The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-17

hours on end. AFRO two very different things
| So we must end the discussion, as we be-
| gan H. by admitting the American exploit
to be absolutely unmatched Hut IL ~ sum
client to compare sheer speed without
the necessary allowance ON either side for
| difficulties OF road and weight OF train.
Tho West Coast ls undoubtedly the hard
er OF the two fast routes 20 Scotland. AZ
FAR as gradients 20. II would seem also 10
be somewhat harder than the route OF the
"Exposltion Flyer" though an American
might reasonably enough claim the three
or four miles up bank OF ono In 10 after
q dead stop at Albany as a Bet-om against
Sh8p. and the 0lg summit Of the Batavia
divide" nH not 40 much inferior In difti-
Guilty to ''BeuttoOk bank" Even H. how
ever. he waived his claim, he might still
satisfy a Jury that his own road was the
harder Of the two, when he gave evidence
that All along u there were facing points
innumerable level crossings by the score,
miles upon miles run through and across
town streets, no that--to take just one In
stance--the last sixteen miles into the
Chicago terminus occupy no loss than
thirty-Bix minutes, g.
There may be room for argument as TO
the difficulty Of the road; Ms 70 the com
pRratlye weights, there Ia, with a single
exception. no doubt whatever The trains
In the race 10 Edinburgh weighed from
pressea ara NJ present, believe, limited TO
about iGO tons on tho West Coast and 40
on the east The only train among those
/ have mentioned which exceeds this ng-
uro Is tho Midland 1880 TO Scotland, which
weighs. l calculate about $50 tons; but
then tho Midland uses pilot engines no
freely that train loads can hardly be rock
uned on ms on the other lines Much the
heaviest train for its speed In Great Brit
ain ~ the new West Coast dining car train
10 Scotland, which weighs no less than 254
tons, as II leaves EuHton. North Of Pres
tim, however, this train divides while
south Of II the speed 10 under 1914 miles an
hour,
CAN NOT CLAIM SUPERIORITY.
It's American rival, on the other hand.
runs through from end 10 end "a one
train. drawn by a single engine, Ita weight
leaving New York was, ! gather, for the
first few days 10000 pounds, or liy tonn.
This was found 40 much within the power
OF the engines that a ifth car was attach
ed. bringing the weight up 70 over l7S
tons Moreover for about half the dis
lance IN each direction there IS a dining
car attached, weighing over ~ tons extra,
making total weight OF go tons, or, say
an average or 900 tons for the entire dis
t.ace. AT best think, we can not claim
Eie English nerformance-26 az s6H miles
an hour-to be superior 70 the American
0no-~3uO IONS at 10 irO-hHu thc Aiutlfcail
train keeps II up for twenty hours, the
English train only for q short four and a
half hours.
ought 10 have mentioned that the re-
turn traia from Chicago differs only 20 far
that Il takea quarter OF an hour longer.
II leaves az 2 b. m.--a. thst Is by the New
York tlnne--and renches New York at lib
next morning Herein Hes the great Inn
portAnce OF the new departure. Hitherto
the best trains took twoniy-fpur hours on
the road. In other words. passenger
leaving New York on Monday morning
was IN Chicago on Tuesday morning but
could not by any means, get hack 20 |
New York I'll after business hours On
"wednesday. by the Disposition Flyer
he leaves IN the afternoon when business
IL nearly over has four hours Ia Chicago.
und can get back IN Wan street before
mid iGy on the Wednesday. For ali pFac-
tleai purposes he has gained clear day.