Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-02
owering cab again and the race was
on for the second time. NJ n.

so many drunken men. The pace was
tremendous. $sa 81 Ss I'll. N! I. g5ss ~. 4
Ones sensations NJ were much like
those when the horses enter. the last
eighth on fast track and 10000 peo-
pie in the grand stand begin to cheer.
The speed gradually increased from
81 to So, then to 81, 66, n, "A and rs
miles an hour; then, on the crest Of
q "hill. the summit OF an up and
down grade, it suddenly jumped to "a
and then to 90 miles an hour a mile
and a half a minute, and one felt an
insane desire to yank the throttle
away out and see if it were not posi-
bic to make three miles a minute.
It was pace that made the govern
ment mail ofcials grin, but it was no
pace for sedate burghers and business
men. #s. u .555s
AT Rio the pace suddenly fell off.
Engineer Sullivan looked at his
watch. $s: "a IL n
On. time, he said briefly. The:
Fast Mail covered the remaining few
miles at q handy clip, stopped for a
minute, at q crossing and swung into
Watertown 93.1 miles from Mil
Waukee, on time to a second. S $.s
Ninety-three miles in a trifle more
than 100 minutes actual running time!
Keeling on the miles at q speed Of
practically a mile a minute, Engineer
Sullivan passed the yard limits at
Sparta on time, only to find the signals
out against him. and Train No. 2,
which had the right Of way because it
was southbo round train. losing time
and late. The heavy mail train pulled
Into the clear on a siding and twelve
minutes II lapsed before the bright,
white headlight Of the southbound
passenger showed around a curve.
Twelve minutes lost was q handi-
cap, but 1T did not mean much after
the other things that had happened.
The big Az locomotive. with driving
wheels seven feet in diameter, swung
out on the main line again, and after
q few strokes Of her pistons, sent the
speed rate climbing
Eighty eight miles an hour was in
teresting, but not sensational, after
having made 90 miles an hour. The
heavy train pulled into North La
Crosse on time z6 miles in 231k
minutes 5..5;.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul Rail
way make speed records sometimes.
Their schedule are tolerate, yet
their engine drivers are IN constant
danger of minor delays and small
losses % time every minute Of which
means faster Is actual running
schedule and more speed lii order to
cover the remaining mileage on time.
10 handle big train requires several
qualities most men value absolute
selfconfd Hence and selfreliance on the
part Of the engine driver, conservative
nerve and daring, resource fulness and
lightning quickness Of judgmen which
must not be nearly right, but absolute
Nv unerring.
On q big locomotive OF the MilWau-
KEGS Pioneer Limited few nights
since Engineer .sulIi Ivan and Fireman
Hultane covered the greater part OF
the run from Lake City to La Crosse
at q speed averaging for actual rum
ming time between SIS and So miles an
hour. On another night with Engi.
neer Patrick Doyle and Fireman John
Youngquis many minor delays and
the handicap Of slow orders, on one
long section of track, we're overcome
BY added speed, and the Pioneer Limit
leg, an unusually heavy train on that
night, pulled into La Crosse on time
5sssSM en- like Sullivan. Weaver, Doyle,
JlAAA - 1tS1 - sWUThluEs
Eenginee Doyle, Homer Williams anu
their ill come but seldom to public
notice. vet their nerve and resourceful:
ness nightly guard the lives Of hun.
dreds, and their complete mastery of
their profession enables men to cover
long distances without loss Of time
and without sagreeaple Incident
y Curtis 2. Mosher. il the st, paul
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