Willmar tribune., 1903-08-15
BREAKS ALI" RECORDS

BREAKS .All-"REC0RDS
Account Of Most Remark le Long Dis
-a.' tanee Run in History of Rail. :.,.7
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All previous records for railroad
time: from Atlantic to Pacific coast
were broken on Friday, August 7,
when the r.. P. Lowe special rolled
into Los Angeles over the Santa Fe at
l:O6 p m. .>.r :,,*... ,...~..
= Henry P. Lowe, of the Engineering
Company of America, left New Y 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
oyer1the New Y orkl, Central and Lake
Shore Railroads, he raced westward
to Chicago at an average speed of 48. 8
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
1pcwaitlng for him, the anxious father
boarded the special and was outward
bound i twenty three II minutes after
reaching the: ::"Windy City!"2 Com
posed ofcoaeh and hotel. lear s'Rocketn
and drawn by q powerful iron grey.
}pqq }hpoqq]nd, with Engineer Duggg an; an at The
throttle, the Santa F'e 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 a whirl and a rush. Swift
~ rising to the level of the elevated
roadbed twas off On its3 way toward
Joliet before the igrief-striGkkenn, q, i pas.
ssepger had time to settle down for his
long ride. Indeed, it,can not be said
that he settled down at all, for, in his
anxiety to cover the ground in the
shortest possible time, Mr.. Lowe re-
peatedly urged that the speed be in
creased, and for great share of the
distance he rode in the engine cab, the
rumble and roar of the mighty To-
comnotive soothing, in a measure, his
troubled mind.
Faster and faster the giant ten-
"heelor Aew.s' Faster and faster the
local way stat1Uns. whlzzod by the
windows in an indistinct blurr. Cross
ing the State of Illinois in space of
time heretofore unequaled, the special
rolled across the Mississippi at Fort
Madison, clipped off a section Of Iowa,
traversed the northern. part of the
State ct Missouri, bridged; the broad
Missouri river, and steamed into Kan.
sass City Union depot. -. -,
With scarcely q halt in it's wild
flight it. was of. over the rolling prai.
rie land of Kansas and on toward
Colorado, climbing the ever. .increas.
ing grade as the Rockies were ap.
preached, On and, on, it sped, not
only maintaining the schedule laid
out, but gaining with: every mile it
flew.
La'Junta was reached at 9:lO a. m.
August 6, and veering toward the
southwest the special split the solitude
of the Colorado and New Mexico
wilderness, plunging into Albuquerq ue
at 5:37 p. m. From Albuquerque
straight west, crossing the desert o1
New Mexico and Arizona, surmount.
ing the range of the Glorieta mount.
aims, the train reached Seligman ir
western Arizona at 4 q. M, Aug. I
Leaving here it climbed the Williams
range and entered the Golden State
across the, Goloradosriyerrf
- At LOS p. N. on Friday, August l.
the train rolled into Los Angeles ter
hours ahead of the schedule as origi
nally planned, the distance from Chi
}'cago to the Pacific coast ('2, ,265 miles
having been covered st al al average" b
422}$ +; q miles per hooqqrr,, beating, tie tin'e
|rot ttlh the Santa Fe|af RI California Limited
by fifteen hours aad sixteen minutes,
~ While, he;wasostilb this sside .pf1 the
Rocky mountaihs, it was known ntha
HMro Lowe sd aughter had passed away
Messages we're nhurrfedf ahead of tht
speelai.!m Asftbe wiress Wgppse tgppse do5Wtni,, do5t IL,
sad word was s>fnsAt noAt re- frescei79eedd" edd"b 81 I'M Mr.
Lowe untilohe,had reachedi Las Vegas
IaNew Mexico. e >3uh- ,siHGtHi>eii 1T
f:sIn spite of his disapp p6intment, how
ever Mr. Lowe { I, Ok PRESSED 6his graft
| tade,rto the Santa Re ofaetals 1wht6,, wsh ,,hat
ttFisd s f. tde ntp93sf fff1l H
tfpu n2@@enoqf%DQ Good oYGd ~ ::,ru :f
[oahStEEhe timea mad9 by the Lowe speeia
isbRn achievement 4 Oft which ,Ywe, ar,
Justify proud,'hsafd Passenger 'Trafh'
Mahager Nieho son; of' the sahtaote
"Our only regret is that the extf at03ir
dinary speedcou1d not avail Mr. Low
kasThe hoped it might.,''1uO ,otnoroT
fdtTMs cfo5sing of. the Americah con
tihentf ino ots4Ven8Vlthre g{e>a1rs! Gra7,f