New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-23
THE swIfTEST TRAIN IN AMERICA
THE TRIBUNE EARLY N SARATOGA.
FIRST TRIP or THE SPECIAL EXrETss-pELI'h"i
AT THE HOTELS IL TINE FOR BREAKFAST

FIRST TRIP OF THE SPECIAL EXrETSs-pELINh "l
AT THE HOTELS IL TINE FOR BREAKFAST.
SARATOGA. June 22-THF NEw-loRK TRIBUNE
has arrived in Saratoga on Sundays 50 far TINS sea-
SON with other papers. at about II O'CLOCK noou'
To-day. a wagon laden with bundles OF NE
Trrpr-yr alone. dashed through the
streets. drawn nv pair Of steammR
horses as early Is s15 a. m, and in five minutes
thereafter newsboys were swarrninS all over In'
city selling copies of the paper to del GIFTED guests
TIE TRIBUNE beat all the other Ne"-1orA paI'''
to-day by fully 32l hours of time
The bundles were brought up from NeN-
York by what is possibly the sWli'e''
train in America, namely, THE NEw-loEk
TpIpr-vr's special express. 1t was the
first TRIP of the season of 1854. The train lett
Nev-York at $50 A. H. and ran to Albany IN .
hours 10 minutes actual running time. frequently
making a speed of a mile minute. The trp rom
albany 10 schenectady was made in less than nan
an hour The train was drawn by Engine NO o.
ono of the best locomotives Of road already
bic for the excellence of its motive power. NO o.
came ont OF the shop not long ago. and has been
freouentlv used on the fast Chicago mall ms
morning the beautiful machine was manned oy
Archibald Buchanan, engineer anu 1oi"
Murrin fireman, and flew over the
road like an eagle Jonn ,. SH'ei
We conductor.
nress were counted. folded and put up III DuH''l'l
i'm the newspaper car during the trp-n0 easy l"S n
while the train was rushing ~ such headlonE slF,I
arouud a series of unexpected curves. Inc Teu'
green and white signal lamps, that render tTa'c vi
the Central 50 safe and the swlnglnF hand-lahl'Il
of switch tenders flew by like lightning IN uHehG-
/ inc procession. The actual running Time 10 c'Ho
urctady was about hours 10 minutes, an iNli!I" -
/ uent ON wear ago hut the trlp was. Illu' :. >.
easily with such entire freedom from nllsha2' iia'
/ if suggested great possibilities beyond, sAouiu d
/ necessity tOI mOIe speed arse - o.
| AT Schenectady the papcrs were transferred; r.
one of Joel Van NTlukeuS Cnt ROAD wagons " "a,
/ ont a moments delay, aud they were nrou-HU =.
this city nj galiop nearly tie whole ulslancc ~
tvyeutv-tvo u les One change Of horses was nh u,
/ ON rhe WAY. The TWENTY-FIVE miles were h;'lt ~
hour - minutes "a record never hcatert i ucl' ~
nr road that has secl'ncvspaper races TOT III ~ ~
. wears Waite BUel. the old FARMER, ana Nti' ".
/ nl.1r were Our ou The porchc- OF their h"u1c- u
time the wagon express and they Expressed sun
/ m the record made. Sar?toga was. lea,u'o
/ without am accident and the OBJECT ~
+ accomplished of brlr ging IN The TRIBUNE III '"N'
/ for early breakfast 90, .:...,. &c IA,
. hotels V,.re soon white with coPlc7"i LIE ll'."
, rNr There Is an unusual demand i"r IT, ~"
ro.jtieaI reasons. not only among guests, nll all'
III, regular residents of this par OF ihe Nld-r, ul
r.. .ufrrlr.c in c-tcctnr au early delivery IN sax"
/ togl !, the subject of pleasant comment
/ ttlat.,in station large bundle va, thrown o'
. f.r Il.lartl To the mountains.