Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-31
New Coast Filler For New York
Central and Lake Shore.
FINE OCEAN TO OCEAN LIMITED
Train Leaves Gotham In the Morn
ing and Connects With the Union
Pacific Overland - Telephone Con-
nection Between Each Car of q
Pennsylvania Train

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These two roads viii soon place in
service a new ocean to ocean fier.
which VIII give an additional limited
train across the continent. Passenger
officials OF the Northwestern We're ad-
vised of this move recently by tele-
gram received from George Daniels
general passenger agent of the Jew
York Central road, and the information
was later confirmed by William C.
Brown. vice president of the Lake
Shore road.
The details of the new service have
not been arranged, but it is said that
the new fier will leave New York at
S:i5 a. N. and will arrive in Chicago
at $50 a. ID. the following morning
making the distance in practically
twentyfour hours. The time given is
that of the fast mail and the train will
run on the fast mails present schedule.
When the change is effected, the fast
mail will probably be run as a second
section OF the dier.
In addition to giving another fast
transcontinental fier, t.. c'.Cnge will
have the effect of improyiIl, - feet
mail service, as there will no longer L.
necessity of running n through sleeper
on the fast mail The mail train will
become a strictly fast mail service.
carrying a lighter load and therefore
more capable of making up lost time.
According to Mr.. Daniels. the new
train will be vestibuled Pullman
train, with dining car. buffet and IL
brary cars and new equipment-a
strictly limited train. The possibility
or of fyTn
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 mana cement of the Lake
Shore aud New York Central is con
WINGED that two such trains win pay.
Tie need of a fast New York-Chicago
train which would land passengers in
Chicago early in the morning has long
been felt. and Mr. Daniels believes that
it viii be appreciated by the public.
The new train viii be run TO connect
with train No. ) on the Northwestern.
which leaves Chicago ut 10 O'Clock cr-
cry morning and which VIII be q
through San Francisco train on and
after Nov 3. The New York Central
train VIII 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 10
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 ii
the eastbound hier is put on it will
leave Chicago about 5 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 S4 will be
charged. as it will exceed the speed
agreement by four hours.
The Four Track News. the New York
Centrafs new monthly publication,
prints in its last number some inter
estins railroad intelligence. Among
other things it says that the average
American, statistics show. travels
1000 miles every year at an expense
of $50. This is q better showing than
is made by any other country.
The record for dining car service is
believed TO have been broken when
with a party of delegates to recent
convention in Buffalo on board 31S
meals Were served at noon on one of
the New York Centrals trains
In a paper on Railroad Rolling
Stock. Present and Future" read late
ly before the British association. Nor
man d. Macdonald is reported as say
ing: The New York Central an6 Uud-
son River railroads Empire State ex-
press engines, which are of enormous
size and do 40 miles in eight hours
and a quarter, are fitted with eaualiz-
ing or compensating levers and prob
ably do the finest heavy express work
On earth. They will start from dead
at 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-three 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 Dunbar at full speed,
with loads of go to $50 tons LET the
speed fall on the way up to thirty
miles an hour and sometimes under
The special train carrying President
Cassatt and his Inspection party over
the Pennsylvania lines is equipped
with telephone service to provide COM
munication with each car on the train
without travelling from one car TO an
other. says the New York Post. This
feature was introduced BY ". s.
Brown, electrical engineer of the com
pany.