The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-22
BURLINGTON SPECIAL
MAKES RECORD RUN
1t Takes ''Red Feather" Conn
pany to St. Louis In
Fifteen Hours.

A new record for fast time between
St. Paul and st. Louis was established
yesterday, when the Burlington trans
ported Grace Van Studdiford and her
Red Feather" company from st. Paul
to st. Louis in fifteen hours and six
minutes. chopping off five hours from
the regular running time.
The Red Feather" company closed
its st. Paul engagement at II o'clck
Saturday night An hour after the
curtain was rung down the company
was en- route to the worlds fair city.
Last evening the regular Sunday night
performance was held in st. Louis. It
was the first time that a theatrical
company had ever made the jump from
the Twin Cities to St. Louis without
cance1ing at least one nights engage
ment in the Southern city.
The Burlington's special train which
carried the company to st. Louis was
one Of the fastest ever run in the
West. 1t left the st. Paul union depot
at 1912 a. m. Sunday. At 1913 in the
afternoon 1t pulled into the company's-
station in st. Louis. City Ticket Agent
MANAGER
the Red Feather" aggregation that he
would have the company at its des-
tination at 4 o'clock, but it arrived an
hour before. it's scheduled time
The special consisted of six cars
three heavy baggage cars, two buffet
standard sleepers and one seventy foot
chair car. When 1t left st. Paul yes
terday morning it was drawn by one of
M HRlf ~k<w1
comot1ves. The first 900 miles were
run in just six hours, an average of
fifty miles an hour. At times the train
attained as high a rate of speed as
seventy miles and again it was obliged
to slow down to thirty an hour while
running through town and cities.
Makes but Eight Stops.
Only eight stops were made during
the trip. Four changes Of engines
were necessary. The first delay was
at Grand Crossing, Wis, where a new
engine replaced the one which car
rled the train from st. Paul. At Sa-
vannah, Ill, Rock Island and Boards
town the other changes were made.
AT Beardstown Miss Van Studdiford
entered the cab and from that city to
ST. Louis made the trip as the guest
Of the engineer. Had it not been for
making in its track south of Savannah
the trip could easily have been made
in twelve hours. On account Of the
presence of repair crews it was neces-
sary to run slower after leaving Sa-
vannah, but the everage speed attained,
including stops, was more than thirty
three miles an hour. 1t took Just nine
hours to make the second section of
the run, or three hours longer than
was required to cover the first 800
miles, S=g
When the aRed Feather" company
opened in thesFwin Cities last Monday
1t was the intention of the manager to.
cut out the Saturday matinee and night
performances in st. Paul. He was
anxious to get his company to st.
Louis in time for the regular opening
Sunday night and If he had depended
on the regular train service he would
have been obliged to leave Saturday
morning in order to get to st. Louis
on time. The Burlington passenger
agents suggested the special train. At
first 1T was planned to make the run
ing department promised to get the
train into st. Louis two hours sooner
than the first schedule called for. The
500 mile run, however, was made in
fifteen hours, or an average of forty
miles an hour.
Division Superintendent Fred B. Mil
Ter was in charge of the train from st.
Paul to La Crosse, Wis, where he
turned it over to the superintendent of
the Savannah division.