 90 miles per hour,
ind seldom is IS miles per hour excelled.
The fastest time in the United States is
made between New York and Philadelphia,
and at the rate OF As So miles per hour.
The limited express on the New York Cen
raj makes 40 miles per hour as far as
Buffalo, and 1878 miles per hour on the
vi Die distance from New York to Chicago.
The Pennsylvania limited express averages
1888 miles per hour, and the new limited
express between New York and Boston
averages 3S.6S miles per hour. OF course,
ior short distances very much faster time is
made.