The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-04
FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.
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r.n,v Hours 10 Chienro - A. Average
sre.a OF Forty-nine Miles an Hour
p,shIus Botyeen Syracuse and Roches-
ter at n seheduio Rate OF sixty Mile. "a
uour-sce,e. and Incidents on the war.
THE IA tho train for Chicago It 10 advcr-
a.od os the fastest train on Garth Its appear
80 sustains its reputation. Tho cars are
.,,,bt and new. and richly upholstered. Tho
coats and caps Of the conductors and, porters
.ii,tcr ike tho uniforms OF Prussian soldiers.
Tho locomotive. with Its low smoke stack,
hinge boiler. and great driving wheels. looks
Ito FLOODED race horse. impatient for the
atari. The train is to leave the Grand Central
station st3E NJ Prompt on tho minute the
.olored porters pick up their little footstools.
and vault within tho vestibules. Tho steps fly
npNar,i. and Arc set above tho platform with
.nnp. and the cars are In motion.
We are a party Of eight, going to the Worlds
Fair MS the guests Of Charles II. Cummings a
xoIl.knoyn railroad man. Few appreciate
hat Il means to run to Chicago in twenty
bonrs. Here we are hardly besllppered. ar
rovod In soft hats and thin coats, and fairly
se,.led in our seats. when dinner Is announced.
Tho dining car is capacious. and the dinner
wall cooked and we'll served. There 10 plenty
of room for your elbows, and your victuals
tasto as though they had been prepared with
moro than ordinary care. Dinner over tho
snoking car is in demand. Il is as gorgeous
AZ an Eastern diyan, with q modern bar at
tachment. 1t has barber shop and bath
Yoom, and black scrvitors in white Jackets.
Tho smoke has hardly ceased to curl from
your Havana when twilight begins to draw her
curtain over tho valley OF the Mohawk. Tho
views Of the silvery Hudson are dreams scarce
" two hours old. Schenectady. Amsterdam.
Palatine. Herkimer. Ilion. Little Fails. and a
score OF little villages fade away. and the green
fields along the river melt into darkness.
IN hour later and It 10 bedtime. There is no
rolling In your berth. You move rs though
gliding with the current on stream Of oil.
The sharp rattle OF the train as It passes long
limo Of freight. or as It awakens the echoes In a
drowsy village may startle you. but nothing
else. There is no backing and filling: no
yankiug and kicking You are sleeping as
peacefully as you slept in your erandmother's
garrett years ago. with the raindrops pattering
on the roof. t -
You awake among the Hoosiers. Ohio has
been crossed. and the grain fields Of Indiana
are racing past you An hour at your toilet
and the first meal OF the day awaits you. 1t
Is the last meal you eat on the trip. The
smoke is still curling from your after break
fast cigar. when the porter appears and be-
gins to flourish his wisp. The train Is in the
outskirts Of Chicago. The domes and towers
overlooking the Fair grounds stand out In bold
relief against the background Of SCOT and
smoke that envelopes the city. Indeed. In the
sunlight that brightens the environs. Chicago
seems to DO threatened with tho blacklist OF
storm clouds. At "a. NJ. precisely on time.
you step from the cars. within q stones throw
~ fhaE Nd CfN In ha hao RI NJ fha 10,
The time Of tho journey is 80 short that you
can hardly realize It Think Of It You ate
your dinner and went to bed: you ate your
breakfast and you are In Chicago. You did o
days work in New York yesterday and you
are here in time to do days work In Chicago
to-day. Such marvellous speed years ago
would have taken the breath away from James
Fisk, Commodore Vanderbilt. and Col Tom
scott Their mantles have fallen upon new
shoulders. and shoulders worthy to wear them.
Tho term Exposition Flyer Is well applied.
From P. NJ. to 10 A. II. you have flown $50
miles. Flown is the word for the cars move az
steadily. II not as swiftly. as brandt on the
wing. There is neither shaking nor jarring.
and very little tipping on the curves. Indeed.
aside from the North River section. there are
few sharp curves on the road. The faster you
move the easier you seem to ride. Only eight
stops are made after leaving New York. and
five Of the eight while you are asleep. The
motion Of the wings aside from the stops. is
almost steady from city to city. The only les
sening is when speed IL slackened while tho
locomotive takes water from long iron troughs
between the rails. Farms. forests, lakes, orags.
mountains. Wales. and villages fit past you
like pictures. The train dashes by tho sta
tons with such speed that only the
sharpest eye can catch tho name Of
the town. But this is not all There Is wonder
ful freshness to the country in June. Great
helds Of corn and potatoes patch the way, The
meadows revel In clover and tim thy. A do
nclous aroma Of new .mown hay is waited to
your nostrils Millions Of acres OF rye. wheat.
and barley are noddlng In the sunlight state
" fsrmhouses and aligreed cottages fit by.
1 Yards rich with roses. ShrysanthSmams. pop
pies. peonies. rhododendrons and other flow
ers; alternate with gardens fairly grooming
with onions. beans. beets, peas. lettuce. aspar-
agus. radishes. cucumbers. Strawberries. and
other fruits and vegetables. Cows and horses
are grazing In green pastures, and CLASSY
ponds are dotted with ducks and geese. There
are turkeys In the barnyards. and robins dart
among the apple trees. And all this while you
are moving. moving fast and faster. as II the
late OF the world depended upon your rate OF
speed. Here 10 table detailing the time and
The stops: