The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-08-12


a wonderfHi ran In May. 1903, when
II ran 80 miIes az tie rate % ~ miles
per hour. SIX miles 81 tbs rate o. ~
mike per b0ur, ana seven miles at the
rate of AB-A mikes per hour. gu this
run this tratn maintained . speed Of
II miles per hour for al miles Ahd
TO.2 mileR PER hour for 1873 mliea.
TIE new eightSen-hOuF trains carry
ave or st1 heavy palace ears. The
largest passenger engines In the ser
vice pull the trains. which have the
right OF way Of the roadA long before
they are scheduled TO pass any given
point.
The trains are put on a. the result
| OF general demand for fast travel
between the two cities such traius
are used for the most part By anAA-
ciers who have business interests both |
In New York and Chicago. By buyers |
for the big firms Of Chicago, ana by |
professional men 20 whom every hour
10 valuable. There are other pasara
eeFs thah these. Of course, most Of /
whom use the fast trains aad Day the /
excess fare merrly out OF curiosity 20 /
ride on . train which runs 81 an snor- 4
mOusly fast speed
Both OF the new eighteen hour
trains will make a number OF stops
an average u about one 10 every 100 4
miles Of the run. At only a few Of
these places VIII the trnina take on
passengers, most OF the stopa being
made merely for the purpose Of ehaRE.
lng engines or taking water.
While trains frequently attain
speed rate Of loo miles An hour for
short distances. train that runs O,o
miles In eighteen hours regularly Ia,
40 rival in any other country In N.
world. while the American road.
hold the most Important records fsy
long distance runs and for regular tong
distance trains. they likewise hold
them Tor the fastest record runa 10.
short distances.
World Fsmsus Rana.
In May, lHD3. the Empire STATE 81.
press on the New York Central -,
one mile In - aeconais which "a al
the rate Of III miles "a hour. In An.
gust. 1905. the Pennsylvania road rap
a train 81 miles n minutes. which
is at the rate Of log miles Der hour
The Plant system In March. 1901
made the fastest run ever made. GOV
erinR Eve miles In minutes ana M
seconds. This Is AZ the rate Of I'm
miles an hour or two miles a mimi.
In January. tsO0. a burlington train
ran - miles IN ! minute and Nd sr..
onds. or at the rate Of los miles pcr
hour
The New York Central Road mad,
another record IN January. ionl uhsa
y ran a train ID miles Ia Z minute, .
aat. The speed attained vas Al tLs ,
rate Of i0035 miles per hour.
In April Of last year MlrhiEan
entral train ran ara miles IN min
ltes. or ut tho rate Of iliD miles psr !.
hour. Last July a PhIladelphla ami
Reading train Travelled - miles IN !,
minutes and 30 seconds, or at /.
'peed Of 1852 miles per hour.
One Of the fastest short distance
regular trains IN America IL a Sov
ork Central train which makes the
'un Of i43 miles from New York 10 Al.
lany In leo minutes. Several train.
~ the baltimore and Ohio Road cover I
he distance Of forty miles bstwsrn .
and baltimore In A. min.
ties. The Congressional limited. on ,
he Pennsylvania road. makes the run =
rom Jersey City to Washington In
40 minutes. The distance 4 IN o
niles. .
The Pennsylvania road IN 1897 made
now famous long distance run from y
Jersey Lity to Denver. 1877 miles IN =
orty-eight hours. an average speed OF y
OBJ miles per hour. In 1901 the Cam. a
Van Pacific ran a train 2.sOz miles In p
hours and 0 minutes. which gives :
N average speed Of 1892 miles per =
our Il
Another long distance run which >
reated a sensation az the time wna IN. e
rip Of the Jarrett 4 Palmer special y
heatrical train. which made the run n
rom Jersey city to Oakland. Cal a
,3ii miles. In SO hours ana a minutes T
n average speed OF 1888 miles per
our.
In January. 1904, the Clark special
rain ran from Albuquerque. n. NJ. IN n
'hicngn. i.47s miles. in thirty hours p
a speed OF 45.0 miles Der
our. NJ
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