Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-05
sxTY-FIyE MILES AN HOUR.
Fast Trial Trip Of n PhfIadeipn'" NV
contive In the West
Ea-o,, ths Chicn0o Herald.

eontiye I'm tine west
From the Chicago Herald.
The Shaw pulled out with $50 POUNDS
NJ steam and sneaked out over the
drawbridges and through the outsklr.s
Of Milwaukee with kind OF "on.)ust-
look-at-men motion that suggested
schoolboy's innocent run for meioh
patch, Word had been passed 10 mr;
fookwood's engineer and MIR. Hill, Oh
the Northwestern, that the first tes'
might be made on the ten-mile run De-
tween ST. Francis and the county line.
At ST. Francis the Shaw suddenly
gathered herself up, and with low,
deem snort. shot by the little stS'lon
bonse like a flash. Her every move
mept was watched with the keenest IN
ttrest by the railroad officials. There
was nothing efthat Jerking, humping,
Migratory motion other engines have,
hut the machinery worked smooth and
regular. But for the rear OF the wneeis
nm the rails her movement would have
been as noiseless as that OF the nne5'
stationary engine. A moment or Two
and Professor Dudley looked at his dy-
nocraph. "She's running pretty sharp
now,h he said, in his quiet way. HOW
much ." asked Mr.. Laying. "SiXty-one
miles an hour" said the professor. MT
LAYING looked satisfied, but Mr.. Dudley
moti0ned TO the engineer to let out. A
Herald man, who was OF the party, SAT
in the front window and watched the
furious steed as it shook itself anu
seemed like u living thing to reach OUT
for reign and bit. Down at the side the
cranks on the drivers were going IN
perfect whirl-so fast that the eye could
not begin to follow them-and the great
driving wheels spun like buzz-saws.
How fast?" said Mr.. Lockwood.
1.-THE last mile in fifty-fOur seconds.
We are running now at siXty-fOur miles
an hour" said the professor. The next
mile was made in titty-tive seconds, and
the five miles out from ST. Francis were
covered in four minutes and forty-ftve
seconds. Another very fast run was
made from Lake Forest to Highland
Park, and that distance was covered
at the rate of siXty-iive miles an hour,
one mile of ii being covered in exactly
fifty-one seconds, or sixty eight miles an
hour.
During that run the Herald man sat
perched I'D in the cab of the engine, and
Tic SGIlSdllOll Vi DCIhS ANi-NN
ground at that speed was terrific.
Fences along the road seemed devoid OF
posts and the rails looked like con-
tinuous BLUR. \ gang of track-repair-
ers were close to the track as the train
passed by. The reporter had just time
10 see one knocked over by the atmos-
pheric force created by the rushing en-
CINE and the other bracings themselves
against it. At a little station called
Hollywood some ladies stood on the
platform-a mere glance, in which not
even the color of their dresses could be
distinguished-and they were gone. A
few rods farther OH dog came bound
ing out. He gave one faint bark, bare
~ heard, when he got caught in the at
m, ,pl.eric swirl and went rolling over
ald over, heels over head. The grass
along the road was laid flat by the rush
and even trees swayed as the monstrous
force hurled by. At. Evanston the spe--
cial overlook the regular train, and
from that point on there was no unus-
ual speed.