The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-04

town for Reading, Pa, and the car was
drawn by engine No. 504 with James Mon
ahan in charge. Just as we were pulling
out of Allentown, l happened to think of
the conversation | had had some time be-
fore with Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Webb about
fast running on railroads, l determined to
beat the record, so sent word to the en-
gineer that for the next ten miles ! wanted
him to make the fastest time possible.
81 told my guests Of what l intended do
ing, and MIR Olhausen and Mr.. White lad
stop watches, so there would be no question
as to the accuracy of the time made. We
| found that when the ten miles had been run
that we had Travelled at the rate of ninety
four miles an hour, Then ! wrote joking
but laconic letter to MIR. Gould and MIR.
! Webbn
Except for receiving CONGRATULATIONS
from both Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Webb, moth
/ ing was heard for several weeks of the eff
/ feet Mr.. McLeod's feat had made upon the
I other two railroad magnates. Then Mr..
Mcleod and Mr.. WEBB were surprised at
receiving the following note, and which
further inclosed clipping from Chicago
paper, which announced that on April %,
! 1891, Mr.. Gould had run from Council
! Bluffs, Iowa, to Chicago, at the rate of l02
miles an hour. This is what the note said A:
CHICAGO, H., Sept. %, 1871.
JAY GOULD.
HOW GOULD MADE 102 MILES AN HOUR.
The story of the remarkable record was
told TO q journal man the other day by Ed
ward Gould, son of the millionaire
THE run was made with the Chicago &
Northwestern system locomotive No. 500,
or, as she is known over the west as the
Triple Five" said Mr. Gould Albert
Convers, the Northwestern fast record
m q n or min in nhnv. md
locomotive was attached simply to Mr.
Gould's private car, the Atalanta. Mrs
George Gould, my brother, Howard Gould
and DR.. j. z. Mum, fathers private physi
clan, and Third Vice President w. H New.
man and General Manager j. NJ. Whitman
Of the Chicago & Northwestern system
were in the car.
mir. Gould happened to tell Mr.. Newman
OF the note that Mr.. Mcleod had sent hin
after the conversation at the Windsor, 81
Mr.. Newman replied that he fancied thai
Mr.. Gould could send MIR. Mcleod and Mr.
Webb notes of victory, after the party hac
reached Chicago.
1.-The conversation was held while in thu
depot at Council Bluffs, and as the trair
rushed out of the station it was easy to Sc,
that Engineer Convers me mt business
Just l02 miles an hour was made On the ruI
and which defeated Mr.. Mcleod by eigh
miles. But still another mark was set TO
Mr. Mcleod and Mr.. Webb, as from Elhurl
to Geneva, Ill, distance of eight and one
half miles, the train ran ii in five minutes
This time was registered by the watches O
the gentlemen on board, and by the tele
graph operators at both Elburn and Gene
, va"
Last Wednesday morning Mr.. McLeo
and Mr.. Gould were astonished at receivin
note, which contained a clipping from
= New York paper, to the effect that Mr.. f
) Waiter Webb mad smashed all kinds of raj
, road records into kindling wood. Here
the note in question:
a = NEW YORK, Sept Is, 1891.
4 H. WALTER WEBB.
Z Mr. Webb was in jubilant mood whe
asked by Journal man to tell him all q boz
: it yesterday.
Q Last Monday determined to show Nj
Gould and Mr.. Mcleod that they reall
: knew nothing at all about fastrailroad rur
q ming. You see | wanted to send them tbs
a little Break in note" said Mr.. WEBB
b "Insuesd of taking one car, we took thret
: They were the dining car Mariquita, th
j: buffet car Traveller and General Superir
tendent Theodore Voorhees, car.
I'm the party were MIR. voorhees,, Wi
liam Buchanan, superintendent of motiy
It power; General Passenger Agent Daniel
q Superintendent D. b. Mccoy, Angus ST,
d clair, editor of the National Car and LOGON,
the Builder; A. G. Leonard, my prIyaI
: secretary, and myself. MIR. Sinclair an
: Mr.. Voorhees, acted as time-keepers. Ell
= CINE No. S07, with Frederick Buchanan.
II brother Of William Buchanan, in charg
# But he only ran US as far as Albany. The
a Engineer John Hogan took US in charge.
e eve left the Grand Central station
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