The record-union., 1893-05-29
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-At exactly 3
o'clock and thirty seconds this afternoon
a twenty-hour service between New
York and Chicago over the New York
Central road was inaugurated by the de-
parture of the first train for the West
from the Grand Central Depot, and the
simultaneous departure from Chicago of
an Eastbound train.
The trains in each case consisted of
four new Wagner palace cars, drawn by
one of the great sIX-wheel Mogul engines.
The train, as it stood in the depot here to-
day, was inspected by throngs of curious
people, and when the departure was made
the balconies of the depot and bridges
overlooking the tracks were black with
spectators, while the platforms were
crowded with more fortunate ones who
were able to get a closer view. The
officials of the road, from President
Depew down, were present. A repre-
sentative of the Associated Press travelled
on the engine, in spite of the stringent
rules to the contrary, which in this in
stance were waived in his favor.
There was no triding with the prelim
mary formalities as the exposition flyer
plunged into the tunnel after leaving the
Grand Central station. The train passed
One Hundred and Twenty-ffth street
two and half seconds ahead of schedule
time. Each station that the train flew
through was crowded, and the spectators
cheered the flyer on its way.
1t passed Yonkers a minute behind
time. At Scabrough the schedule was
caught and twenty-nine and one-half
miles were made in thirty-eight minutes.
West Point seemed rushing forward to
meet the train, and shot past thirty sec
onds before it was due.
AS the train was running over fifty
miles an hour near Fishkill it rounded
curve, and the engineer saw man stand
ing in the middle of the track. The engi
neer sent up a blast from his whistle that
had the apparent effect of an electric
shock upon the wayfarer The train
missed him by about two feet.
New Hamburg, sixty-five miles from
the start, was passed in seventy-six
minutes after leaving New York. Pough-
keepsie, seventy-three and half miles,
was made in eighty-fCur minutes. At
w IL iD0 Il all WAS buI60
ahead of time, and the next four miles
were made in four minutes, twelve and
half seconds.
Between Stuyvesant and Castleton,
distance of ten and one-fifth miles, the
run was made in six minutes three and
three-quarter seconds. The last run be-
fore reaching Albany, twenty-four and
siXty-four hundredths miles, was covered
in fifteen and three-quarters minutes.
Albany was reached three minutes and
forty-fve seconds ahead of time.
The engines were changed at Albany
and a diner attached to the train. Sche-
nectedy, Utica and Syracuse were passed
on schedule time, and the flyer rolled into
Rochester five minutes ahead of time.
The diner was dropped, the engines
changed again and the train sped on it's
way.
The actual time from New York to
Syracuse was $50 minutes, and the dis
tance being 27l miles, made the average
speed a trife over tifty-two miles per
hour. Rochester was reached three min
utes ahead of schedule time.
After leaving Rochester the train passed
Batavia five minutes late, but whirled
through Grimsville, twenty-five and a
half miles from there, minute ahead of
time. The next four miles was made in
three and quarter minutes. The train
pulled into Buffalo five minutes ahead of
time.
THE EAST-BoUND FLYER.
CLEVELAND, May 28.-The east-bound
Exposition flyer, which left Chicago this
afternoon, reached Elkhart. Ind, dis
tance of 101 miles, three minutes ahead
of time, covering the run in two hours
and fifteen minutes. 1t reached Cleveland
two minutes ahead Of time.