Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-29

Train Leaves Gotham In the Morn.
ing and Connects with the Union
Pacific Overland - Telephone Con-
nection Between Each Car Of =
Pennsylvania Train.
The New York Central and the Lake
Shore roads are preparing to take ad-
vantage Of the vast improvements
which have been made in the physical
condition Of the Northwestern and the
Union Pacific, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
These two roads will soon place In
service new ocean to ocean flier,
which will give an additional limited
train across the continent. Passenger
officials of the Northwestern were adj
vised Of this move recently by tele-
gram received from George Daniels,
general passenger agent Of the New
York Central road, and the information
was later confirmed by William G.
Brown, vice president Of the Lake
Shore road.
The details of the new service have
not been arranged, but 1t is said that
the new flier will leave New York at
8:45 a. m. and will arrive in Chicago
at 1850 a. NJ. the following morning,
making the distance in practically
twenty-four hours. The time given Is
that of the fast mail and the train will
run on the fast nails present schedule.
When the change Is effected, the fast
mail will probably be run as second
section of the flier.
In addition to giving another fast
transcOntinental tlier. the change will
have the effect Of improving the fast
mail service, as there will no longer be
necessity Of running through sleeper
on the fast mail. The mail train will
become strictly fast mail service,
carrying lighter load and therefore
more capable Of making up lost time.
According to Mr.. Daniels. the new
train will be a vestibuled Pullman
train, with dining car, buffet and IL
brary cars and new equpment-a
strictly limited train. The possibility
or probability of having two limited
twenty-four hour trains between New
York and Chicago on the same roads
was not dreamed of a few years ago.
High class traffic, however, has in
creased to such a marvellous extent
that the management of the Lake
Shore and New York Central is con-
vinced that two such trains will pay.
The need Of fast New York Chicago
train which would land passengers in
Chicago early in the morning has long
been felt, and Mr.. Daniels believes that
1t will be appreciated by the public.
The new train will be run to connect
with train 40. on the Northwestern.
which leaves Chicago at 10 o'clock ev-
cry morning and which will be
through San Francisco train on and
after Nov. 3. The New York Central
train will have connections from Bos-
ton, SO that the new service will be
only two nights out from New York or
Boston to Denver, three nights out to
Salt Lake City and four to San Fran
cisco and Portland.
1t has not been determined whether
the Lake Shore will place In service
an opposite train. but it Is thought
that this will be done, as it is under
serious consideration. Presumably If
the eastbound f1ier Is put on it will
leave Chicago about s O'Clock in the
morning and arrive in New York about
the same time, or an hour later by
eastern time. On the new westbound
train an excess fare of 81 will be
charged. as it will exceed the speed
agreement by four hours.
The Four Track News. the New York
Centrals new monthly publication,
prints in it's last number some inter-
esting railroad intelligence. Among
other thir..~s it says that the average
America, stat. sites show, travels
LOCO miles every year at an expense
of 500. This is a better showing than
is made by any other country.
The record for dining car service is
believed to have been broken when,
with party of delegates to a recent
convention in Buffalo on board, 31S
meals were served at noon on one Of
the New York Centrals trains.
In paper ON Railroad Rolling
Stock, Present and Future" read late
ly before the British association, Nor
man d. Macdonald is reported as say
ing: 1.-THE New York Central and Hud-
son River railroads Empire State ex-
press engines, which are of enormous
size and do 44O miles in eight hours
and quarter, are fitted with equaliz-
ing or compensating levers and prob
ably do the finest heavy express Worn
on earth. They will start from dead
Mt the Grand Central depot in New
York up one in ninety-eight and one
half with any load up to 500 tons and
be making forty-thrce miles an hour at
the top of the grade"
Mr.. Macdonald compares this with
his experience Of the northeastern loco
motives, which, striking the bank Of
one in 1896 near D1nbar at full speed,
with loads of $50 to $50 tons. let the
speed fall on the way up to thirty
miles an hour and sometimes under.