The Globe-republican., 1903-08-27
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC IN
THREE DAYS TINE.
Account of Most Remarkable Long
Distance Run In History Of
Railroadlng.

were broken Oh FTluay, August I,
when the H. P. Lowe special rolled
into Los Angeles over the Santa Fe
at 1:06 p. m.
Henry P. Lowe, Of the Engineering
Company of America, left New York
Tuesday afternoon, August 4, at 2.45,
Immediately upon hearing of his
daughters fatal illness in the distant
California city of Los Angeles Catch
ing the Twentieth Century Limited
over the New York Central and Lake
Shore Railroads, he raced westward to
Chicago at an average speed OF 4SS
miles per hour, arriving in Chicago
on Wednesday forenoon. Hurrying
from the Lake Shore to the Santa Fe
depot in a cab which was being held
in waiting for him, the anxious father |
boarded the special and was outward
bound twenty-three minutes after
reaching the Windy City" Compos-
ed of coach and hotel-car Rocket
and drawn by powerful iron grey
hound, with Engineer Duggan at the
throttle, the Santa Fe special leaped
into the race, with orders to make no
stops except those to take water and
coal and to change engines and crews.
Leaving Dearborn station, Chi
cago, the train struck out toward
the Southwest, with whirl and
rush. Swiftly rising to the level of
the elevated roadbed, 1t was off on its
way toward Joliet before the grief
stricken passenger had had time to
settle down fer his long ride Indeed,
1t cannot be said that he settled down
at ALL for, in his anxiety to cover the
ground in the shortest possible time,
Mr.. Lowe repeatedly urged that the
speed be increased and for a great Il
share Of the distance he rode In the S
engine cab, the rumble and roar of the
mighty locomotive soothing in a d
measure, his troubled mind.
Faster and faster the giant ten.
wheeler flew. Faster and faster the :,
local way stations whizzed by the
windows in an indistlnct BLUR. Cross.
Ing the State Of Illinois in a space Of
time heretofore unequaled, the special u
rolled across the Mississippi at Fort )
Madison, clipped off a section Of Iowa. Ell
traversed the northern part Of the If
State of Missouri, bridged the broad
Missouri river and steamed into Kan. n,
sas City Union depot. il
With scarcely halt In Its wild IL
flight it was off over the rolling prai. =.
RTE land Of Kansas and on toward VI
Colorado climbing the ever-increasing "
grade as the Rockies were approach
ed. On and on 1t sped, not only main 10
tanning the schedule laid out but b
gaining with every mile 1t flew. eli
La Junta was reached at $40 a. H., sh
August 6, and veering toward the
southwest the special spit the solt In
tude of the Colorado and New Mexico -.
plunging into Albuquerque d,
1T 5:37 p. m. From Albuquerque :.
straight west, crossing the desert Of ~
New Mexico and Arizona, surmount. WI
ny the range Of the Glorieta noun. lin
aims, the train reached Seligman In
western Arizona at 4 a. M, Aug. 7. ba
leaving here it climbed the Williams ia
ange and entered the Golden State In,
!cross the Colorado river ia,
At LOG p m. on Friday, August I,
he train rolled into Los Angeles ten
lours ahead of the schedule as origl. !
lally planned, the distance from Chi w,
ago to the Pacific coast (2,265 miles, 50,
aving been covered at an average OF :.
2.8 miles per hour, beating the time ~.
I the Santa FEES California Limited MA
y fifteen hours and sixteen minutes. an'
While he was still this side Of the the
.ocky mountains, it was known that joil
lr. loves daughter had passed away. pre-
Iessages were hurried ahead Of the lur
pecial As the wires were down, the
ad word was not received by Mr..
owe until he had reached Las Vegas, b
lew Mexico. has
In spite Of his disappointment, how. cnt
YER, Mr.. Lowe expressed his graft vert
lde to the Santa Fe officials wEo had
led to the utmost to assist him In
Is trouble. II
"The time made by the Lowe special ern
an achievement OF which we are aut
Istly proud" said Passenger Traffic of S
anager Nicholson Of the Santa Fe. ers
Dur only regret Is that the extra Tit,
binary speed could not avail Mr., ,,0ss
owe as he hoped 1t might" 49,
This crossing Of the American con. '"'F
nent In seventy-three hours and so''
,enty-one minutes establishes a rec. pora
d for the trans-continental trip that and
III not be surpassed for many days ou0
come. When 1t Is considered that
Q time was brought down to this ri
markably low figure only by extra n,o
binary speed on the level prairles w
d the broad table.lands, some idea "D'O
the tremendous strain may be ''"s
thered. For long distances a speed ing
considerably over mile O minute abou
IS maintained. The route from the walt
ssissippi to the Confidential Divide
upgrade, with much steep noun. O,
n climbing in places. ,,..
N 1900 remarkable run was made NV '.'>
the Peacock special from West to ralr
st, its average speed being At as al
les an hour between Los Angeles asslg