The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-10-31
CANN0NBALL TRAIN
Worlds Record foI Railroads
Made by the Lake Shore.
FROM CHICAGO TO BUFFALO
Five Hundred aud Ten Mics in Asi
Minutes. or A7O With
OUT stops.

Buffalo n. ", Oct 24.-The worlds
record for railroad speed over a great
distance WAS broken today by the
special train on the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad, which ran
from One Hundredth street. Chicago,
to Buffalo creek, Buffalo. 510.1 rliles, in
4Si minutes seconds, at an average
speed Of G3.5 miles per hour. This time
includes stops. Exclusive OF stops, the
run was made in 4l0 minutes 10 seconds,
an average speed Of CABS miles per hour.
The New York Centrais record of Sep
tember IL was an average speed of 63.Ol
niles per hour, including stops, and
GAS miles per hour exclusive of delay.
The train left Chicago this morning
at S.2S.zl a. IA. central tlme) and ar
rived al Buffalo creek at IL 1924. -Four
minutes later the train came to a stop
In the central station in Bumalo.
The train was made Up OF three
coaches, engine and tender. The COM
bined weight OF the train was 305. SEQ
pounds, the weight OF the engine and
tender was $4,000 pounds, making the
total weight of the train ass. 900 pounds.
The run Of the divisions was: Chi
cago to hlkhart. S7.4 miles, in 50 min
4
miles, IN l2i minutes, 80 seconds; Toledo
to Cleveland. 1914 miles, in LOG minutes
6 seconds; Cleveland to Erie, $50 miles,
In so minutes 81 seconds Erie to Buff
falo, Sc miles, In 10 minutes 16 seconds.
Between Chicago and Elkhar. the
train was obliged to slow down Tor rail-
road crossings eight times and to scoop
up water once. Al Elkhart minutes III
seconds We're lost in changing engines.
At Toledo minutes IS seconds were
lost In changing engines. AT Cleveland
] minute 40 seconds were consumed in
changing engines. The greatest record
was made on the last lap from Erie
to Buiiaio, being an average speed OF
20 miles an hour
the run from Chicago to Buffalo was
made for a practical object. 1t was to
ascertain at what rate a commercially
paying train could be made to go safely.
THE RUN no CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Ohio, oct. 24.-rhe worlds
record breaker on the Lake Shore rail-
way passed through Cleveland at $40
a. IN. today, en- route from Chicago to
New York. 1t consisted OF locomotive
and three Wagner vestibuled cars. The
party consisted of DIR. II. Walter Webb
third vice president of the New York
Central, who September ii lowered the
worlds record on that line; his secre-
tary. Mr.. Leonard, official time keeper
Of the run; General Superintendent w.
II. Comm of the Lake Shore; A. j.
Smith, general passenger agent Il.
Handy, chief engineer; Assistant Cen
eral Superintendent Blodgett: S. G.
Gault chief clerk to the general super
intendent, and Il. b. Cook, chief clerk
to Mi. Blodgett.
The train left the Lake Shore station,
Chicago, promptly at 1880 o'clock pull
ed by Mogul engine. Every arrange
ment had been made to expedite the
run. Switches We're spiked and all
trains sidetraclSed for the flyer. Across
the Illinois prairies, through Michigan
farms, and along the smooth stretches
bordering the edges Of Lake Erie. the
flyer sped like a meteor through the
night. Brief stops were made at Hills
dale and Toledo to change engines, and
Cleveland was reached at 8:5ON, or 500
minutes out of Chicago. The distance
from Chicago to Cleveland by the Lake
Shore is 357 miles, so the entire trip, in
Guiding stops, was made at the rate Of
a mile In 53ls seconds. Engines were
changed in Colllngwood in about 20 sec
onds and the train rushed on again.
NEW RECORD 10 NEW YORK.
New York, Oct 25.-1he train which
broke the record from Chicago to AL
bany was sent on to New York over the
New York Central, and made new
record between New York and Chica-
so. The train arrived here at 1915 last
night. The entire distance Of $50 miles
was made in AZ hours 40 minutes ana
40 seconds. Chicago newspaper men
who were on board had in their pockets
morning papers of Thursday. This was
the first time regular edition of a Chi
cage morning paper has been read in
New York on the day of It's publication.