The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-06

There was q very remarkable and
Interesting article IN McClurc's Maya
zine a short time since. which ! read
with that pleasure which accompanies
the porusal ~ good short story; In
fact /. ad any fault TO fnd with
the article Il was that Il was ton drn-
mniic and too much Ike a short story.
where o person wishes to keep the
climax 10 the end. AZ some 81 our writ
ers do. aud so u did not seem no much
like the record Of fact Il Is reported 70
h.. The article was entitled 1.-THE
FASTEST Railroad Kun Ever Made. ="
and was written by Harry Perry Rob
inson. who il editor OF the Railway
Age. and was one Of the official time
keepers on the train.
Mr.. Robinson explains that the Lon
don 4 Northwestern and CALIFORNIAN
railroads. from London 10 Aberdeen.
distance 81 80 miles. broke the rail-
way record last sumner by running
ON nm average Gin3 miles an hour. He
adds that the English press "hailcd
with n lubllatlOn that was almost
clnmoruus the fact that the worlds
record In railway speed belonged once
more "a Great Britain" As matter
Of fact. the English press did nothing
Of the kind; hut that as n minor de
tail. Ny remembrance Of the news
paper articles written at that time In
London. IL that most 81 them were
warning the companies that something
would break one 81 these iinc days.
and an appalling disaster would be-
the result However. that Is neither
here nor there: the fact remains that
the greatest speed attained ON a rail-
way up 10 last August, was made In
the race 10 the north. from London,
the object being. Il seemed. 10 gct
those who wished TO engage In shoot
Ing In Scotland into that country as
quickly ~ possible. II was not
thought IN Iondon that the efforts ~
the railway companies were directed
toward American records. but that Il
was rather n rivalry between the two
competing railways, the London 4
Northwestern ON the one hand. and
the Great Northern on the other; each
81 which roads alternately held the
record until the racing stopped, be-
cause there was 10 much said and
written about such reckless running.
Public opinion IN England was de-
cidedly against railway racing. and
think that that had something 10 do
with the cessation n the struggle.
a captlous. fault-lndlng person
might perhaps point ont % Mr.. Robin
son that when the English record was
broken Il was broken openly; that Il
10 say, any man who had the money
could 20 upon the fast train and time
u with his own watch. do not pro-
pose % east a shadow ~ doubt upon
the account AIR Robinson has given
In McClurc's Magazine. because " !
did Mr.. Robinson might not believe
the story now feel at liberty 10 tell.
The fact Is that ! was sworn % sc-
crccy. hut now that Mr.. Robinson has
written OF the tremendously fast run
the Lake Shorr q Michigan Southern
made from Chicago 90 Buffalo, dis
lance IL fraction over 1lO miles,
consider myself released from my
promise 90 say nothing ~ the other
English woodworking. IN which
took part. aud 81 which nothing has,
up 90 this time, been said either In
England or In America am rather
10th a. write this account, because Il
seems 10 me that n railway records
are 10 be broken. they should he hrok.
en- In plain view Of the public. aud
that train should not steal quietly
out OF either London or Chicago In
the early hours Of the morning with.
ont some impartial person on board.
representing. Il possible. the other side
Fl the question. Mr. Eohinson's train
left Chicago NJ o'clock In the morn.
ing. and there was nobody represent
Ing England or the English roads on
beard. However | cannot say any.
thing about this. because the English