The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
RAPID K4lLkOAD1NG.
PHENOMENAL TIME MADE BY THE
NEW YORK CENTRAL.
An Interesting Incident of Early
Travel Recalled By a Coincidence
of Dates-Discoveries of Great
Importance.

The phenomenal time record made
by the New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad company on the 18th
day of September, 1895, recalls an in
teresting coincidence of dates of spe-
cial interest in the city of Albany.
On the 18th day of September, 1909,
Henry Hudson, after making several
unsuccessful attempts to discover a
northeast passage around the CONT
nent, under the direction of the An
glo-Dutch East Indian company, en-
tered the Hudson river, termina ting
his trip ait the head ofNthe navigabIs
waters in the vicinity of Albany, which
he named the New Netherlands"
Hudson did not make the rapid tran
sit of IS 1-9 miles per hour nor is it
possible that his sailing record COM
pared favorably with the speed OF the
Defender or the Valkyrie, but the re
suit OF his discoveries was of vastly
more Importance, as it indicated the
route which was destined to be fol-
lowed in the march OF civilization and
the development of this continent, and
has done more for the advancement
of science and the arts than any sec
ton of the earth recorded in history.
1t was here that the first NEE ting
of the colonial representatives was
held, resulting in the preliminary steps
for the establishment Of the present
republican form of government
1t was here that Clinton and his CO.
adjutors, taking advantage of the nat
ural Typographical route provided by
nature inaugurated the canal system,
connecting the waters of the Hudson
with the lakes, which was the pioneer
movement for inland transportation,
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railroad system rendered necessary by
the demands of commerce. 1t was here
that the first institute for the devel-
opment of science and the arts and
the promotion of agriculture was in
tcorporated by Stephen Van Rensselaer,
and others, which is still in existence.
1t was here that DR.. Mott provided
the first plan in the introduction of the
crate bar, by which coal could be sue
ceSSfully used as fuel
1t was here that Lfttlefield brought
into use the first self-feeding base
burning stove.
1t was here that Squire WhippIe first
reduced to science the art Of bridge
building, erecting a trapezoidal truss
bridge of iron and presenting formulas
for several structures.
1t was here that Professor Henry
and DR.. Ten Eyck strung miles of wire
dFOQuQ the Walls Ol the AlDdluy dCdc-
envy, demonstrating the practical use
Of electricity as a power and in the
transmission of messages, which was
Immediately applied by Professor
Morse by the use of his alphabet.
And it was here, at the West Albany
shops of the railroad company, that
William Buchanan, superintendent of
motive power, planned and construct
ed the celebrated engine 999, and others
of the same style, which have gained
an international reputation, and with
out which the success attending the
phenomenal achievement could not
have been accomplished 1t is worthy
of note that our Dutch ancestors of
the Netherlands, to whom we are in
debted for so much, have just launched
the. largest steamship now afioat of the
twin screw type. May success attend
their enterprise.-Peter Hogan in Ball
ston Daily Journal.