The Washington bee., 1892-08-13
A FLYER, INDEED"
The FASTEST SCHEDULED TRAIN IN
AMERICA RUNS FROM PHILADEL
PHIA TO THE SEA VIA Head
ING ROYAL ROUTE,

That there is streak of "sTOrting
| blOod'' in the VEINS Of 'Ie m - :. dat
| amo ~ us is evidenced by thu un Sersal
| int rest manifested in ra Ivy speeds and
tire delight with which the average man
halls each succes>iv.. trump Of the loco
motive over the Ccmbin d I'll ments OF
| time and distance.
The much.yaun | Flying Scotch
| m ~ express T. a il brtw' en- LONDON and
Edinburgh, in Great Bri ain, is still re-
garded hy many persons as the fa~test
regularly scie !uled train in the world.
This, hO ,Yrver, is a MI tIke, the speed Cf
the ".ScOtciIm in'' having hem eXcallrd
b. veral ailrO1dS in this country, no.
tibiy by the New York Central, whose
Empire ate Express" between New
York and Buffalo has, until within few
days, claim, d the it'll Of tne fastest reg
ular train in the world. This c. lrbrat Il
train runs from New York to B .ff1lO, a
distanc' OF 440 miles, in eight uOuFs and
forty minuies which is at the rate OF
seventy-OIe seconds to each mill, or fifty
and twO-t ind, mil per hour. Deduct
ing all stops he average runni' g time OF
this tram is fiFty-twO aud tw w. nahum
dredths mills per h tur.
Now, however, comes a new claimant for
high sped hOnOrs. Ii has been discOv-
eled that the Reading r al o dis $40 p.
ID. train from Pdiladclphis 10 Atlantic
City, Known a tile "Sryenty Minute
Fl}er", is 'tually the iaSt,'St regularly
seize ,luied pas, en- ger ain in the world.
The distance from Ci e|tnut street wharf
to the CImden termiEus of the rail- Dad is
HbUut -r1ffe and hdif, and the fer
ry boat trip and transfer Of the passeng-
ers from the boat TO the cars occupies ten
minute. This leave. sixty hi iutes for
the II rid, and that is precisely the
time allowed by the schec ul to cover the
tilty-ffvt and a half miles which inser-
vene betwet the Camden depot and the
station at All tnlic City. A i tie fur
ing will show that TIN. Is speed o. six
tv-tive seconds to the mile Or the tie of
tiftr-five and half miles D hour, beat
ing tile former record six seconds D
mile and almost five .nlts pr. hour.
l. should he unde stood th4t This refers to
the speed OF regulaIl, scheduled trains
over the tnti e length oi their scheduled
runs, and not TO mere p! en0menal bursts
of speed or stretches OF last running to
make up 20" 10 t time or DELAYS, Tie
rate of fiity-tive and a half miles is ex-
ceeded every d,y on the Reading Rail-
Dad, and possibly on so re other Inns.
but on no rail ID in Tie world. so fir
as known, is there train run from end
to end OF its route 1T ) great an ay(raga
speed as that of the "Seventy Minute
Flyer
When the Litter vas established it was
no! With the purpose of br akiug record.
bat the officials was confident Of thei- A.
bility to run train safely and PROMPTLY
in the spe CITED time or less if reuuir, d.
1t was det rmined, however, TO limit the
train to six ca~s to insure quickuesS. This
was found 10 be inpracLicable. ard for
more tn W, elk the train has been
carrying eight cars, including one or more
heavy Pulimans, and making schedule
timeonnvery trip.
Pr silent Mcleod can now cIngratu-
late himself tn his road holds the
worlds record to" the fastest nile 90
40 seconds, as 4imed August 27, 1891, b
President McLeoi, NJ. Will m Snge,Iy.
OF the Philadelphia Record, mi othrrs),
anu also has upon its time table .he fast
ct regular train in tie world.