The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-14
SPEED ON RAILWAYS.
THE FLIERS ON AMERICAN, GERMAN
AND ENGLISH LINES.

AND ENGLISH LINES.
Curves and Grade Crossings the Great
Drawbacks In This Country-Limited
| Trains Do Not PAY Expenses, but Theg
Benefit the Service In Other ways.
The writer preached Gae subject ot
fast trains recently to one of the shrewd.
est civil engineers employed on one OF
the roads entering Washington. This
employee has made railroading lifs
study, has inspected the railroads Of
Europe aud speaks by the card. BE
said:
eff our railroads could spare the
money to elevate their tracks in cities
and at crossings, to say nothing of conn
pleting the work of strengthening out
curves, now going on, /, for one, will
predict that we can make an average OF
80 miles al hour between New York
and Chicago. say this with the ALE.
ghany mountains almost staring me in
she face. Wemight lose time going uT
that range, but engineers, as rule, like
so coast, and wouldn't they slide down
the other side with roadbed minuE
curves and grade crossingsl In the mat
ger ut cost in making improvements,
few people are aware of the expLnse at
tached thereto. In round numbers ouI
road blew in fully So, 600, 600 in the
latter part of 1892 and the beginning o!
1898. That was before the financial de-
preston set in. We are now resting Oh
our oars. We cut one curve over mile
long, and the work cost US fully $780,
600 Other roads have been doing like,
wise, and with the return of prosper
GUS period we will surprise the world,
and especially the English, with the az
erage speed CUR trains will attain.
Many people will be surprised X
learn that Germany and not this coun-
try or England furnishes the fastest trair
In the world The United States oSmes
second and England third. The German
train runs from Berlin to Hamburg.
distance of 178 miles, in 2U4 minutes,
an average outside speed-that is, not
counting stops, of over 90 miles an hour.
The Empire State express on the New
York Central road runs from New York
to Buffalo, distance of 440 miles, il
$40 minutes, and its outside speed aver.
age is nearly 81 miles an hour. The
fastest English train, that comes third
on the list, is called the west coast f1ier'
and runs from London to Edinburgh,
distance of 400 miles, at an average out
side speed of 90 miles an hour.
1.-The farther we go west the slower
the train service becomes, thing no;
looked for on account of the miles ana
miles of track traversing prairie land
The Burlington roads best train aver
ages about Sc miles an hour. That on
the Milwaukee road. the limited, can
only reach an average of "a miles an
hour. The Denver limited, on the North |
western road, has to hustle to score an
average gait of 80 miles an hour.
every few of the fast limited trains
In this country pay for the expense Of
running them, and it is an open secret
that the limited between this city and
New York, the limited between New
FORK and Chicago and the Empire State
express between New York and Buffalo
and the Chicago limited On the New
York Genital road cost their respective
soads good deal more than they bring
in, bat they are great advertisers for
their respective roads.
1.-THE advantages of fast train service
IN well built and yell equipped railroads
are not confined to the carrying of pas
sengers swiftly from one point to anoth.
er. They are felt all through the operat
ing department of a road and exercise
an important disciplinary influence. The
of such extraordinary fast trains
is the Congressional limited and the
Empire State express has had wonder,
tul effect in increasing the vigilance and
of all the traiphands. The
schedules on which such trains are run
,equire the most arbitrary enforcement
md they consequently keep the men all
llong the line traversed constantly on
he alert. Each man is made to feel his
ull share Of the burden of responsibility,
md the never ceasing admonition to
watch for the fier' reduces to mini
mum personal inclinations to be slaoh
# neglectful The telegraph operations
AVE suspension of 80 days staring
hem in the face for the slightest delay
o the limited, and similar penalties aIG
imposed on other employees
Besides this stimulus to duty the
asst trains serve as an incentive to the
len to strive for promotion. Conduct, I
RS, engineers, fremen and other hands ,
n the limited get more pay than do the G
zen employed on the trains of subordi' 6
ate grade That the 'f1ier, in its ge {
eric sense, is actually an improving in (
uence in railroading is evidenced ay {
he remarkable careers of the Congress {
onal, the Royal Blue and the Empire e
tate express. These are the fastest
aims in this country and have been
mining several years back, and, with q
1e unimportant exception, have met ei
it'll no mishap. These trains pass Ell
trough year after year without sin 81
e mishap, and believe it is all from b.
lie discipline put upon the employees II
7 the fest service. The men take "
,i6e IN the fast tra&ns. "-oW Ass.iuStos l.
-as hi
SONG OF SUMMER TIME. y. VI
!, the swaying OF the branches and the die "
ting through the trees,
Id the music of the voices that come upos r,,
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