The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-11
Reached Chicago Six Minutes
Ahead Of Is Hours.
NERVE WRACKING RUN.
Santa Fe Makes Average of 51.1
Miles an Hour.
Clips Eight Hours Off Los
Angeles Chicago Record.
At One Place Speed of so Miles
an Hour Attained.

Chicago, July 11.-With every car
plackened by startling record
breaking run from Los Angeles to
Chicago, the Walter Scott special on
The Santa Fe railway arrived here at
I1:54 a. m. having beaten all previous
Fecords by hours as well as bettering
the special trains own exacting
schedule.
Consisting of a baggage car, diner
and private living car the train which
left Los Angeles at 1 p. m. Sunday
came into the Polk street station al
most at top speed, having made the
run, 2,24415 miles, in "A hours and
56 minutes. This is 23 hours and
minutes faster than time of the reg
ular Santa Fe limited; it is 8 hours
and minutes faster than the original
contract called for (Which was 48
hours), and beats even the later
schedule of IS hours by minutes.
The best previous time for this run
was made by the Peacock special of
1900 in a race against DEATH" but
the record of this train by the per
formance consummated today is
beaten by hours and 55 minutes.
Extraordinary time was made east
bound from Dodge City, Kas., where
the train arrived 35 minutes late last
night at 9:31 o'clock. But a good
roadbed, clear track and expert work
by the engineer and fireman not only
enabled Scott to regain the lost time
but to beat his closest and most
hopeful calculation by six minutes.
The train was in excellent condition
when it arrived, save for the coating
OF dust and CRIME. The crew was
smiling and happy, although showing
fsf hn csfv-
gone.
Eliminating stops or dead time,
which aggregated SO minutes, the
special made the run in 43 hours and
30 minutes, or an average for the en-
TIRE distance OF 2.244 u miles of 51.1
miles per hour. The fastest time of
the run was made between Chillicothe
and Coal City, Ill, a distance of II
miles, which was covered at the rate
OF 65 u miles per hour.
The Scott special left Shopton at 1855
this morning and arrived at ChilIicothe
at 9:42- Six minutes were lost in the
exchange of engines, then the train sped
away on its rapid flight to Chicago.
From Chillicothe to Chicago is a dis
tance of 134 miles and the train ran
into Dearborn station, it's final destina-
ton at 11:54 today. This makes the
total from Los Angeles to Chicago 4
distance of 2,244 miles, in, forty-four
AAOutS anu llLy-IOuI minutes, ana vii!
lower the time made by the famous
Peacock special by eight hours lacking
one minute One of the quickest runs
of the special across the continent was
made between Dodge City and Kfnsley.
distance of thirty-six miles and only
thirty-one minutes were taken to cover
the distance. West of Albuquerque was
where the special ran the slowest as an
average rate of fifty miles an hour was
maintained. This was due to the con-
dition of the tracks, and the compara-
lively steep upgrades. East of Albu-
querque through Kansas and Missouri
the time has averaged from sixty to
sixty-five miles an hour.
The following are some of the fastest
runs:
From Albuquerque to Las Vegas. a
distance of 132 miles and up a grade of
3.5 per cent, at the rate of 4S.S9 miles an
hour.
From Las Vegas to Ration. JOG miles,
with a a'maximum grade of LA per cent,
at an average rate of 4S.S9 miles per
hour.
From Ration to La Junta, 1o9 miles
with a grade of 3.37 per cent, at the
rate of All.
From La Junta to Syracuse, 1O1 miles
average rate 6235.
From Syracuse to Dodge City, 10:
miles. at 61.56 miles per hour.
From Dodge City to Newton, 167 miles
at 5705 miles an hour.
From Newton to Emporia, "A miles
at the rate of 5000.
From EInporia to Kansas City, 12l
miles, rate 545 miles per hour.
From Kansas City to Marceline, 10I
miles, at 1925 miles per hour.
From Marceline to Fort Madison, II.
miles, at 52.46 miles per hour.
From Fort Madison to Chillicothe. 10;
miles, at 6O.4 miles per hour.
From Chillicothe to Chicago, 1874 miles
at average rate of 56.4.
The fastest runs were:
From Earl to Tyron, 90 miles, SO mile:
an hour.
From Dearfeld to Sherlock, 81 miles
at 81 miles an hour.
From Joliet to Lockport. As miles
with a grade of 1 per cent at a rat,
of 80 miles an hour
Kansas City July 1.-THE Scot
special on the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railway racing for record
between Los Angeles and Chicago
reached Argentine, Kan, in the ives
bottoms. at 8 :37 this morning, and de
parted for the north at $40. TIL,
train was due here at $50, and wa
thus one hour and 53 minutes ahea(
of its schedule.
After leaving Argentine, one of tn,
liveliest clips on the trip was main
tanned the special covering the 22
miles between Kansas City and For
Madison, Ia, in four hours and nint
minutes. This, according to Santa FL
officials, beats all records for the dis
tance and makes it possible to reacT
Chicago on a As hour schedule from
Los Angeles.
The Scott Santa Fe special, which i
making a record breaking trip from
Los Angeles to Chicago and which ha
been tearing through western Kansas
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