Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-15


Santa Fe railroad has sent out the fol-
lowing prepared article relative to the
Lowe special train which passed
through Albuquerque the other after
noon:
| All previous records for railroad
time from Atlantic to Pacific coast
were broken on Friday. August Z,
when the II. p. Lowe special rolled In
to Los Angeles over the Santa Fe at
! 1905 y. m.
| Henry p. Lowe OF the Engineering
Company of America. left New \ FORK
| 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 ass
miles per hour, arriving in Chicago on
| Wednesday forenoon. Hurrying from
the Lake Shore to the Santa Fe depot
in 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 hotelcar Rocket"
and drawn by a 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, Chicago,
the train struck out toward the south
west, with whirl and a rush. Swiftly
rising to the level of the elevated
roadbed IL was On on its way toward
Joliet before the grlef-stricken pas
senger had had time to settle down
for his long ride. Indeed. 1t cannot
he 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 share OF
the distance he rode In the engine
CAB, the rumble ana roar of the
mighty locomotive soothing, in
measure his troubled mind.
Faster and faster the giant ten
whee,er flew. Faster and faster the
local way stations whizZed by the
windows In an indistipct blurr. Cross
ing the state of Illinois In a space of
time heretofore unequaled. the special
roned across the Mississippi at Fort
Madison, clipped of section of Iowa,
traversed the northern part OF the
: state OF Missouri, bridged the broad
: Missouri river and steamed into Kan.
sas City union depot.
With scarcely halt in its wild
: flight ii was of over the rolling
priarie land OF Kansas and on toward
Colorado, climbing tho everincreasing
grade as the Rockies were approach
ed. On and on 1t spea. not only main
tanning the schedule laid out. but
gaining with every mile 1t few.
La Junta was reached at 9:10 a. m,
} August 8. and veering toward the
southwest the special split the soil
{ tude of the Colorado and New Mexico
: Wilderness. plunging into Albuquerque
at 5:37 p. m. From albuquerque
straight west, crossing the desert Of
New Mexico and Arizona. surmount.
ing the range of the Glorieta noun
0 tains, the train reached Seligman in
. western Arizona at 4 n. M, August Z.
Leaving here IL climbed the Williams
r range and entered the Golden state
Q across the Colorado river.
{ At 1:O6 p. m. on Friday, August z,
l the train rolled into Los Angeles ten
hours ahead of the schedule as origi-
E nally planned. the distance from Chi
. cago 10 the Pacific coast (2,265 miles)
E having been covered at an average OF
42.e miles per hour. beating the time
of the santa Fe's California limited by
LIteen hours and svteen minutes.
) While he WAS still this side OF the
A Rocky mountains, 1t was known that
} Mr.. loves daughter had passed away.
. Messages were hurried ahead OF the
4 special. As the wires were down, the
!. sad word was not received by Mr..
Lowe until he had reached Las Vegas,
New Mexico.
4 In spite of his disappointment, how.
: ever. Mr.. Lowe expresses his graft
Q tude to the Santa Fe officials who had
= tried to the utmost to assist him In
4 his trouble.
Q The time made by the Lowe special
1 Is an achievement OF which we are
4 Justly proud" said Passenger Trafic
: Manager Nicholson OF the Santa Fee
4 "Our only regret is that the extraor.
9 binary speed could not avail Mr. Lowe
as he hoped 1t might"
This crossing OF the American con,
tinent In seventy-tnree hours and
p twenty-one minutes establishes a rec.
!. ord for the trans-continental trip that
will not be surpassed for many days
: to come. When II Is considered that
!. the time was brought down 10 this
!, remarkably low figure only by extra,