Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-06-06
sUMMER TRAINS

On the COnSolidated-The New Five
Hour Train Between New York and
ROston-The White Mountain Ex.
press to be Put ON June 28.
There will be several changes In the time
table Of the Consolidated road on Monday,
June 26. A new fye-hour train between
New York and Boston will be put on and
will be fastest train ever run in New Eng
land and eclipsing even the twenty -four
hour Pennsylvania train between NewYork
and Chicago and running not far behind
the new twenty hour Aver on the Central.
The average tins Of the nav train viii be
46 30 miles per hour, which includes three
stops of five minutes each. The average
time of the fast New York and Chicago
train is 40 miles per hour. The trains will
leave New York and Boston at 10 q. m.
The Shore Line expresses which have the
same leaving time will bs put back one
minute = -
The new flyer will be made up of three
a1 she rhsrs viii
be two parlor cars and q combination baggage
and smoker; The eastbound train will arrive In
time from New York viii be practically fifty
miles an hour, as no stops will be made between
bound train will arrive here at 1:25 p M and
leave at 1880. The stops will be New Haven, New
nd on and The two flyers via Shore
and forty minutes. These are accounted pretty
fast trains, and to overcome forty minutes some
ney has confidence in the ability Of the big Prov
idenee engines OF the No. $40 type to more than
a 4, the bil These are anthraeits burners and
the avoidance or smoke and c1nders.
1t Is expected that the actual running time will
be fofty-nine miles per hour, and that ON long
straight stretches mile minute win be at
The White Mountain express will also be put
here at 10:45 and leave five minutes earlier than
its leaving time last year, the change being made
to afford betters accommodation. The south
bound srain VIII leave at $50 p m which is the
The summer time table proper takes effect
commodation from New YORK that now arTive s
at II SO a: m. will under the new schedule come
trains and give increased accommodation. The
Waterbury and New London summer train via.
this city Will arrive here at 6:1o p. m. and leave
train for the shore resorts. RunniBg west, It will
leave here for Waterbury at O'Clock The train
will leave the terminals at the same hour as last
summer.
Train No. g. the Shore Line, and leaving here
for New York at $50 a. NJ, win omit the bridge
through fifteen minutes earlier.
Boston express now leaving this city for New
York at 1:30 p. M, will leave at 1885, in order to
1870.
The new section of track between Leete'
Island and Pine Orchard; three miles in length
was put into use last Sunday, and it is expected
that the double tracks will be in use next Sunday
when the new summer timetable comes into ef
feet. For the present only track is in use a
the new bridge at Leete's Island is not yet com
pleted. When completed this will give two
tracks from East Haven to New London.
| The new line is much straighter and heavy
| grades are avoided. The old line has mountair
grades of forty five feet to the mile, while on thu
new line there is no grade exceed the STANDARD
/ of thirty feet.
| The new line has been a very difficult one t.
build, owing to the large amount OF rock excava
ton. In fact, it has been series of rock cut
tings and filings from one end to the other