Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-08-12

The Twentieth Century limited made
wonderful run in May, 1903, when
1t ran A miles at the rate of SO miles
| per hour, six miles at the rate Of 80
miles per hour, and seven miles at the
rate of S6.4 miles per hour. On this
run this train maintained speed OF
66.12 miles per hour for 241 miles and
| 7O.2 miles per hour for 1873 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 general demand for fast travel
between the two cities. Such trains
are used for the most part by finan-
ciers who have business interests both
in New York and Chicago, by buyers
FOR the big firms Of Chicago, and by
professional men to whom every hour
is valuable. There are other passen-
gers than these, of course, most Of
excess fare merely out Of curiosity to
ride on a train which runs at an enor-
| mously fast speed.
Both Of the new elghteen-hour
trains will make number of stops,
an average of about one to every 100
miles of the run. At only 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 or 100 miles an hour for
| short distances, a train that runs l 900
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 Runs.
In May, 1893, the Empire State ex-
press on the New York Central ran
one mile in 30 seconds which Is at
the rate of 112 miles IN hour In Au-
gust 1895, the Pennsylvania road ran
a train 81 miles n minutes, which
Is at the rate of 102 miles per hour
The Plant System in March, 1901.
made the fastest run ever made, COW
ering five miles in 2 minutes and 80
seconds. This rs at the rate of 12O
miles an hour, or two miles a minute
In January, 1899, a Burlington train
ran "a miles in l minute and 20 Sec
onds, or at the rate of 1O9 miles per
hour
The New York Central Road made
another record In January, 1903, when
II ran train 7.29 miles in 4 minutes
fiat The speed attained was at the
rate of 10935 miles per hour.
In April Of last year a Michigan
Central train ran 1913 miles in min
utes, or at the rate of lilo miles per
hour. Last July a Philadelphia and
Reading train travelled As miles IN
minutes and 30 seconds, or at
speed of 1852 miles per hour.
One of the fastest short distance
regular trains in America is New
York Central train which makes the
run of 143 miles from New York to AL
bany in 100 minutes. Several trains
on the Baltimore and Ohio Road cover
the distance OF forty miles between
Washington and Baltimore in 45 min
utes. The Congressional limited, on
the Pennsylvania road, makes the run
from Jersey City to Washington In
2S6 minutes. The distance Is 227
| miles.
The Pennsylvania road In 1897 made
now famous long distance run from
Jersey city to Denver, 1887 miles, in
forty-eight hours, an average speed of
4O3 miles per hour. In 1891 the Cana
dian Pacific ran a train 2,S02 miles In
II hours and 8 minutes, which gives
an average speed of 1892 miles per
hour.
Another long distance run which
created a sensation at the time was the
trip Of the Jarrett & Palmer special
theatrical train, which made the run
from Jersey City to Oakland, Cal,
3,311 miles, In SO hours and As minutes,
an average speed of 1888 miles per
hour.
In January, 1904, the Clark special
train ran from Albuquerque, N. NJ, to
| Chicago, 1,47S miles, in thirty hours
maintaining a speed of 45.9 miles per
hour.