The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-01-04
Over Ninety.ssven Miles Per Hour.

SARGE PLUNKETT.
Over Ninety Seven Miles Per Hour.
Lately We recorded the unprecedented
feat performed by engine No. a85 Of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, run
ming mile in 39l seconds, or at the rate
of 9l.7 miles per hour. This engine has
again broken the record, like Nancy
Hanks, and can justly lay claim 10 being
the fsstsst thing on wheels in the world.
O1 November 18 it made 4 mile in 81
seconds. Euginesr Henry Beck, who
made the previous record with the en-
CINE, Was at the tkrsttls, and Fireman
David Blake was attending to the stsam
pressure, which wsa kep, at 18O pousds.
Between Columbia Avenue, Phila.
delphia, and Wayne Junction the a05
ran 40 miles an hour on spurt. Three
minutes were consumed here, and the
train then started on its 85-mile run to
Jersey City. Before mach speed was de.
veloped there was showdown for Ta-
Dor Junction, where the tracks join
those of the old North Pens. Road Be.
tween Tabor and JsnkintoWn the train
gas tagged, and she grade up hill wa. 70
feet to the mile; ave miles of the dis
tauoe vas covered in four minutes.
There was some fac running between
Jenkintown and Langhorne, 1S miles
apart. The schedule was fourteen min
utss. The start vas made out of Jenkin.
town two minutes late, and shortly after
The train was under way mile vas made
in A seconds. Between Somsrton and
]oarkland, distance Of five miles, the
longest time for mile was AZ seconds,
the first mile being rua AZ, the second in
Al, the following miles in 40, and the
last mile of the squirt in AZ seconds.
This speed Was between S6 and 80 miles
an hour The FIVE miles were made in
2O5 seconds, which broke all records for
fve.nile run, being 81 8 miles per
hour.
After passing Neahaminy all previous
records were broken and the 3S5 reduced
her own unsurpassed run of 39a seconds
for mile to 80 seconds.
Bound Brook was reached on slime, but
on pulling out the train mas tagged, and
when Plainfeld was reached was three
minutes late.
'Now watch her, said Engineer Beck,
as he few by Fanwood. Tho mile pest
vas just beyond the stasion and the
chronograph snapped as the engine shot
by, and the long split second hand
started around the disl. 1t was this
mile that was covered i. less time than
was ever travelled In, and when the next
milo post shot by in the rear the time on
the dial was 81 sseonds-97.3 miles per
hour. The train few on With uuabated
speed and the chronogrsph was snapped
as the next mile post was passed. The
time for the two miles vas exactly rs
seconds. This made the greatest record
for one and two miles, Is the performance
between Jenkintown and Longhorne did
for five miles.
1t is reported that there was no prepa.
ration whatever made fer the test. "a
more unfavorable time could no.: have
been chosen, as the rain poured in tor
rents during the day and Only ceased
half an hour before time scheduled 10
leave Philadslphis-6.l6 p. NJ"
But it is true that this was an unfa
vorable time fer such test of speed In
our opinion it was most favorable OPP
portunity. Bat for that dreuohing -sin
we might now record this unprecsdel d
performance. The rain wet the raj III
the lubricating qualify Of water acted to
greatly reduce the rolling friction of The
wheels upon them. The reduction of
this friction WAS the same aa an addition
of power in the locomotive, and the
speed attained in consequence sheald
suggest some thought concerning this
form of friction and its action in ircreas.
ing the resistance of trains.-Nat. Car.
Builder.