The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-05-28

4 Enst kA4treAAtng.
A nsu time table ~sot into effect on th'
New York Central Hudson route betwesl
Nsw York and The West Monday b,
which The time 10 al principal poirts hA
been uascriAlly reduced and which give
"a dyer" from West 10 East - we'll =
from East 10 West The Pennsylvania
Central and Central Hudson companies
have for several years run = train Yves
known ~ The Chicago limited" whicl
made the distance from Nav York in q
hours aud half Recently the Pennsyl.
vanis Central knocked Oh 40 hour and /
half and the CensrAl.Hudson has NOW fol
lowed suit, the trains on each rad reach
ing Chicago It precisely the same time.
From New York 70 Chicago by the Penn
sylvsnis route is . distance OF 9i2 miles
BY the New York Central $50 miles. Os
tsnsibIy these trains cover the distance Ia
exactly tweniy.four hours. ~ the handi
on the clock should occupy tho same po-
sition when the traveller reach Chicago n
when he left New York the previous morn
ing. Really. the space OF time il twenty.
five hours. AZ the train leaves here BY
'.esstern time. and arrives in Chicago BY
central time" which is sixty minutes
slower. The average speed by the Penn
sylvsDia line ID thus almost precisely thir-
ty-siX aud Que half miles per hour. while
by the more northern route II 10 thirty
nine and ons fifth miles. This latter speed
is the highest ever attempted for long
distance in the United States. and 10 con-
ssqusntly an achievement which oom-
mands notice.
An idea Of the progress made in railroad
travelling within the past few years can
only be obtained by comparison OF some
Of the old time tables with those Of the
present day. Within quite recent peri
cd the best time between Albany aud New
York was little over five hours. Then it
was reduced TO four hours, which is the
speed Of the ordinary express train now,
while the flyers" go over this distance in
three hours and eight minutes. In 1870
the fastest train from New York TO Phila-
delphis consumed three hours and fifteen
minutes, and even then left ono In the out.
skirts Of the town; in 1885 the ninety
miles are covered in couple Of hours,
and the traveller is landed in the heart Of
the city. Fifteen years ago the shortest
time between New York and Boston was
eight hours and twenty minutes; now the
trip is made in six hours. In 1870 it took
at least eight hours and forty minutes to
go from New York TO Washington; six
hours and Ave minutes now suffice. Fir
teen years ago ST. Louis was forty-six
hours from New York, and New Orleans
eighty six hours away; now it requires
only thirty-four hours to reach ST. Louis,
aud but fifty to reach New Orleans.
But this Is not the end Of fast time by
my means. The fastest trains are still
much slower than those on the leading
English roads, The Great Northern ex-
press from London to Manchester requires
but four hours and fifteen minutes, al
though the distance is 2O3 miles, or near
y as great as that between New York and
Boston; while the slowest expresses over
The English road travel more rapidly than
Tho quickest trains TO Boston. The fast |
EST trains between London and Glasgow
,over the 440 miles ia ten hours and
'wenty minutes. or at an average speed Of
'orty.two and one half miles per hour, q |
rate which il maintained between New
York and Chicago would cut of between
.hree and four hours from even the new
schedule. Troy Telegram.