Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-14
NE wyoRK. July io.-captain

i GUTHRIE, o. T, July i0-A sher
ms posse is searching for evidence
as to the identity of four persons
whose bodies were found horribly mu
tilated near Prudence in western Oh,
lahoma. The bodies were those of a
man woman and two children.
CHICAGO. Ills. July "a specIal
to the Chicago RecordHerald saws
Mr.. Cassatt. president Of the Pennsvl.
vania railroad and his associates are
very progressive and far-sighted men.
They expect rapid development in the
transportation business in the near
future, and are looking far ahead
Railr1aGing has made the same pro.
sress during the last twenty-five years
as other Industries Mr. Cassatt ex.
poets it to make even greater progress
in the next twenty-five years and is
accordingly preparing the Pennsyl-
vania system with improvements
which will cost, not less than 500 900 %
| 000 in the next three or four wears
The entire road between New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton. on the Atlantic seaboard and
Cleveland. Chicago St Louis and Gin.
0innah. ON the great lakes and rivers
of the west, is being practically rebuilt
with four tracks from New York to
Pittsbure. double tracks on the wes-
tern system aud between PHILADELPHIA
and Washington grades are being re-
| duced everywhere. curves straighten-
ed, new and permanent bridges erect
ID new rails weighing 100 and even
l20 to the foot are being laid. and
stone balasting is being laid every
where, and other improvements made
for the promotion Of economy and
speed
Experience in railroading has taught
| that a curve and a grade cost more in
fuel and wear and tear than the ex-
pense of reducing and straiehtening
them and that economy is promoted
by having a track as straight and
level us it can possibly be made.
Therefore all the railroads in the
country that pretend to keep up with
the times are reducing grades and
straiehtening curve and many of
them find it profitahla to borrow large
sums of money to do it, The differ
ence in the expense in operation and
maintenance is greater than the in
terest and sinking funds required by
the bonds
But no railroad is doing so much
as the PENNSYLVANIA to bring its ply
sical property TO a state of perfection.
Mr. Cassatt's idea is to increase speed
and save fuel and repairs The dis
tance from New York to Washington
is now made in five hours. AS soon
as the improvements are completed
it will be made in four hours. The
ordinary running time between New
York and Chicago is now twenty-four
hours. and new train was recently
put on to make it in twenty hours
Within . a year or two this will be
reduced to eighteen and perhaps to
sixteen hours. The latter will re
quire steady gait of a mile a min
ute-that is. 9S6 miles in 9S6 minutes.
which at present is beyond the speed
of any long distance train in the world
although both the Reading and the
Pennsylvania companies run short dis
tance trains between Philadelphia and
Atlantic City at an even higher rate,
reaching GG.i miles an hour regularly
every day for the entire distance
The fastest long distance train is
the Sud express between Paris and
Bayonne France. which runs 1856
miles in nine hours, the rate of 5413
miles an hour The Empire State
express on the New York Central runs
40 miles from New York to Buffalo
in eight hours and quarterS%hich is
at the rate of 53.33 miles an hour.
The Flying Scotchman fro London
to Glasgow runs 401 miles at the rate
of 50.lS miles an hour. The Twen-
tieth Century Limited on the New
York Central and Lake Shore makes
80 miles between New York and
Chicago in twenty hours at the rate
of 40 miles an hour. These are the
fastest long distance trains in the
world although several short distance
trains in Europe make a higher speed.
The fastest train in the world except
those between Philadelphia and Allan.
tic City, runs between Paris and Ar
ras, ! 30 miles. and attains an aver
age speed ol 81 .O5 miles an hour. The
fastest trains on the English roads
make 81 miles an hour for distance
OF 1873 miles. There are eleven trains
in Europe making more than "a miles
an hour, but in no case is the distance
greater than $50 miles, and all of them
run by daylight
When the Pennsylvania Railroad
completes its proposed improvements
any rate OF speed that 1t is possible
for a locomotive to maintain will be
safe upon its tracks. because the iron
will be very heavy. the ballasting will
be perfect. all grade crossings will be
eliminated and the bridges will he so
old that they can endure anv amount
Of Vibration. # Is expected too. that
the development in motive power will
keep pace with the improvement in
track building Onlya few years ago
the maximum load for car was 4O-
600 pounds; now it is 100000 pounds
Already the 70.000-pound locomotives
have been replaced with 100. .00O-pound
ers, capable of making ninety miles
an hour with an ordinary train of FIVE
cars behind them. The rate of speed
developed by electric motors Is con
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