Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-30
THREE MINUTES AHEAD.
The Exposition Flyer Gets Into Chicago
a little In Advance of the Schedule.


The Exposition Flyer Gets Into Chicago
a little In Advance of the Schedule.
CucAeo, May 20.-Over track tor
pedoes that caused rafting vOueys IN
der the wheels, and greeted by cheer
ing shouts and waving hands the
Exposition Flyer" of the New YORK
Central and Lake Shore roads, rolled
into Chicago this morning and finally
stopped in Van Buren, street station AT
nine o'clock and ffty-seven minutes
three minutes ahead Of time.
As compared with the monsters that
pulled the train across New York State
No. 2O3, the Lake Shore engine that
took hold at Buffalo last night, seemed
like a light switching engine. But
Henry Shattuck who ran her proved
two facts-frSt that 293 was IA big
little one, and second that the Lake
Shore road bed is q superb one.
Passengers reset their watches at Bur
falo, and by Central time scheduled,
the train left there at 1O:43 p. m. They
stopped al Erie at 12:3l3S, one and
one-half minutes ahead OF schedule.
Only four and One-half minutes were
used in coupling on engine sos, with j.
r. Garner in the cab, with Joe Bradley
as fireman. Cleveland was reached at
2:34 a. m, two minutes before the
schedule. Here James LOthrop backed
down No. 597 and coupled TO the
train.
Locomotive No. 95, under Engineer
Metcher, took hold Of the train at To-
ledo and pulled out az sol.
Lake Shore Superintendent A. Is.
Newell boarded the train at Toledo and
came through 10 this city.
Early risers at Elkhart saw the dyer
stop three minutes anead OF time, at
7:36 a. III. Here big engine, run by
Mark Floyd, was hooked on TO make the
final run Of the journey.
South Chicago was reached st $3.50 a.
m, exactly on time. At this point there
were throngs about the streets and
crossings to see the new train come into
town.
Every switchman shook his fist in
a go-in-and-win fashion az engineer
Floyd and ShOpmen and citizens waved
and yelled Their welcome.
At South Chicago Fort Wayne train
Of three SleeDers and two coaches was
\hurrying eitywards on parallel track
and had gained a train length on Expo
sitiOn Flyer.
s'Give FER coal, shake her up" yelled
engineer Floyd to his treman-a bright
young man whose anxiety 10 the hnal
time Of the train was apparent In his
eager face. And be gave her coal, and
he shook her up A black plume shot
from her smoke stack, the furnace roar
e. oh efwrn fha dnNF
swung open and the dial finger erept
from 16O pounds steam pressure TO 10,
add then Rugged close TO $50 pounds.
The rival train was soon left behind
and Englewood past fifteen seconds be-
fore the schedule said IL should.
Then the furnace door Of No. 100
was half opened and the machine set
tied to an easy pace, and 50 loafed into
the station at 9:54-three minutes ahead
OF time. The big wheels stopped, the
big lever was reversed, and the moment
the big machine emitted snort OF es-
cape steam that sounded like chuckle
OF pride that the three minutes regain
ed on the first run from New York to
Albany had been preserved az the end
of the journey.
Superintendent Buchanan, Of the
Central, Supt. Yager,o OF the Wagner ser
vice, and Supt. Newell, Of the Lake
Shore, we're happy men as they aligh,ed
aud mingled with the crowd that illed
the station TO see the end Of the first
80 from Sew York 10 Chicago in
hours. There can -Se no doubt
81 the same may Do made In nine
a hours or less without straining a
nut or 8 wheel.