Arizona republican., 1903-08-08
A RfCc>>>?s RUN
Lowe Special at LOS Ange- les Hours Ahead of Time
LESS THAN THREE DAYS
From Ocean to Ocean-The Hurryins Father Though Lost the Race With
 Death for His Daughter Was Dead.

Los Angeles, Aug. At 1 :O6 o'clock thls afternoon the special train bearing Henry P. Lowe, chief engineer of the united States Steel corporation, drew in at La Grande station, having com pleted a run from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, distance of more than 3,20O miles, in the fastest time on rec ord. Lowe left New York on Tuesday, August 4, at 2:45 D. m., and arrived in this city seventy hours and thirty one minutes later, or an hour and twenty minutes less than three days.
 The run from Chicago was made over the lines of the Santa Fe road. dis tance of 2,256 miles. The time from Chlcagosto Los Angeles was fifty-two hours and tbirty-nine minutes, an av- craze speed of forty-two miles an hour, including all stops
 The record breaking run just finished by MT. Lowe was undertaken with the object of reaching the bedside of his little eleven-year-o r-old daughter, who was seriously ill in this city. The child died early on Tuesday morning, but MT. Lowe was not advised of her death until he was well on his way. As all arrangements had been made for inc special train and the schedules had been prepared by the railroad. the trip was continued as originally planned.
 When the Santa Fe special left Chi cago on Wednesday at 1O:15 q. m. if was intended that the run to Los An geles should be made at a speed of forty miles an hour, including all stops As the trip passed through Mis- souri and Kansas it was found that faster time than tn schedule provided Tor could be made. Orders Were then given to make as fast time as was con sistent with safety. The special began to gain at once. At La Junta. Colo It was more than an hour ahead of it's schedule, and when Albuquerque was reached a 5:45 last evening this gain had been increased to three hours and fifteen minutes
 Reaching San Bernardino nine hours and twenty minutes ahead of time, the speclai htsu a clear track to Les An sties' distance Of siXty-three miles The run over this last stretch of tracl, 1 was record breaker, the speed at times being as fast as seventy-fve miles an hour, and at FOG D. m. the en- zine whirled into La Grande station MT. Lowe was rapidly driven to the Westminster hotel. where he joined his
 
 death of her child.
 The previous record for a transconti- | mental run was made by C. R. Peacock. q director of the United States Steel l corporation, who, on March 27, 19OO made the run from Los Angeles to Chicago over the Santa Fe in fifty- seven hours and fifty-six minutes. This | record stood until today, when it was | e1celled by the Lowe special by four | hours and fifty-siX minutes. The off, cfal time of the arrival of the special | train at La Grande station is given by the rialroad company as 1:06 D. m.
 MT. Lowe when seen tonight was in l an extremely nervous state and was | not disposed to discuss his record | breaking run across the continent He said he received word of his daughters death at La Junta, Colorado. He took occasion to say he was not in any way connected with the United States Steel corporation: that he~was a mining man | with a residence in Denver and had | not at any time been connected with the steel corporation. He was at a loss to understand how such story got started and he wished to have it | corrected.