The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-05-28
SPEED ON RAILWAYS.
THE FLlERS ON AMERICAN, GERMAN
AND ENGLISH LINES.

Benefit the Service In Other Ways.
The writer preached the subject c
fast trains recently to one of the shrewd
est civil engineers employed on one c
the roads entering Washington. Thi
employee has made railroading lif
study. has inspected the railroads Q
Europe and speaks by the card. q
said:
eff our railroads could spare tn
money to elevate their tracks in cite
and at crossings, to say nothing of com
plotting the work of Strengthening GU
curves, now going on, l, for one, vii
predict that we can make an average O
90 miles an hour between New Yorl
and Chicago. I say this with the Ale
ghanv mountains almost staring me il
the face. Wemight lose time going VI
that range, but engineers, as rule, like
to coast, and wouldn't they slide down
the other side with roadbed minus
curves and grade crossings! In the mat
ter Of cost in making Improvements,
few people are aware of the expense at
taohed thereto. In round numbers ouI
road blew in fully So, 900, 900 in the
latter part of 1892 and the beginning OF
1898. That was before the financial de-
preston set in. We are now resting on
our oars. We cut one curve over a mile
long, and the work cost US fully $500,
900. 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 av-
erage speed our trains will attain.
Many people will be surprised to
learn that Germany and not this coun-
try or England furnishes the fastest train
in the world. The United States comes
second and England third. The German
train runs from Berlin to Hamburg, a
distance of 179 miles, in 204 minutes,
an average outside speed-that is, not
counting stops, of over 50 miles an hour.
The Empire State express on the New
York Central road runs from New York
to Buffalo, distance of 40 miles, in
$50 minutes, and it's 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 fier'
and runs from London to Edinburgh, a
distance of 400 miles, at an average out
side speed of so miles an hour.
1.-THE farther we go west the slower
the train service becomes, thing not
looked for on account of the miles and
miles of track traversing prairie land
The Burlington roads best train aver
ages about SO 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 20 miles an hour.
VERY 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
York and Chicago and the Empire State
express between New York and Buffalo
and the Chicago limited on the New
Y ork Central road cost their respective |
roads a good deal more than they bring |
in, but they are great advertisers for |
their respective roads.
1.-The advantages of fast train service |
IN well built and well equipped railroads
ire not confined to the carrying of pas
;engers swiftly from one point to anoth
IT. They are felt all through the operat-
ng department of road and exercise
IN important disciplinary influence. The
'unning of such extraordinary fast trains
is the Congressional limited and the
Empire State express has had wonder
nj effect in increasing the vigilance and
of all the trainhands. The
chedules on which such trains are run
equire the most arbitrary enforcement,
md they consequently keep the men all
he alert. Each man is made to feel his
ull share of the burden of responsibility,
nd the never ceasing admonition to
watch for the fier' reduces to mini
num personal inclinations to be slack
+ neglectful, The telegraph operators
ave suspension of 80 days staring
hem in the face for the slightest delay
0 the limited, and similar penalties are
imposed on other employees
Besides this stimulus to duty the
asst trains serve as an incentive to the
len to strive for promotion. Conduct,
RS, engineers, fremen and other hands
n the limited get more pay than do the
len employed on the trains of subordi-
ate grade. That the 'flier, in its ge-
eric sense, is actually an improving in
uence in railroading is evidenced by
le remarkable careers of the Congress
onal, the Royal Blue and the Empire
tate express. These are the fastest
aims in this country and have been
inning several years back, and, with
le unimportant exception, have met
18th no mishap. These trains pass
trough year after year without sim
10 mishap, and believe it is all from
le discipline put upon the employees
: the fast service The men take a
tide in the fast trains. w ashington
jar
Yet They Were Not Infismmable.
Farmer-You had a fire at the manse
is morning, Any serious loss?
Minister-Yes; ten years sermons
ere completely bnrnaa
FARMER with the memory of many
cary Sunday morning)-Faith, but
ey made gran blaze-they were so
y, ye ken London Tit-Bits.
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