New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-12
FASTEST IN THE WORLD.



performance was of such character Dc ~
ceive the commentator OF the press y" w"
sides of the Atlantic. the English pap~" 800
especially gracious In their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the American railroad. In commenting y" VI
event however, number or Ehghs" pap
stated that this was simply single run maui
AN experiment, but that no American ''"e -
run a regular train at any sucn hish TO- =.
speed intimat!ng that the physicai nrerIude the
american railways was such as W PieN'
running regularly OF very fast trains
THE EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS sTAflED'
within sx weeks from the day the triai run
,,os made The public was informed OCTOBER 20
$50, ~ the starting OF the Empire o'a'e En-
nress n Is acknowledged to be the fastest 49,
lar long distance train In the worid, MANS and
in continuous service Tor nearIy iVI he,ng exactly
Possessing the remarkable record OF pe.ns atadiv
an time for thirty consecutive days repe,t,,ee
and during one period for ninety-two copse''N
days. - A., vork Central in con-
nac,,on with the Lake Shore and MIchsait'
Southern Railway. placed In service . Tue III
ton Flyer between New ork anu $3.50 ,,, hours
inv the run OF $50 miles daily IN t"en.y not,rn
Including eight stops, an average TOT the em
distance of forty nine miles an houI, the aSd
on the New-York Central De Ing axerage on the
lake shore and Michigan southern oe,ms ~ .ra;r
eight and one-auarter miles an nour. Inns '" or,
ctad If
col ,erv dav for the l75 days Of the worlds
Fair making the time with remarkable resu-
larity. AN. -, odor and Northwest
arn made the run from London 10 ADeruee ~ ~
miles in bl2 minutes, an average OF SHY IN. sc
and one-quarter miles an nour. ms a1oust
record for trial run up 70 ana ,,h ,ha New.York
Ccntrais title TO the fastest regular long distance
train in the world as 1t has peen as.eeu he,
tween the two English railways me $3.50 Ind
toity ar ma a
anriro the trials of speed above referred 10 VIC
Enelish trains were not advertised 10 tne publ
and we're not considered by the lines stricuy 'es'
'' The following telegram. dated Syracuse ano
signed by Mr.. Daniels. was received carry 'aS'
evening at the Grand Central station:
the run 'Uds m rT0m Th HsN is sixty
four and one-third miles an hour We thus re-
gain the worlds record Tor long result with
train ss7 feet in length and having eapac wSe i AZ
s Our tram wa" beaWv of as the English
racing train We our private car on me on eur our
p %as Sack back to tine we will
arrive at lois tonight This round trip run rs rs
anu,vaIent 10 a straight run from New f0rh ~
cpcaeo in seventeen and one-haf If 1t is
done by regular Uaih
Mr. DANIELS DESCRIBES THE TRIP.
Tho snecal fast train sent out by the New
York Central Railroad Company yesterday
morning rolled into the Grand Central station
after her return trip last night at lo22 O'Clock,
seven minutes late. The great engine was
throbbing and painting as though glad 10 naVe
Gnished The mad race against time, but all OF
the passengers were smiling in Thoroughly
satisfactory way ,....u, rvban
tho train rolled IN and almost the first person
he saw was George II. Daniels, genera pas.
senger agent as he stepped down from the Col
Maraquta his face radiant wl.e fye0 of
plete satisfaction When asked by the reporter
If he would say anything about the Trip ne re-
piled: Now, you walk right along WIN M
and I'll tell you all about it. Am l satisned
with the trip? Well should say so. we've
done what was never done before The Englsn-
men are not in 1t at all now so far as racing Is
concerned. They need points on other th,ns ss
besides yachting To-day we beat their pest
record nearly mile an hour .,
The trip would have been very comfortable
indeed II II had not been 80 hot. At times the heat
was almost unbearable. We struck little WIND
in the Mohawk Valley. but 1t did not pother US
very much After We left Syracuse though, we
encountered a head wind that we had TO work
against all the way to Buffalo. The engineer said
that he could have made that distance In ten
minutes less time II 1t had not been Tor the re-
s!stance offered By the wind.
ION the whole, are thoroughly well satis-
fed We made two dead stops and slowed down .o",
twenty-eight times but managed 10 cover 1902
miles in 4O7 minutes, making an average OF o. "a
miles an hour, against the English record OF oSA
miles an hour. Then too, II must De taken in.o
| account that the train which ran to-day was
| 40 900 pounds heavier than the Empire state Ex-
| press that made the record for us some time ago
As compared with the English train, our train TO-
| day was more than twice as long and heavy.
When asked II Mr. Webb had returned TO New,
| York on the trRin, Mr. Daniels said that ne had
| been let off at his country home up the river
Albany Sept. 1.-THE New-York Central Ind
Hudson River Railroads fast train, when leit
| the Grand Central Station In New-York City TINS
morning at 5:40:30 arrived In Albany at ':oi:oo,
thus making the run Of lab miles In hours, IA
minutes and % seconds
Buffalo n. Y. Sept 1.-THE Central ny"r
runs over the three sections were as fellows:
New-York TO Albany: Left New-fork, Grand
| Central Station. $4,000 a. m. arrived at Apahy
| 1853 a. m. One hundred and forty-three miles IN
| iS5 minutes 30 seconds. stopped at Albany, chang
Ing engines. ! minute IS seconds 7..s.e ~
| Sibany 10 Syracuse: Left, Albany, 1850 a. M
arrived Syracuse l0:l7l0. one hundred and forty
| eigh, miles in 40 minutes S5 seconds Stopped at
| Syracuse changing engines in minutes 70 sec
| onds ,o.,o.o- -,
| arrived East Buffalo, l2345I p. m. one hundred
and forty-fve and one-haf miles In l3o minutes Y
seconds.