Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
SMASHED THE RECORD
Rapid Run From Chicago to
Buffalo.
AVERAGE 8R 6a6 MILES An HOUR
English Railway Speed Badly
sc. Beaten.
THE TRAINS M KE-U p

CLEVELAND, October ga worlds rec
ord breaker on the Lake Shore railroad
passed through Cleveland at $50 o'clock
this morning en- route from Chicago to New
York.
The train left Chicago at $3.50 m, stand
ard time. 1t consisted of a locomotive and
three Wagner cars. The party consisted of
DR.. H. Walter Webb third vice president OF
the New York Central who on September
II last lowered the worlds record on that
lire; his secretary, Mr.. Leonard, who was
the official timekeeper on the run; General
Superintendent w. H. Canniff of the Lake
Shore; A. ]. Smith, general passenger
agent of the line; E. A. Handy. chief en-
gipeer; Assistant General Superintendent
Blodgett: Mr.. s. P. Gage, chief clerk to the
general superintendent, and +. b. COOK,
chief clerk to Mr.. Blodgett. The division
superintendent of the various divisions
accompanied the party over their respec-
tive sectors.
The train pulled out of the Lake Shore
station at Chicago promptly at $3.50, pulled
by a mogul locomotive.
Every arrangement had been made to
expedite the run; switches were spiked; all
trai2s sidctracked for the flyer.
Across the Illinois prairies. through the
Michigan FARMS and along the smooth
stretches bordering the edges of Lake Erie,
night.
Brief stops were made at Hillsdale and
Toledo to change engines and Cleveland
was reached at 8 o'clock and soy seconds,
or three hours and twenty minutes out of
Chicago. The distance from Chicago to
Cleveland by the Lake Shore is 351 miles,
so that the entire trip, including stops, was
made at q rate of mile in 53l2 seconds.
Engines were changed at Collinwood
in about twenty-nine seconds, and the train
was rushing on again.
DUNKIRK, N. Y, October 24.-The Lake
Shore special train passed here at 1888,
central time. which is II 80. eastern time.
BUFFALO, N. Y. October 24.-The
worlds record for railroad speed over
great distance was broken today by spe-
cial train on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad, which ran from Tooth
street Chicago. to Buffalo Creek, Buffalo.
distance of 51O.1 miles in 4S1 minutes and
seconds, an average of 63.6O miles an hour.
This time includes stops. Exclusive of
stops the run was made in 40 minutes 10
seconds, an average speed of CABS miles an
hour. The New York Centrafs record of
September ii wss an average speed of G3.G1
miles an hour, including stops, and IL 70
miles an hour. exclusive of delay.
The train; left Chicago this morning at
3:23.21 o'clock, central time and arrived at
Buffalo creek at IL 30:34. Four minutes
later the train came to stop in the CEN
trail station in Buffalo. The train was made
up of three coaches, engine and tender. The
cars and DIR. Seward Webb's private car,
the combined weight being 3OI. 500 pounds.
The weight Of the engine and tender was
49,, 800 pounds. making the total weight of
the train ASS. 800 pounds.
Different engines were used on each of
The divisions. and the runs for the divisions
We're:
Chicago to Elkhart S7.4 miles, in IS min
utes 26 seaopdS
Elkhart to Toledo, 1884 miles, In 124 min
utes So seconds.
Toledo to Cleveland, 1918 miles, In 1O6
minutes seconds.
Cleveland to Erie. 955 miles, in 81 minutes
81 seconds.
Erie to Buffalo, sc miles, in 70 minutes IL
seconds.
Between Chicago and Elkhart the train
was obliged to slow down for railroad
crossings eight times, and to scoop up
water once.
The engine which pulled the train over
this division was No. 957, Mark Floyd, en-
gineer. The engine Is a standard Lake
Shore passenger engine g wheeler). built by
the Brooks locomotive works at Dunkirk,
N. Y. and designed by George w. Stevens,
superintendent of motive power for the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway.
The diameter Of her drivers is 70 inches,
size of cylinders, II by "a; weight on driv-
ers, 65.0OO; total weight exclusive of tender
100000 pounds.
Beats the English Record.
The run from Chicago to Cleveland was
made at the rate of 7O.6S miles per hour,