The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-31

0AA no DeJLer accompanied COul'
have been desired. b
j We are pleased to notice tina
!. among the different church congre
gations in our village, that coca
sional sacred musicals are rendered
for they are not only entertaining
but are very instructive and ar
also of the greatest importance il
! developing good musical skill and
appreciation in our ocinmunity. !.
THE SPEED RECORD OF THE
80 WORLDS RAILROADS.
i The claim having been that in re-
Gently carrying the Prince of Wales
/ to Plymouth, the Great Weste4n
Railway Company of England broke
the worlds speed record with a
] record of 2a6 7: miles in 1854
minutes, the fact has been cited
that the New York Central railroad
achieves practically the same speed,
6s.3 miles an hour every day, with
its Empire State Express This
train covers ;2l6.21 miles in PA
minutes, at an average speed OF
of 6o.32 miles an hour On some
portions Of the run the speei of
his train is very high; for instanca.
the run of 1868 miles between
Rome and Onieda is made at the
rate IF Ga 40 miles an hour, and the
run of 9.s5 miles between Fairport
and Rochester is made TO speed Of
.33 mixes an hour. Other high
speeds for short runs are 81. IA, 81. II
62.14, 62.5l, and 1898 On the: nth
Of September, 1895, a train on the
New York Central railroad made an
experimental run from New York to
East Buffalo, . distance Of 1853 IL
miles, in 4n % minutes, or at an
average rate Of 64.9 miles an hour
On the 9lst of May last, the
Twentieth Century limited train on
the New York Central railroad made
the same rum as the English train,
246 miles, in 72l minutes, or II
minutes and 4s seo.ndl faster than
the English train. IL is claimed.
that for every day travelling the
American railroads hold che; palm,
the best records being: Empire
state Express New, York Centrsi).
g. 81 miles an hour; Sud Express
Orleans and Southern, Paris) 80. 9o;s
T~entieth Century limited (New
York Cenhal) ~. 90; East Coast Ex-
press Great, Northern and North
western Railways, London) 50.77
West Coast Express (London and
Northwestern and Caledonia Rail-
Was, London} so. 10. ~,---"~'~.-,
Although the French railway
nakes q poorer showing than the
British lines, the fact is that the
former have been achieving greater !
speed than. the British lines. In an
article in the issue of the Pail Mall
Gazette for September last, b. G.
Archer made comparisons very
to the French. He stated
thst the Mediterranean Calais Elk
Dress has achieved such average
speeds as 59,7 and 63.2, therefore
:laimed that the train on this run is
he fastest in the world for a long
distance. The run is one Of 184.73
rifles, which is made IN 8 hours and
minutes. The distance from
Paris to Amiens is covered at an
,verage speed Of So. 2 rallies an hour,
nd the distance from Amiens to
'alais Maritime at an average |
peed Of 59.7. If this is the regular
chedule run, as is claimed, the
'rench railway appears to be ahead. !
The. French railroads are said to
ave engines that are superior to I
hose On the English roads, but
1eir road beds and systems of
peration are Inferior to those ii
reat Britain. AS the American j
AGNES are superior to those of
rance and Great Britain, and as {
70 roadbeds of the American lines {
70 being continually improved, he z
I'm for railroad speed will un- +
soon belong TO this &
'untry. It may be held here at L
Q present if the average speed v
ade in France is not the same as "A
ls been retorted.- Milwaukee D
7ening Wis. ~ s.r. "