The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-13
NEWS OF TIE RAILROADS.
Richmond Built Engine Makes
Marvellous tul:.

An engine built by the Richmond Loco
motive and Machine Works has recently
made the fastest run ever made on any
road in the South
NJ Ernest Kelley who is dispatcher
on one of the big railroads running INTO
New Orleans, has sent his brother. Hon
s. L. Kelley Of this city, the 1oiio"llls
clipping from the The Ilmes-De1ilocfil'
which describes the phenomena! run:
PERHAPS the fastest time ever made
on any railroad in the South for so lons
a distance, was made to-day on the
Northeastern, from Meridian 10 Lum-
berton. The distance is 11s' miles. FROM
Meridian TO Hattiesburg, little over
e!ghty-six miles, the run was made IN
Guiding a tive-minute stop at Laurel, IN
seventy-eight minutes; that from Hat
tiesburg to Lumberton, twenty-seVen
miles, was made III nineteen minutes.
The whole distance l13 miles. was made
in ninety-seven minutes.
The train was a special, carrying Dr.
J. H Thompson from Meridian to LuIn-
bertOn to attend a man who had been
hurt at one Of the mills at that place
The train was in charge of Conductor Z.
j. Smith and Engineer Joe Lee, with
engine POP. The entire track was cleared
of all trains for this run.
Mr. Kelley makes the following COM
ing the above clipping:
This is an engine built in your town,
by the Richmond Locomotive Works. We
have five of them, and they are the
highest steppers'' in this, or most any
other country. It is quite a remarka BILE
run under any conditions, but was so in
this case, as we had only one hours no.
tice to get engine out of round-house; get
her hot and find the men and get about
;,i,+ a;c-lt nd traiD
out of the way
The personally tour OF the
{ Pennsylvania Naiuo2d, comprising Il
party of about seventy-iive persons, reach
ed Richmond last night over the James
River Division Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, from Natural Bridge. The train
is made up of q Pennsylvania conlbina ti1r
and three Pullman cars.
The party is quartered at the JET
ferson and this morning, under the
personal direction OF Colonel s. H. Bow
man, the party will be driven ab,u. me
city to various points OF interest. In the
afternoon the tourists will leave for Old
Point Comfort and viii go from that poirrt
to Washington, via water, going north
from the Capitol over the Pennsylvania
lines
President George w. Stevens, of the
chesapeake and Ono, VIII return 20
Richmond to-day. Mr.. Stevens is at
present attending the sessions of the
National Railroad Young Mems Christian
Association Conference at Philadelphia
Mr.. W. H. Bennett, soliciting freight
agent of the Southern Railway, left
yesterday for the north Mr.. Bennett Will
spend short vacation in Pennsylvania
and New York points, and will accom-
pany Mrs. Bennett and family home from
Wiiiiamsport, Pa, where they have been
spending some weeks
Among the visiting railroad men in
town are: II. G. Tuckerman. District
Passenger Agent, Newark, n. J.: Gordon
Z; Noble. Southeastern Passenger Agent
Philadelphia, and John L. Fitzpatrick, City
passenger Agent Philadelphia, Of the
Lehish Valley John ]. Fogg, Travelling
Agent OF the Great Northern. Boston
Pierce R. Mel, Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Quebec Central RAILWAY.
Sps. ana James E. Davenport, of the
cinnati. Ohlo