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

fore. A Chicago mas n now sbte 10
50 to New York and spend an entire
day there and lose only that day frou
his business In Chicago. lie 10 ahie
to 60 to New YORK aud spend almOst
as much tins ss he could at a Miehi,
gan summer home and get back a.
quickly.
With a regular train covering nearly
thousand miles At an average speed
OF more than nfp-four miles an hour.
the American railroad sets q pace for
all the roads Of the world. There are
no fast European trains which run 80
great distance. Even the world IA.
nous LondOn-AbsrCleen train, which
travels the 52a miles between the two
cities az the rate OF sixty miles an
hour. Il Outdone by the new eighteen.
hour American trains, which ON the
west end Of the run win maintain the
sixty mile an hour rate, ana AZ times
viii run much faster than that
The New York Central and Lake
Sh0re lines have now reduced the run
ming time Of the Twentieth Century
limited train from twenty hours to 4
regular schedule Of eighteen hours. AZ
the Pennsylvania Railroad runs, II IL
200 miles from Chicago to New York.
The running time between the two
cities on this road ls eighteen hours.
Goes Like the Wiad.
The New loyk Central eighteen hour
train, however. travels much faster
than the Pennaylvanla train. for IL
route Is $50 miles long. Its average
running time Il S44 miles per hour.
not taking Into consideration loss Of
time for stops, The New York Central
train frequently Is compelled to reach
speed OF more than eighty miles an
hour to cover the $50 miles In I.hsO
minutes Recently on It's regular run
from the East 10 Chicago the Twentl.
eth Century limited ran from Toledo.
Ohio, to Eikhart. Ind. t2O miles. In
100 minutes. From Elkhart 10 Chicago
the train covered the i0i miles. max. /
Ing i've full stops. In o. minutes. Last
year this same train made the run
from New York 10 Chicago. BsO miles, |
In ntteen hours and forty i've minutes |
Railroad men say that the schedule !
may be cut to seventeen and then 10 /
sixteen hours.
Heretofore no railroad has attempt.
Cd to maintain a schedule Of less than
twenty hours between Chicago AMI
New York. During the Worlds Fair
In 1891 the New York Central "Exposl.
ton Flyer ran for los days on n
twenty hour schedule. and three years
ago the same road Inaugurated the
twenty hour schedule for lts "Twpnti
eth Century limited" This roads
Empire State Express" has for four
Teen years been the fastest 4OO-mile
train In the world. while the Twentf
tn Century limited has been the fast
st thousand-mile train.
The only train In the world which
'uns ut a faster speed than the two
chicago trains run Il the London. Car
isle express. This In a train which
makes Its 3OO-mIie journey without a
Jingle stop. 1t has the right Of way
'ver all other traffic. and Is forced to
I'm the 300 miles In Just four hours.
r at the rate Of seventy five miles an
our. The London-Aberdeen train.
which Is considered a more marvellous
peedmaker In that II travels farther
han the Carlisle train. maintains it,
Of one mile a minute for b2q
niles. England IL famous for It's fast
rains. but the trains that run out Of
4ondOn do not travel such great dis
ances as do the American trains. The
.ondOn- Aberdeen run IL the longest
ossible in Crest Britain.
The Great Western Railroad Of Eng.
md runs a train from London to
.xeter at the rate Of 55.s miles an !
our, while the London and North. 4
Manchester train maintains I
schedule Of fifty-thres miles per
our. The Great Northern'a London
dorchester train Is a fifty.five-mlle an ,
our train, while the London Crewe
.ain runs ffty-four miles an hour. ,
heere II an express train which runs .
etween London and Wakefield that y.
'avels at the rate Of 55.5 miles per =
our, while a London Sheffield train Il
'heduled at ffty-Ave miles per hour.
Paris has several worId-famous Z
aims, but none that equals the sehed- !
le Of the two new Chica go New York \
yers. On the NOrd Railroad. between
arts and Calais. there IL one train
.heduled ut 5s4 miles per hour. This
ain, however, makes run Of only q
8 miles. The Northern France Road
al eight traIua daily whose anond ~
eds fifty eight miles per hour and 4
yO trains whose speed exceeds sixty z
iles per hour. These trains do not 0
in great distances. .
For a short time n London-Plymouth o
aln maintained a schedule OF B3.s a
lies per hour. Che distance Il 2IB Y
lies. The entire run was made Ia s
. minutea o