Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-09
VERNE'S HERO BEATEN.
Breaking the Trans-COntinenta1 and
Atlanta Record-Almost Mile a Min
ute-A Trip as Exciting as Sheridan's
Famous Twenty-Mile Ride-Yokoha-
ma to London in Twenty Days-Close
Connection at New York.

New YORK, Sept. Zine mall Irorn
China and Japan, which left Yokohama
August 10, was safely delivered OF the
steamship City of New York att O'Clock
this morning, and is now on its way to
England The details of this marvellous
feat are as interesting as those of Sheri-
dams ride.
On August 20 the Empress OF India
arrived at Victoria, B. G. There was
special train furnished by the Canadian
Pacific, which took the mail bags,
eighteen in number-twelve for
England and six for New York
City, and started on a record-break-
inc ride across the continent. AS
sistant Superintendent Bradley yester-
day went up to Brockville. just across
the St. Lawrence on the Canadian side.
Morristown, N. Y, is just across the
river on this side, and Superintendent
Voorhees,, of the New York Central
Railroad, had arranged to have special
train composed of one baggage car and
engine ready at MorristoWn to bring the
mails to the city. superintendent jack
son, of the railway mail service here.
had arranged for two trucks to be at the
Grand Central depot to meet the special
and transfer the mail bags to the
steamer at her dock on the North River.
She was to sail at clock this morning,
could connection be made.
At noon yesterday Mr.. Bradley tele-
graphed from Brockville to his chief
that the Canadian Pacific was 400 miles
away and two hours late. At 2:16 P. NJ.
another telegram was received, saying
that the train was but 300 miles away.
Every second was valuable. At 6:10
the special passed Chalk River, 143
miles from BrockviIle, at tifty-fve
miles an hour. At 8 o'clock last
evening the special made her
last stop before reaching Brock
Vile 1t made the previous seventy
four miles in ninety-three minutes, In
Guiding twelve minutes for stop. The
last thirteen miles had been covered In
eleven minutes. Down she came at
dash the remaining siXty-one miles to
Brockville, and arrived at the depot,
painting and putting, having crossed the
continent IN three days. She arrived at
Brockville at 500.
The mail bags were at once hustled
out, taken across the ferry, and put on
the special furnished by the Central
people at Morristown. At $40 the train
SUdrU0Q ana CAME LuTOuSu Will d UdllS
to New York, arriving here at 4:43.
From Utica to Albany, ninety-fve miles
was made in ninety minutes. From
Utica to Hoffman's Ferry, eightysix
and one-half miles in siXty-one min
utes. From Poughkeepsie to Cold
Spring, twenty-one miles in twenty min
utes; from Croton to Yonkers, nineteen
miles in sixteen minutes.
The City of New York was to sail at 3
o'clock. Could the mails be transferred
from the Grand Central depot in seven
teen minutes? The Canadian Pacific
people in this city and Supt. Jackson, of
the railway mail service, had seen the
Inman people and arranged for the
holding back of the vessel p few min
utes. Quick as lightning Assistant SUI
perintendent Bradley, who had come
down on the special, had the twelve
foreign mail bags dumped into the
truck, and, jumping in, had the driver
whip his horses into breakneck speed
through the streets. Away they went
The horses were equal to the emergen-
cy, and shortly after 5 o'clock this
morning the dock was reached. The
ship set sail a. $40 A. NJ.
The trial was grand success. If the
good vessel makes her voyage in the
usual time, Liverpool will be reached
September 9-twenty days from Yoko-