Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-04
AMERICA IS ALWAYS FIRST.


From The Evening Telegram.
The relative time of the trains on
the New York Central as compared
with those on certain English rail
ways having been questioned IN some
quarters, I beg to explain thar we have
ia this Office copy OF the time tables
of the London and Northwestern Rail
way and the CaledOnian Failway-the
West Coast Royal Mail Route-for
July. august and September, 1895,
iu which appear the names of Fred.
Harrison, general manager, London
acl Northwestern Railway, and James
Thompson. general manager, Gale
DOMAIN Railway.
In this publication is printed what
Duports TO be the regular time table
of the above named lines, and on page
IL appears the following schedule Of
the run between London and Aber-
deem. which is the quickest time adj
rcrtisad in this publication between
the points named:
lv. EustOn Station London at 500 p. m.
Arrive Perth............... q. m.
Arrive Aberdeen. a. m.
The distance from London TO Perth
is $50 miles; the time nine hours and
thirty minutes. or so minutes; the dis
taucc from London to Aberdeen $40
miles: the time, eleven hours and forty
minutes. or seven hundred minutes.
This makes the rate Of speed, Lon
don TO Perth. 47:37 miles per hour and
from London to Aberdeen, 1928 miles
per hour.
Z. - $500, tr,;c t:-,,c 4.blo (Which
rs T before stated, has printed on the
outside cover in large type. July, Au-
gust and September, 1885" indicating
that IL is The schedule at present in
force). that l based my statement that
the Empire State Express was the
fastest train in the world, and | may
add that this claim has been made by
the New York Central for four years,
and has never been disputed until now.
IF. since publication Of the time table
above referred 10, the London and
Northwestern has quickened the time
so that it's regular train runs between
these points ct greater speed than
our Empire State Express, then that
portion of our claim would appear to
De not valid, but we have seen no time
table that disprOves our statement.
have wriWtten for any new issue
of time table that may have been pub
nsh5d since the one here referred to-,
and on it's receipt will give you fur
thor information.
This does not alter the fact that on
the 11th inst. we made the fastest long
distance. run ever made by any rail-
road. nor the further fact that on the
10th Of may. 1898. we made a mile with
regular train in the shortest time
ever made by any railroad.
The fact that in 1883. when the first
vc~y fast time was made by the Eng
Hsh railways. the speed was kept up
for only very short time and the
trains then placed on much slower
schedule. and that the recent race be-
tween the East and West Coast routes
was continued for only about week.
and she rate of speed lowered then
very materially. should have consider
able bearing on this whole subject;
and until the weight and capacity Of
the English uainsare known to an alb
soiute certainty. and they have been
run for some time regularly. and have
demonstrated by actual performance
that they are able to make the time
regularly. they cannot fairly be COM
pared for regular speed with the four
years record of the New York Gen.
trails Empire State Express.
Very truly yours.
GEORGE H.DANIELS.
General Passenger Agent New York
Central AID Hudson River R. r.
New York. Sept. II. 1895.