The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
RAILROAD NEWS.
Story Of Fast Run on the B.
e. d.
How the Record for Long Dist
ance Was Made.
MILE A MINUTE CLIP.
Train Covered 1873 Miles in I26
Minutes.
Forty Newspaper Men Composed
thu DoaSannora
MILE A MINUTE CLIP.
Forty Newspaper Men Composed
the Passengers.

South Chicagoans stopped and gaxed
in wonder at an express train as it
passed yesterday morning, says the Chi
cago Chronicler.
Here it comes!" they shouted when
the train was still mile away.
And there it goesl" they shouted be-
fore the first sentence had been fairly
finished.
The train was running at rate of
speed that has not been exceeded in
these parts for some time.
1t was a Baltimore and Ohio train
and was running against time. For
three minutes it ran at a speed of
eightyfive and a half miles an hour
The train came from Baltimore. The
start was made Saturday. The officials
had no intention of making a record
run from the east to the west. They
wished to test one of the new Atlantic
engines
Wait until you strike Chicago juno
ton, o., and then turn her loose. were
the instructions of the president of the
road. The train was composed of a
baggage car and five sleeping coaches.
William Dunton was at the throttle
and the run from Baltimore TO Chicago
Junction was made without a mishap
The train was in charge of ]. H Maddv
assistant to the general SUPERINTENDENT
Now let her OUT shouted the assist
ant superintendent when the junction
was passed.
In one of the coaches George Turner
of Philadelphia sat in a BARRIERS chair
The throttle was pulled wide open. The
engine leaped forward and the real race
was on.
Coin pretty fast" remarked the col
ored barber as he applied the lather.
There was no sound save the rumble
OF the train.
Fob de L.awd's sake! We done run
twenty-five miles" and the barber start
ed on the left side of the passenger s
face. Trees and telegraph poles whizzed
by.
why dere is de fifty-mile post and
the negro prepared for the second
scrapinG of the mans face.
only the song of the wheels could be
heard.
Another ten and amt ready for de
bay rum"
The train whized through country
village and never slackened its speed.
Five miles while Use spreadin' de
bay rum. We suhtnly is runnin' some"
And the negro reached for a towel
And the man in the chair was as
steady If the BARRIERS chair stood on
terra firma.
Ten miles while Use dryin' your face
FACE. we must be ny1n.
And they heard just one note of
song as they whizzed by a country
church.
Fob de Lawd's sake Dat engineer
mus be crazy. He done run five miles
while l was brushin' your hair"
The speed slackened. The train came
to a standstill and the passengers
alighted at Garnett, Ind. The distance
from Chicago was 12S miles and they
had made the run in 1875 minutes.
That was the best long run. AS they
neared Chicago they found another bit
of excellent roadbed and the rate of
eighty-five miles an hour was kept up
for three minutes.
THE engine proved it's worth" said
Mr. Maddy. THE run was trial and
we are satisfied. We now have ten of
the engines on the Chicago division and
the successful test will mean that we
shall have ten more on the road"
The New Atlantic engine is a mon
ster. The one that made the run weighs
III, 900 pounds. It carries 1000 gallons
of water, and that means that there
are few steps for water.
Mr. Maddy was accompanied by forty
newspaper men. who represented the
eastern papers, and they Travelled as
the the guests of the railway officials