The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-28
AN ENJOYABLE TRIP.
THE NEW FLYER TO VIEW YORK rs
81 BIG SUCCESS.
Seventy Miles nm Hour 10 the Paoe Over
One Portion OF the Journey-Just
What Was Needed.

The new flyer to New York is a success.
even il the News special account was
sidetracked yesterday by force Of circum-
stances.
Five hours from Boston to New York
city--seventy miles an hour. with tele-
graph poles and bridges flying by like the
winds the record made by the new
Five hour flyer " of the New York, New
Haven aud Hartford road. that made its
first trip Monday.
The scheduled time for this train Is
leaving eithsr end OF the route at 10 a.
m, it arrives at destination at y p. m.
Leaving Boston it arrives at Providence
at 1885; leaving Providence nc 1859 it
arrives at New Lon:on Mt 12:l7; from
New London at 1922 1t arrives in New
Haven at les leavins New Haven at
1880 it reaches New York at 8 p. m. As
will be seen the train makes but three
stops between Boston and New York.
the longest of which Is for five minutes
at New Haven.
At 10 o'clock Monday morning two
trains left Boston and New York stimuli
taneously, each with a special car attach
ed. In which were parties OF invited
newspaper men aud officials OF the road.
The Quests.
Among this party going westward In
President Ciark's Car No. go, were Her
bert III. Flei cher, inanagcr- OF III New
Eugfund Associated Press. Il. 5. kuowl-
ton, of the Boston Sunday Times. William
Wallace Waugh OF The Home Journal,
Il. II. Edwards, Trans:ript, Edward Il.
Burns, o, the Boston GloOe, Z. Il. w.
Archer OF tie Boston Journal. 9. l..
Robbins OF the Boston Herald, Louis
Whitmore, Boston Advertiser and Record,
John Hess, Providence Journal, Frank
Munro Of the Providence, Telegram, a
News reporter, III. NJ: Jarrett. special
news age t. Frank T. Chase, Bos on
Courier, K. 4. Mark nam, Boston Traveller,
9. L. Dononue, boston Pilot, William
Baker. Saturday Evening Gtz .tte. NJ w.
Bradbury OF the Boston Beacon, j.
Albert Cnaffee. Boston Budget, Isaac N.
Marshall, superintendent OF the Provi-
dence Divisioa OF the Old Colony system
railroad, Georg, L.. Connor General
Passenger A gem. A. g. Hendrlck. Ola
Colony Road. l.. ii. Palmer, Fall RIVER
Line, j. B Gardiner, sup rjntendsr
Ssonington Division, q. IL. Briggs,
Eastern Passenger Agent.
Tue westward bound train reached
Providence at 1854, two minutes ahead
of time. AT Hyde Park the train lost
two minutes by the local train but this
was made up after leaving Mansfield.
At Providence the local newspaper men
boarded the train, together VITA Mr..
Briggs and SuperintendenJ Gardiner.
SoJn the flyer" started, leaving this
city just on time, and although sou Q four
minutes were lost in the outlying suo
urbs The train brought up at New L,u-
uon at 2.l6lS. one-half IA minute ahead
OF lime. Now Haven was reached and
left just on time.
Seventy Miles an Hour.
After leaving New Haven the best
time Of The LTD -MAS-made, e,-thc- trufn
bowling along at the rate of seventy
miles an hour. This would not have
been noticeable from the motion of the
train, as there was but little jolting on
the smooth road BID. AT Just three
o'clock tbs train went rushing into the
4z1 street station in new York, having
made tho first trip success ,fully.
The train that acco nplished this feat
was OF 4 cars, drawn by the ordinary en-
gines which were changed at each stop
ping place. Conductor Il. j. Egan and
Engineer Ii. Ward had charge of the train
from Boston to Providence. Engineer G.
II, Downs, and Conductor w. ~. R.y.
nolds. from Providencs on the Stoning-
ton division, aud Conductor Charles Read
on the New York division.
Passed tho Other Flyer:
The train from New York was passed
at LYME twelve minutes behind time. 1t
was fifteen minutes Lehind at New Lou
don, hut this was made up aud the
Special arrived at Boston one minute
ahead Of time.
At New Haven. Vice- President Lucus
Tuttle of the New Haven road, General
Man ger Platt aud second Vice Pfes-
dent Mellen stepped aboard the train for
moment and greeted the parry.
The rates charged for this train. will be
be little In excess OF that charged on
the slower trains, "a is the usual custom.
The Especial flyer" will continue the
same schedule time the year round
Both flyers reached this city on time
yesterday AMI todsy, and the Coonsolida-
led now has one Of the best equipped and
fastes az rains I'm the world