The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-01
President Cassatt of the Penn
sylyania's Fast Flight
From Philadelphia to Jersey
City in 10 Minutes.
DISTANCE OF so MILES.
Had to Hurry to Meet Mayor
Low Of Gotham.
Engineer Says He Can Make 1t
in Is Minutes.

New York April breaking rail
road speed records has become a habit
with President A. J. Cassatt. of the
Pennsylvania railroad. He took anoth-
er fight from Philadelphia to Jersey
City. and made the run in 79 minutes
one minute less than the record he made
on similar trip Monday.
President Cassat, accompanied by
Vice Presidents Green and Rea and
Special Counsel John G. Johnson, left
Broad street station at 1918 o'clock.
The train was made up of Mr. CassattS
private car, and a combination car and
was drawn by engine number $50, with
Engineer James Rood at the throttle
Conductor John Bostwick was in charge
of the train.
President Cassatt had an appointment
with Mayor Low at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon at the City hail, New York.
There remained less than two hours
from the time Mr.. Cassatt left Broad
street station to CON plete the railroad
journey of 80 miles, cross the ferry and
get to the City hall. The Importance Of
the presidents being in New York at 2
o'clock was conveyed to the train crew
and the officials along the line, and
when President Cassatt and his party
boarded the train no time was lost.
The train came to a stop at Jersey
City station at 1:38 p. m. The time fig
ures are those officially given out, but
railroad men say the actual time for
the run was less than 10 minutes.
BOSS SAID LET HER GO"
1.-The boss said to let her go, as he hao
to keep his appointment with Mayor
Low" was the way Engineer Rood put
1t when asked last night to tell his story
Of the trip. He knew that with his
permission we would make the attempt
of our lives to lower the record.
THE boys all along the line had been
put on the lookout, and as We Whlzzed
past Germantown Junction, Frankford
and Bristol we just managed to hear
their cheers
Nothing ever went SO fast through
Trenton. You wouldn't Lave noticed
there was station there. Going
through New Brunswick the pace was
SO swift the city looked like a little
village Ny fear was that we would be
held up by the Passaic River drawbridge
at Newark being opened, but our boys
had provided against that, though they
had to hold up three vessels fifteen min
utes
we were three minutes ahead of the
best record when we had passed New.
Brunswick, but on account of new work
on the road we had to slow up and lost
some time. Had it been Sunday, with
no work on the road to hamper US, we
would have knocked that record sky
high and would have made the trip to
Jersey City in seventy-six minutes in
stead of SeVenty-nine.
Our average rate was a mile and an
eighth q minute, but between Frank
ford Junction and Trenton we were go
ing at times over a mile and half a
minute. Any time President Cassatt
says the word we can beat eve this
last record. am satisfied we can make
the run in seVenty-five minutes
Returning President Cassatt and his
party left Jersey City at Alp D. m.
Engineer Packer was in the cab and
Conductor Rowland in charge. On
boarding the train President Cassatt
said:
Take your time. If I am back at
will be all that is required. -
The train arrived at the station at 5:53
o'clock, two minutes ahead Of the time
fixed by President Cassatt- The run back
to Philadelphia was made in 81 minutes
Up to Sunday the record over the Penn
sylvania railroad. it was stated by Penn
sylVania railroad officials, was held by the
Morgan special between Jersey City and
Grays Ferry That train carried J. P
Morgan and party to Washington upon the
occasion of President Roosevelt's dinner
to Prince Henry. Mr.. Cassatts 50 minutes
beat it, and now that record is beaten in
turn.
Mr. Morgan also holds the record be
tween philadelphia and Jersey City over
the Reading railroad On February Z. in
a special train. he made the run-91- 4
niles-in 81 minutes A delay of four
minutes at Bound Brook reduced the ac-
tual running time of that train to 80 min
uteS which was even better than the two
remarkable runs by President Cassatt, as
the Reading route is two miles longer