The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-08-11

| The Twentieth Century limited made
z wonderful run In May, 1908, when
It ran ~ miles at the rate Of IS miles
per hour, six miles at the rate of &c
miles per hour, and seven miles at the
rate Of 1914 miles per hour. On this
run this train maintained a speed Of
66.12 miles per hour for 241 miles and
7O2 miles per hour for 1913 miles.
The new eighteen-hour trains carry
five or six heavy palace cars. The
largest passenger engines In the, ser
vice pull the trains, which have the
right Of way Of the roads long before
they are scheduled to pass any given
point.
The trains are put on as the result
Of a general demand for fast travel
between the two cities. Such trains
are used for the most part by finan.
clers who have business interests both
In New York and Chicago, by buyers
for the big firms of Chicago. and Nv
professional men to whom every hour
is valuable. There are other passen-
gers than these, Of course, most Of
whom use the fast trains and nav the
excess fare merely out Of curiosity TO
ride on a train which runs at an enor
mously fast speed.
Both of the new eiphteen-hour
trains will make a number of stops.
an average Of about one to every 100
miles of the run. At only a few of
these places will the trains take on
passengers, most Of the stops being
made merely for the purpose of chang
Ing engines or taking water.
While trains frequently attain
speed rate OF 100 miles an hour for
short distances, train that runs loo
miles in eighteen hours regularly has
no rival In any other country in the
world. While the American roads
hold the most important records for
long distance runs and for regular long
distance trains, they likewise hold
them for the fastest record runs for
short distances.
World Famous Rune.
In May. 1893, the Empire State ex-
press on the New York Central ran
one mile In 81 seconds which Ia At |
the rate Of 112 miles un hour, In An
gust, 1895. the Pennsylvania road ran
train 81 miles n minutes, which
is at the rate Of 1O2 miles per hour.
The Plant System in March, 1901.
made the fastest run ever made. COW
ering 1--WE miles In 2 minutes and 30
seconds. This is at the rate of 40
miles an hour, or two miles a minute.
In January, 1899, Burlington train
ran "a miles in minute and 70 sec.
onds, or at the rate Of 1O8 miles DER
hour.
The New York Central Road made
another record In January, 1908, when
i ran a train 1.29 miles in minutes
dat The speed attained was at the
rate Of 1O0.35 miles per hour.
In April of last year a Michigan
Central train ran 3.73 miles in 2 min
ntes, or at the rate of lilo miles per
hour. Last July a Philadelphia and
Reading train Travelled As miles In
minutes and 80 seconds, or at a
speed Of 1852 miles per hour.
One of the fastest short distance
'egular trains In America Is q New
York Central train which makes the :
'un of 143 miles from New York to AL.
'any In 100 minutes. Several trains
N the Baltimore and Ohio Road cover
he distance Of forty miles between
and Baltimore in As min
ties. The Congressional limited, on
he Pennsylvania road, makes the run !
rom Jersey City to Washington in
SO minutes. The distance Il 227
niles.
The Pennsylvania road In 1897 made
now famous long distance run from
ersey city to Denver, 1887 miles, in
orty-eight hours, an average speed OF
O.3 miles per hour. In 1891 the Cana. .
ian Pacific ran train 2,SO2 miles in
7 hours and 8 minutes. which gives
n average speed Of 1892 miles per q
our.
Another long distance run which
reated sensation at the time was the e
rip Of the Jarrett & Palmer special
heatrical train, which made the run q
rom Jersey City to Oakland, Cal, q
81 miles, in So hours and 45 minutes, !
n average speed Of 39.5S miles per
our.
In January, 1904, the Clark special
rain ran from Albuquerque, N. NJ, to
hicago, 1,478 miles, in thirty hours, y
a speed Of 45.0 niles Der
our.
FIVE HUNDRED WHALES DIE.
10 Ashors In an Iniet In the etraits Of :
Magellan and Perish.
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