Morris tribune., 1904-09-24
A RIDE ON THE FAST MAIL
In the Cab Betweeu Chicago, St. Paul
aud Minneapolis.

1t Is SiSltuCdut tudG tno oho to'o
which makes the Chicago'St Paul
run in ten hours, carries no passen-
gers.
To ride on it is privilege acquired
by few. Yet journey on this train,
which carries none but government
mail clerks and it's crew, is an exper-
leuce. especially if the journey be
made on the "fireman's side'' of the
huge locomotive which pulls it. 1t
lisa revelation of what fast passenger
service means and liberal education
i'm appreciation of the cool nerve and
absolute competency of the luen who
run fast trains,
The fast mail over the Chicago
milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway
leaves Chicago every morning with
its hurdau of letters and packages
in time for transfer to other rains to
the Pacific coast to connect with the
mail boats north into the Dominion,
east ard west into adjoining states
and radiatlng over dozen lines of
railway into every nook and Granny
of the Northwest.
Ii one asks Why tie fast mail
carrie, no passengers he is answered
that there are other trains which do
that wcrk. Another reason is ap-
parent after journey on the "head
end with the two cinder-marked
and smudge gods of the
machine that pulls it.
Teu hour service means speed.
On glorious night not long ago
the fast nail pulled out of Mil
wauker &c line. swinging along at
an easy gait through the maze of
g reen. White and red switchIights
until the asst tall semaphore arm
sigpalcd ';a.t clear" then Engineer
S u|!ivan's .oog right arm shot for
wand Though the dark suddenly,
the hospse >ecopation of the exhaust
charged Suddenly to long wailing
roar, aud tia tremendous locomotive
seemed IL tilnber up in every joint as
she swuug Forward into the night,
He truu her in compound" the
firamao. WCodman, explained. His !
father ia H.: early life had appren.
ticed him 10 a jeweler. He had
back jike a. Ok ard an arm like an
oak trea
Mile POT: 4egan to fade il regular
stlccessicu aud telegraph poles flew
By SC fa-s !: vas hardly possibly to
count. T:.4 rack ahead took on an
uucaEnC G1@gish haze, but the speed
cor,tant.y creased, The big loco
motive .tored down for nothing.
She 1or1i stsro curves like a horse
aut ,u"GAd iato the long tangents
Tx, :, ~j1=e> cat. Engineer Sullivan
C'>A t">N A'uSA' LILO was p,clty
buse wa:c:, q, the track. When he
djC: talk i ya+ to the point.
"Fo,tv j, miles out of Milwaukee,
lnc'n>si..- tie Trip through the yards
an; -r>;:rI.- where we had to slow
da2,1 Ia terry six minutes," he said.
IL u-ci5D9ti to the ground and
oil. T. st on the run. Two t
III, -,,;~. a'sp.ed, the big machine E
Wa rt-.>7 tc 9 again, but the con-
tp':,r a}I'e*,ced out of the gloom {
AM teo.&1ked that a journal on a +
mai or J@;' rfln hot. Z
t3c. i..<rl4lo are not serious in .
he@>-stre~. t.'t six minutes clir ped n
ero11 It,e - t.IJ ale of a train which q
must ~.-o Willie in motion at a rate of G
'ljg;f' ....".= nan SIS miles to hour
or ~ i '~~ IS. very important :.
mattel t g54eer Sullivan swor !,
sOF'.* a?tH crowned his wrath in n
;oE.ns,~:. >n}:'itations OF more oil to r
he Tx e-.@ine's stuffing boxes ;,
The "a. M ;"ted the towering cab
gaiU 81 tAs race was On for the
'eco-d tin-,
NqoH;snH griuned =
"W ;! rvs Ike pup with a tin u
an t>-! to hs4 tail now," he con }
ide..- %
W d.! 3l:e posts and telegraph q
,ole' '--can,a one long procession,
With scarcely preceptible distances o
'etY4~l vAz:u The wind raced by y.
ike cTe'ae, and the m; il
EAR. 'rei''"- ,ong behind, rocked :"
.nd srJu- Oh their springs y
ike a. many drunken men Y
The PACE vs., tfnmendOus r.