New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-14
AN EVERYDAY AFFAIR.
THE FAST TRIP TO BUFFALO COULD BE
REPEATED AT ANY TIME.

NETWORK CENTRAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY MADE
THE TEST WITHOUT PREPARATION TO SHOW
ITS FEASIBILITY IN ANY EMERGENCY
The special fast flyer OF the New-York Central
which carried Vce-Presdent II. waiter "eoo
George II. Daniels. general passenger agent anu
their party from this city to Buffalo. distance Oh
4p miles in 4O7 minutes on Wednesday, has es-
tablished a new worlds record. and a record OF
vast commercial Importance TO this state ana
country.
Mr. Daniels said to a Tribune reporter yester-
day:
THE train rode beautifully and felt as though
I were riding one OF our regular trains ! con-
slider that we made a phenomenal run, and I'M
agins our English friends who have been talking
go much about their recent from London 10
Aberdeen on a train half the weight or ours VIII
think So too. Why | don't suppose there Is an
engine in any other country on the glooe that ~
capable OF hauling the immense weight our three
engines successfully did yesterday at any such
rate OF speed.
NO our people have idea OF increasing the
sneed OF the Empire State Express of putting
any other faster trains on our schedule Tor the
present. The experiment was made for TWO rea-
sons-to show the public at what rate OF speed we
could judlciousy run trains II necessary. and to
change the basis of the record for fast raroading
from England the United States
II.
It was the second Of these reasons which seemed
TO prove go emlnently satisfactory to Mr.. Daniels.
for as he finished the sentence he took from his
desk clippings from two English papers. THE
Westminster Budget and THE Times. and. smil-
ing good-naturedly. read from them respectively
as follows: Whatever may be the fate OF the
Valkyrie the championship OF the world on land
now rests with this country and The champion
ship has been so peremptorily reclaimed for Eng
alma
70 fry conclusions with us for time.
The weight OF our train yesterday. continued Mr.
Daniels was $500 pounds. 5000 pounds heavier
than the Empire State Express. The Increased
weight due principally to the fact that we carried
Mr. Webb's private observation car. which enabled
lis to see the track and mie-posts clearly and so 10
take the time As to the reports that We lntenuel
to run the train on scheduled time OF sey " ny
miles an hour there Is semblance OF truth IN the
statement and do not know how 1t came 10 De
circulated. We had no scheduled time, ana our en-
glneers were not notified OF the intended trip uh'i
late Tuesday night"
Arthur G Leonard private secretary to M
Webb who was also one OF the party, said
considering he extra weight or the tram ana
.m as marveous Tten too We encountered
very strong head winds while passing through the
Mohawk Valley.
no PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRIP
I'VE made preparations for the trip the
three engines that hauled the train were Nos SO,
}8 and 999 Engine No. $50 had not been in the shop
since May %. 1885, and since then had run no
miles while engine No 900 had not been in the shop
since April g. 1884,. nd had mileage record OF III,
a2 miles The engines taken from their regu-
lar daily service and underwent no preparation for
the trip | satisfied that the engines could do
much better II pushed. We had to slow down sew
era times at grade crossings.
Speaking OF the possibility OF accident, Mr.; Leon
ard said: Not Of the party felt the slightest
uneasiness on this The mechanism OF ne
road is perfect that there is no chance OF acel-
dent The speed uniformly even, and there
was more Earring or swaying Of the cars than Is
noticeable regular train In fact.
ewo coIored porters felt much at home on the
flyer that when reached Syracuse we found
hem sleeping in the as.es The only danger Is that
OF striking a wagon at crossing. and the risk
here would be no greater practically, than on an
ordinary passenger train.
What the officials Of this road have done Is 10
satisfy themselves and demonstrate 10 the public
that we can the distance every day in the We K
at the same rate 4 necessary Al no time did We
attain TO any unusual rate Of speed