The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-10-25
FAST RAILWAY TIME
A Remarkable Run From Chicago TO
New York.
NEARLY 70 MILES AN HOUR
Three Coaches. an Engine and
Tender Fly Across the Coun-
try and Astonlsh the
Natives.

Cleveland. Ohio. Oct. 2i.-The worlds
rccor1-breaker on the Lake Shore rail-
way passed through Cleveland at $50
a. m to-day en- route from Chicago 10
New York. Il consisted Of a locomotive
ana nhree Wagner vestlbuled cars. The
parry consisted OF Or. II. Walter Webb.
third vice president OF the New York
Central vino. Sept. IL. lowered The
worlds record on that line; his secre-
tary. Mr. Leonard, the official time
keeper OF the run; General Superintend-
eI, W. II. Commit OF the Lake Shore:
A. J. Smith. general passenger agent:
T.. r. Handy. chief engineer. Assistant
Superintendent BlolEett; $. II. Gage,
o,elef clerk TO the generul superintend-
ent, and r. Il. Cook. chlof clerk TO
Blodgett. The train lef; the Lake Shore
station at Chicago promptly a; 1880
O'Clock, pulled by a mogIl engine. Ev-
cry arrangements had been made to ex-
peifte the run. The switches were spik-
Cd and all trains s.le-tracked for the
fiyer Across Illinois prairies. through
Michigan farms and along the smo,th
stretches bordering Uhe edges OF Lake
Erie The flyer sped Ike a moceor
through the night. Brief stops were
made at Hllslale and Toledo TO change
engines ami Cltvolanl was reached at
s:5Ois. or 800 minutes out OF Chicago.
The distance from Chicago to Cleveland
by the Lake SHORE Is S15 miles, so the
en.lre trip. Including stops, was made
at ahe rate OF a mile IN 53ia seconds.
Engines were changed al Coalinwood
in about % seconds. and she train rush.
cd on again.
Buffalo, o,t. 24.-The worlds record
for ra.lroad speed over great DIS
tance was broken to-dhy by special
train on Glhc Lake Shore x Michigan
Soughorn railroad. wliirh ran from one
Uuaircdn street. Street, Chicago. 10
Buffalo Creek. Buffalo, 5lo1 m.les. IN
isl minutes ard seconds. an average
speed OF 63.6 miles an hour. nhis time
Includes stops. Exclusive of stops. the
run was made In 41o minutes and 10
seconds. an average speed OF CABS miles
per hour, The New York CeutTuls rec
ord OF SEPT II was an average Oh bS'ol
miles an hour. lnclulinS Stops, ana
Ga 20 miles an hour. exclusive OF delays
The train left Chicago this morning
at 3:25:g7 Central time). and arrived
at Buffalo Creek at 1l:S0:3t. Four min
utes later the train came TO stop In
the Central station In Buffalo. The
train was made up OF three coaches.
engine and tender. the combined
weight OF which is 304.5oo pounds.
The weight of the engine and tender
was $4,000 pounds. making the total
weight OF the train iss.5oO pounds. The
run for the divisions were: Chicago to
Elkhart, s7i miles IN s5 minutes e
seconds; Chicago to Elkhart. s7+ miles
in IS minutes 20 seconds: Elkhart to
Toledo, 1884 miles. In l2t minutes IS
seconds; Toledo to Cleveland, 1918
miles. In log minutes 8 seconds. Cleve-
land 10 Erie. 95.5 miles. In So minutes
30 seconds: Erie to Buffalo. s6 miles. In
20 minutes Is seconds. Between CHI
cago and Elkhart the train was obliged
to slow down for railroad crossings
eight times and 20 scoop up water
once. At Elkhart minutes II seconds
were lost in changing engines. At
Cleveland minute i5 seconds were
consumed IN changing engines.
The greatest record was made on the
last lap from Erie to Buffalo. being an
average speed OF 70 miles an hour. The
run from Chicago to Buffalo was made
for a practical object. 1t was made to
ascertain at what rate a commercially
paying train could be made TO go with
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