The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-29
Incidents of the Run.

ROCHESTER,. n. Y. May 2e-There was
no nonsense about deliberate formalities
as the pioneer twenty-bOur train plunged
into the Park avenue tunnel after the
start out of the Grand Central Station.
The first time point on the schedule was
One-hund red and twenty fifth street. and
the glistenIng new train hurried past the
station there. triile over Tour
miles six .nnoes s sns mt sSf
Inis was two and half seconds
faster than the schedule. At Mottbsven
the time was exactly the schedule. tribe
having been lost on the bridge. At Kings
bridge the train fifteen seconds late.
hut at Spuy ten Duyvii there were ten Sec
onds TO the good. just then came a growl
from the engineer: They're draining oil
she Croton," said he. W bile he shut OH steam
and pulled up under a warning semaphore.
"rbat'll be oil right before long, though"
BALD Matte" as he gave her breath again.
half minute had been lost. and at
Yonkers there as a minute 70 the bad.
crowd at TarrytOwn saw the train
minute later than the schedule promised by
Matte. At SCARBOROUGH the schedule had
6teD caught, and 2Jh miles had been made
in thirty eight minutes. Pm only using
seven inches of steam on her." said the en-
glneer. AT MoDtrOse, thTtY-nine miles
west. the time vas forty-eight minutes. or
a minute head of the time. I'll use that
minute to slow down for water" said the
seat TO the fireman Let FER CO." and the
tnbe was lowered into the tank between
the tracks and straightway 3. 500 gallons of
water had been sucked up into the tender.
Theeountry home of President Depew,
PeekskIll was passed five seconds ahead of
time. and a crowd WAS there to see and
pheer its passage. Then there was n sea-
son of easy trailing with the steam gauge
aud rocks near the tracks were black with
people waiting to see the train.
When nearing Fishkill Matte" had
O bit OF u shock. Rounding sharp
curve n man was discovered directly in
the center of the rails IN front of the rush
ing train. He was looking at train pass
ing above on a trestle over the Central
tracks and the CHATTER of the one drowned
the noise of the oJher. Up shot ..AlattIe's"
hand and a blast went out that nearly
turned inside out the man on the rails. He
jumped as though the titanic force of 900
volts of electricity had passed his nerves.
1--WE didn't strike him." shouted the en-
Rineer. Cleared him by about two feet"
shouted back the fireman from his side of
the cab.
New Hamburg. sixty.fve miles from the
start was passed at 4:l6 p. NJ. fifteen Sec
onds ahead of time. Next came POUCH
keepsie. Seventy three and q half miles
had been made in eightv-four minutes.
Vice President Morton's home. Rbineolitf.
was passed thirty seconds ahead of time.
and before the country home of General
Grants physician. Barry town, was reached
there was q minute to the good. The
Catskills were looming mp blue on the
afternoon sunlight and the distant peaks
seemed peering over the shoulders of their
nearer-by fellows to see the great train on
Its way. Tivoli saw the train nearly two
minutes ahead of it's schedule.
IL want TO get little speed out OF her
from Stuyyesant to CastletOn." said the
engineer. The distance is ten and two
tenths mites, and as the black monster
flew past the town with the old Dutch
q h. rrfu 81 rod afn -af oh a.
take her time. Then dad the great and al
most human thing reach out Her 'front.'
let's sway.d but little. She took the curves
rs duck takes q wave. Her black. glistrn-
ing body seemed leaping from the rails int o
the air. and when Castleton leaped from
among the trees away ahead and seemed to
rnsh past. the stopwatch was snapped and
the record was SIX minutes three and three
fourths seconds.
"What'd she DOR asked Matte" and
when he heard he smiled grimly, and gave
her a notch more of steam.
The distance from uyvesant TO Albany
Is "a 64-1O0 miles. and it had been
covered in Ia minutes. George Gilbert
was at the lever In Engine 907. which was
speedily coupled NJ the capital.
Schenectady had come ont in a mass. and
they cheered. At Utica the train as three
minutes ahead of time.
Syraruse was reached at TAO P. NJ. which
was tive minutes ahead of the schedule.
The Albany engine was cut loose. while her
lull sister, No. 30 backeO down ana TOOK
hold TO pull the train TO Buffalo.
i. w. Bishop held the throttle. Tho fire.
man was ). Briggs. On the tick of sched-
ule time p. NJ. the wheels began to move.
The actual running time from New DIRK
90 Syracuse was $50 Minutes for the
29i miles. or a tribe above fifty-two miles
IN hour. The train was due Ia Rochester
At 10l7. but the schedule Was beaten three
minutes. The time was lO:l4
Ahead Of Time nt Buffalo
BUFFALO. May 2S-Englneer Bishop
oulled out of Rochester vt 1890 p. NJ. The