The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-29
FASTEST RAILWAY TRAINS.
GOING BY SCHEDULE TINE FRENCH
ROADS COME FIRST.
French Northern Maintains speed Of
Sixty-Five Miles Per Hour From
Paris to Amiens-Wnshing ton
PostoHice and Pension Notes.

| Special Dispatch to the st-Intelligencer
WASHINGTON, May 2S-Richard Guen-
| Their, American consul general at FRANK
| fort, Germany, sends to the state depart
ment the following translation of an ar
ticle on the Fastest Railway Trains IN
the World" published in the Journal of
German Engineers:
The speed of railway trains Is IN re-
ality much less than in the popular. be
lief The reports which from time TO time
come from the United States. would ere
ate the belief that speed of more than than
within reach. Recently an American
newspaper reported trip on line be-
where a speed of even l07 miles per hour
had been attained Even If such reports
are true, such forced time is IN the r nature
an advertisement for the respective rail-
roads. 49,,
in consideration, the French railroads
i Ii those of England. The fastest
the French Northern railroad. 1t makes
the distance of eighty-two miles between
Paris and Amiens, without stop, III one
hour and a quarter. equal to speed OF
about sixty-five miles an hour Another
train of the same road between Amiens
and Calais runs at a speed OF ntty one
and Arras and one between Paris ana
st. Quentin at fifty-.fve miles an hour;
The time made on the Orleans raiiroaa
is also fast Two trains between Or
leans and St Pierre make flfty-one miles
and fifty-seven miles per hour, respeo-
lively. and three other trains maze nn more ore
French Southern railroad there are not
less than six trains with a speed OF more
than fifty-six miles an hour They run
between Bordeaux and Angouleme, Bor-
deaux and OAK, Angoulerne ana fol'ers
and Orleans and Tours.
The time schedule of French trains con-
tains not less than ten trains which In
distances of more than siNty-two miles
make an average of more than nlty-sA
miles an hour. . =,
Compared with this record the English
railroads are considerably behind. Inc
best time of sixty miles per hour Is mace
on only one train between Perth ana FOR
fax, a distance of thirty-three miles A
train between Perth and Stirling makes
about fifty,seven miles an nour; one n pe
The German schedule does not give. us
occasion to boast OF our speed: III. Inc r Ger-
lations of 1897, permits as hlgnest speeu
for passenger trains with air brakes, un-
der specially favorable conditions hfty-
ak miles (ninety kilometers) per hour.
This is the maximum speed permitteo, pu.
the average on even snort runs Is W Wit,
less. The fastest trains run between VII
tenberg and Hamburg, at rate OF my d
two miles an hour: between Stendai ana
Hanover. fifty miles an hour; ana pc
| tween Berlin and Bitterfeld forty-seVeh
miles an hour.
Condition OF National Banks.
The abstract of the condition of the
national banks of the state or WashlnnSs
ton at the close of business on n, A APP c 70.
rency shows the average reserves TO nave
been 3435 per cent, against 3ls5 per cent.
February 81 loans and an b, a'scounis s shew
| stocks and securities an increase from
| 81, AZ, 1896 to s1.431 $3.50; gold coin on hand
| has increased from $22so.ls4 TO $2'sssn'
| al m n nd
! SS5 .1Os: lawful money reserve from 81. TO-
| Isl to g. S265sl; individual deposits from
| SIS. 032, 943 to SIS. s39, 9S5.
PostOfRce and Pensions.
| Postmasters have been appointed for
| Lewis Seitsinger Blockhouse. Klickitat
| county, vice Payne F. Cleaves, resigned.
and Joseph G; McAllister, handle, lewis
| The comptroller of the currency has APP
| proved the First National Bank of Com
| merce for the Puget Sound National bank.
| Patents issued today: George p. Cragin
to l. L. Cragin and M s Mcdonald spo-
kane paste bottle nhom hno for p eam
eras; William Hephnger, Montesano. puz-
zle map, and Henry Newton, Centralia,
| Harvey Randolph was today recommend
| ed for postmaster at Tampico, Yakima
| county. vice Charles NJ. Bartlett resigned.
| Original pensions of Sc a month have
| Washington Noble Allison. Everett;
William II. McClelland. Conconully San
| ford Il. Smith. Palouse; Ralph Jabosh,
| South Park; Reuben Gray, Soldiers
| Home, Orting; Rufus c. owen, Spokane;
| John II. Mitchell, Ballard. Henry Whelp-
ley, Olympia; Ransler Gary, dead, Ia
| coma, while James Buckley, Pullman, has
received a pension of $l2 month and
| Lewis Rice. Cosmopolis, one of s..
Increase of pensions granted are:
| Pinkney NJ. Cole, Olympia. S. George
L. Nelson. orting. sl2; benjamin C Loeb
ridge, Buckley. $; George F. Thayer,
Soldiers Home, Orting, s.; George w.
| Stouffer, Centralia, s.; Jacob Norton, Ort
| ing. ST; William 5. Harper, Larene. ST.;
| Howard w Kann, Spokane. sli; Davis
| son F'ilson Orillia, S. Allen Day, Issa-
| quah s.. and Daniel A. Morrison, Bound
| airy. $40.
Fannie l.. Gary, Tacoma, has been
| granted widows pension OF s. a month
and one Of the same amount to Ellen J.
| Eaton. Toutle.
Alexander Rose. Creston Lincoln coun-
| ~, will be made happy with about 500. as
| his claim for pension has been allowed
| at ST. month from September S, 1890.
A new Office has been recommended at
| Mazama. okanogan county, with Mrs.
! Minnie Tiugley as postmistress.
\ d Berkeley has been appointed a
| substitute letter carrier at Tacoma.
Roy K Painter has been appointed
| substitute clerk and Rola r. Proudfoot
| as substitute carrier at Waila Walla