The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-04
BROKE ALL THE RECORDS.
Phenomenal Runs of burlington and
Northwestern VAIL Trains.

Phenomenal Runs of burlington and
Northwestern Wall Trains.
Omaha. Neb., Jan. 3.-The new fast mail
trains on the Burlington and Northwestern
roads finished their phenomenal runs
from Chicago without special incident to-
day. The Burlington pulled into the termi-
nal station eight minutes ahead of seized
ule time. The Northwestern arrived sew
enteen minutes ahead of schedule.
The trains had a head wind all the way,
and both crews are confident even better
time can be made if they are called upon
to do so. There was a large crowd present
at the depot to witness the arrival of the
trains.
In addition to the sustained speed of the
two trains being remarkable over fifty
miles an hour for the distance, there were
some suh more remarkable bursts of speed
during the trip. Several times mile was
covered in thirty-seven seconds. The
Northwestern Left its two brakemen at
one point on the line. When the train
stopped they got off to turn around and
when they completed the circuit the train
was gone.
The actual lapsed time from the start at
Chicago to arrival al the local depot was
as follows: Northwestern, 492 miles, with
IS stops, hours and IS minutes; Burling-
ton. SOP miles, with Y stops, 10 hours and
Z minutes.
The greatest run was made by the east
bound train on the Burlington which left
here last night, one hour late arriving in
Chicago only four minutes late, and the
schedule is thirty minutes faster than the
west-bound train. which, they assert, is
the best record for any train between the
two points. The previous record was held
by the Northwestern, having been made
with special train carrying party of
railroad officials to the eXpogitiou.
The runs of the rival fast mails have
been the universal topic of conversation
among railroad men to-day. IL is the
consensus of opinion that so far as to-
days trip is concerned, neither road has
any important advantage, and that the
time can be materially reduced if 1t is nee
essary. The engineers who pulled the
trains assert that an hour can be clipped
from the fast schedule, and in the light
of the run of the eastbOund Burlington
train last night. and the comparative ease
with which both the westbound trains
made the run. the best posted operating
men concede the engineers are correct.
on the Burlington the best time was
made from Chicago to Burlington where
several stretches We're covered at the
rate OF ninety miles an hour, ana some
miles at even better than that The
changing of engines at Creston. Iowa,
was made in one minute and thirty sec
onds
The fastest run on the Northwestern
was made between Arion and Arcadia, Ia.
Here there is a straight level track for
fifteen miles, and the mile posts were left
behind at the rate of one every thirty-five
seconds.
Every fast mile record, including the
New York Centrals record for a mile in
80 seconds, or at the rate Of 1925 miles per
hour, made in 1898 was broken on the
trip. The distance from the siding to
Arion. two miles and four tenths, was
made in one minute and "a seconds or at
the rate of 1870 miles per hour. Four stop
watches caught the time, which, however
will not go on record, there being no
speed indicator on the engine