Telegram-herald., 1891-09-03
ACROSS 1HE CONTINENT
Letters From ths Orisnt T1yins
on Wings of steel
rRox JIiy 10 EycLlyD u 20 DAYS
yrsa vfesssss On The Pessns - usv
Yerh Cfsy In Three Dayx Making
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china aE~ Japan aLca icft tokoho-
ma August -. was safely delivered on
the steamship CITY ef New York at S
o'clock a N and Is now On its way To
England How thss marvellous feat
was accomplished Is told "a follows.
August 20 the E4apzsss Of India ar
rived at v.etoriaS u Z. There spe-
cial train furnished by the Canadian
Pacific took the mail bagA eighteen
in number twelve for England and
six for New York; and start
ed on . record bresking ride
across tho continent Assistant SUI
perintendsns Bradley on Tuesday
went up To Brockville. just scross the
St Lawrence on the Canadian side
Norristown. n. Y, is juss across tho
river on this aide. and Superintendent
Voorhees, Of the New York Central
railroad, had arranged - have .
special train. composed of one
baggags-car and engine. ready at
Morristown to bring tho malls to tho
city. Superintendent Jackson, OF the
railway mail service here, had arranged
for two trucks 70 be at the Grand Gen.
traa depot TO meet the special and
transfer the mail bags 20 the steamer
st her dock on the North river.
She was to sail At o'clock In the
morning. Could connection DO madei
At noon Tuesday Mr.. Bradley tele.
graphsd from Rockville to his chief
that the Canadian Pacific was
400 miles away and two hours
late. At 2.i6 p. m another tel
egram was received saying that the
train was but 500 miles away. Every
second was valuable. At $40 the
special passed Chalk river. las miles
from Brockville at IS miles an
hour. At o'clock last evening the
special made her last stop before
reaching Brockville. Il made
the previous "a miles In ninety three
minutes, including twelve minutes for .
stop. The last IS miles had been
covered In eleven minutes Down she
came at . dash the remaining 81 miles
TO Brockvillc and arrived at the depot.
painting and pulling. having crossed
the continent In three dsyA She Or.
rived ct Brockville ct eco.
The mail bags were at encs hustled
out, taken across the ferry. put on the
special furnished by the Central people
ut Morristown- At Gas the train start
cd. and came through with . bang 70
New York, arriving here at l:<& Prom
Utica TO Albany, S5 miles was made
In ninety minutes; from Utica to Hoff-
mans Ferry. es5S miles. In sixty-one
minutes; from Poughkeepsie to Cold
Spring. 81 miles. in twenty minutes;
from Croton to YonkeA 10 miles. in
sixteen minutes
The City of New York Wa TO ssil q
5 Eo'clock. Could the mails b trans
lsrred from the Grand Central depot in
seventeen minutes? Tho Canadian Pa
eiAc people In this city and super
intendent jackson, of the railway
mail service. had seen the In
man people and arranged for the
holding back of the vessel . few
minutes Quick - lightning, Supcrin-
tendent Bradley, who had como down
on the special, had the twelve foreign
mail-bags dumped into the truck aud,
Jumping in. had tho driver whip his
horses into breakneck speed
bhrough tho streets Away they
went The horses were equal
% the emergency, and shortly
after o'clock the dock was reached
The ship set sail at $40 o. m The
trial was grand success II the good
vessel makes her voyage in the usual
time, Liverpool will be reached Sep
tember o-twenty days from Yoko-
hama