The Mankato free press., 1905-07-14
Railway Trains Do Not Run Fast
Enough to Suit Him.
His Life is One Continual
Round of Pleasure.
Will Teach Eastern Sports How
to Spend Their Money.

Chicago, July l2.-Snugly ensconsed
III luxurious arm chair, attired in the
habilIments of a miner, his pockets
bulging with gold and greenbacks, and
watching the miles recede from the OBJ
servation end of Il palatial Pullman car
attached to the fastest long distance
broncho- buster, miner, busted" sport,
but now-multi- millionaire, the reputed
owner of one of the richest gold mines
in the world.
With every car blackened by de-
Iirious record breaking run from Los
Angeles TO Chicago, the Walter Scott
special on the Santa Fe railroad arrived
here at ll:54 a. m., having beaten all
previous records by hours as well as bet
teering the specitl trains own exciting
schedule.
Consisting of baggage car, diner and
private living car, the train which left
Los Angeles at | p. IN. Sunday, came
in to the Polk street station today al
most at top speed having made the run
of 2,265 miles in forty-four hours and
ffty-siX minutes. This is twenty three
hours and five minutes faster than the
time of the regular Santa Fe limited; it
is three hours and four minutes faster
than the original contract called for
(which was forty eight hours) and
beats even the later scheme of forty
five hours by six minutes.
The best previous time for this run
was made by the Peacock special in
1900 in a race against DEATH" but the
record -of-this train by the performance
consummated today is beaten by sew
Ell hours and fifty-fve minutes.
Extraordinary time was made east
ward from Dodge City, Kan, where the
train arrived thirty-five minutes late
last night at OBI o'clock. But good
roadbed, clear track, and expert work
enabled the engineer not only to regain
his lost time. but to beat his closest
and most hopeful calculation by six
minutes.
Eliminating stops, or ''dead" time,
which aggregated 50 minutes. the spe-
cial made the run in forty-three hours
and fifty-five minutes. or an average
for the entire distance of 2.2441b miles
of 5l.l miles per hour. The fastest
time of the run was made between Chill
licothe and Coal City, ILL.,, distance of
seventy-one miles. which was covered at
the rate of 651a miles an hour.
The train was in excellent condition
when it arrived, save for the coating
of dust and CRIME. The crew was smiI-
ing and happy, although showing the
traces of the strain they had undergone.
Scott's career would rival kaleido-
scope for the many changes that have
been rung in on him during the brief
years he has been on earth. Once q
cowboy, dancing to the tune of pop
ing pistols, roaming the mountains in
search of hidden treasure. and when
starvation seemed the only relief, he
returned to the plains and the cattle;
but after few years of varying luck
he is said to have struck the richest gold
mine in the world, far up into the
dreaded Death Valley of California.
Scott predicted before he went to his
mahogany berth last night that he
would teach eastern sports new les
sons in the gentle art of spending mon
ey.
From the time the train left Los
Angeles on Sunday Scott kept up his
record of prodigality, and many along
the line have been made the recipients
Of his favors. With Scott dollars are
pennies, and at the rate he is spend
ing money he would bankrupt the
Oil company in a few years.
There are few opportunities to spend
money on the special train, but that
lid not worry the modern Midas. He
lust took it out on the train crews.