New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-27
SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR.
FLIGHT OF THE EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS.
AND FORTY MILES, IN FIGHT HOURS AND
EORI,Y.TMn MINIrrE STONY OLE THE RUN.

FROM THIS CITY TO BUFFALO, FOUR HUNDRED
AND FORTY MILES. IN Eight HOURS AND
FoRTYTwo MINUTEs-sToRY OF THE RUN.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSEI
Albany. oct. 20-Ths first Empire state express OF
The New-York Central and Hudson River Railroad,
which will give the fastest passenger service OF any
regular express tain in the world, arrived here at
IL :48 a. m. to-day, and made its first stop since
leaving New York City. The train consists OF 0cOm0
ave No. $40, with Archie Buchanan as engineer and
two passenger cars. combination buffet and smok-
ing and drawing room car and Mr. Wcbbs
private Marqulta Hereafter there Will be only
the four first mentioned. the private car is at
tsched merely the purpose Of carrying invited guests
this first trip. On the private are W. H. webb,
vicepresdent; George II. Daniels, general passenger
agent ID. 3. Mccoy superintendent of the Hudson d.
vision Theodore Voorhees, general superintendent and
j. Wolf, general baggage agent-al of the New-lOrk
Central and Hudson River Railroad H. c. Deval and
George w. Chauncey, Of Brooklyn; \. &. Leonard
]. c. Hager Theodore Jutterheld William buchanan
and Angus Sinclair. The train pulled out OF the
Grand Central StetOn at o :01 rs, one minute and
fifteen seconds late As soon as 1t passed spuyten
Duyvil it gathered speed then faster, faster, 1t
rushed and when it flew past NohKers
tho flaming scepcry along the Hudson was
being left behind at the rate Of mile minute Yet
so smoothly and easily did the cars ride over the
magnificent rOadbed that 1t was hard to realize the
tremendous speed. AT Irvlngion mile minute was
beaten and for time the tore along at the rate
of mile aud quarter in one minute. The station at
Highlands passed at 9 80 as. The time lost in
starting had been more than made up when CatsRill
Station was left behind at IL q 80, and Albany not
forty mile, away. Tvol Germantown and Catskin
had been passed at tie rate Of seventy miles hour
Albany was reached at IL :43, two minutes ahead of
time Here No. $40 was unCOupled, and locomotive
No. $40 took its place with Engineer DormOdy to run
it. At IL the train started again for its flight of
100 miles to Syracuse.
Buffalo, oct. 90 (SpecaD When "Charley" Hogan
took his hand of the throttle of the great loco" that
had dragged the cars Of the Empire State express
OF the New-Yor Central and Hudson River Railroad
the last part of the journey from Ne~ioTk CiS
60 this town, and the train rolled Into the Buiialo
depot at 5 40 p m, a race against time had been
completed, and the flying express had cone from an
ocean to the lakes, across state over Two hours
faster any regular passenger train ever came be
fore Through 44O miles Of valley, rock and mountain
rivers and ravincs through and past score OF
big towns and five times many smaller ones, the
great mass Of iron had rushed with speed so great
that the autumn scenery seemed only blur of vivid
color. SO fast, that the hagmen along the road had
barely begun waving their flags before the train had
Numbered by. AT every station q multitude had
gathered to the flyer. So fast did it 60 that no
faces could be distinguished in the throng, except at
Syracuse where the streets alive with people, as
the locomotive slowed up after its mad Iun of $50
miles from Albany. Many had laid coins on the track
20 keep as mementoes after the train had tattened
them.
The record breaker pulled out Of syracuse at so AS
O'Clock which was minutes and a. seconds late.
The delay because bad coal had been taken
On at Albany. Now began race to recover the loss
sChaTey" Hogan stood peerng ahead, with every
nerve, noting the vibration OF that flying machine
Faster and faster the hurled along the tracks
which now look like twning serpents. AT Penfeld
she train is making a mile I'm SO seconds That is
eQuaA to G7 90 mfes hour Houses fly past like
specks Still faster but the grade is against the pant
sing engine and Rochester is reached minutes and
Aeoonds behind the schedule time.
At 90 :05 the train started for the to Buff
salo, several minutes behind. Now came Hogan's
turn. What had seemed flying before nothing to
what the engine did In the stretch Of sixty eight miles
of fat country between Rochester and Buffalo Twelve
miles from Buffalo and the rails being covered
erosn Of the iron mass, and tie watch recorded
q mile done In 81 IL seconds, and Buffalo only
eleven miles away Again and again a sudden jerk
the train sped over the level road, but still The
eeconds licked away and 1t seemed impossible make
Buffalo at The scheduled time 40 p. m. But
grand burst OF speed from Batavia equivalent to almost
seventy miles hour, told at last and when the fast
train rolled into the Buffalo station amidst the cheers
o. thousands. the against time had been practi-
daily won the watches recorded :43, which, allow
Ing the time lost in starting made the train only
time
Throughout the trip it surprised every one to find
THAT the ran remarkably smooth. Those who
bad expected violent swaying and jotng we're agree
ably Disappointed. for the almost like a
Sleish" as one nilroad man said. The victory over
che gnests OF the Maquita at the Hotel IroGues I'm
Buffalo, at which F. j. Wolf presided with his usual
grace.