The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16

Boston, Philadelphia and other cities. II
Is reported that large block came from
Philadelphia with all possible speed TO Mr..
Hartman and his associates.
II was a time when a delay Of few hours
might mean ruin or at any rate heavy loss.
Seldom have railroads running into New
York been subjected to a more severe test
Of promptness.
Again, during the latter part Of last
November It was NJ the greatest importance
to certain brokers and bankers in New
York and Chicago that the fast trains be-
tween Chicago and New York should run
on their schedules to the minute. There
had been a heavy fall Of damp snow and
sleet. not sufficient TO block the railroads,
but Of heavy, wet sort which proves fatal
to telegraph wires
It was three days before telegraphio
communication between New York and
Chicago could be restored, and in the interim
Chicago and New York brokers sent mes-
sengers on the geo mile trip, most Of the
boys leaving Chicago on the Twentieth
! Century Limited arriving in time ON the
following morning TO report Chicago orders
| before the opening Of the market and re-
turning in the afternoon with a report Of the
| securities purchased.
Sometimes special trains are chartered
for advertising purposes as well as to Sc
cure facility in delivery. Every summer
| freight trains carrying nothing but haTvest-
| ing machinery the cars gayly decorated
with cloth signs, travel through the North
west and the managers find it good adver-
| Using to haul along a number Of empty
cars over a large portion Of the route.
The special advertising train device
has even been adopted by a firm which
| sells nothing more bulky than root beer.
| The big advertising signs on the cars at
J tract the attention of a vast number Of
| people in a trip through the country. The
/ device il quite certain also TO draw free
notices from newspapers in villages and
/ cities along the route.
! Many Of these freight trains are hauled
| by engines once celebrated and this fact
Ia also OF value for advertising purposes.
! The famous 900 OF the New York Central,
/ for instance, which made the init ial records
! OF the Empire State Express and won a geld
medal at the Pan-American Exposit ion, is
now drawing a milk train on the Harlem
| division. Its celebrity can be purchased
| for a time by any one who wants to aCye.-
tise his goods by special freight.
Since time and tide wait for no man f. Is
next to impossible TO delay the deraItu q
Of transatlantic liner. 1t is Absolutely
impossible when the agents have fixed the
sailing time at the last minute Permitted
by the tide.
Some prominent Chicago society won IN
starting for England last fall to attend n
fashionable wedding were ignorant Of this
fact. Taking an Erie train due in New York rt
1915 A. NJ, they had not the slightest doul
that the captain OF a Cunarder due 10 - u
at 10 o'clock would hold up the ship 10
accomm odAte them, and they were not
formed Of their error until a few hou
before the time Of their arrival in New
York.
The agents Of the Cunarder were an
pealed to in vain. They we're obdura'n.
They had put the departure time at 10
o'clock and that, they said, was exactly
the last minute that the ship could 60 out
on the tide. Not for a hundred first claS
passengers would they agree to wait a
minute.
1t was then up TO the passenger depart
ment Of the Erie 10 show that could be done
to bring in the train ahead Of its schedule
with very little time to make arrangements.
They decided to bring the train over what is
known as the Bergen short cut, which Il
about fifteen minutes shorter than the
regular line.
The great problem was to clear the tracks
for the flyer. Every train dispatcher had
to be notified, either by telegraph or tele-
phone; every freight and way passenger
train had TO be got out Of the way, and ar
engagements had to he made TO transport
the party across the river. A final appeal for
time was made to the Cunard people. To
make the arrangements more difficult
some one cut in on the telephone while tho
passenger agents were giving orders, and
II was only by the narrowest margin that
the party we're brought through in time.
When the Erie tug landed them at tho
Cunard pier the Rangpank was just going
up, but il was lowered 10 receive them
and they embarked safely, TO the great
relief of palpitating hearts and the greater
glory Of Michigan avenue.
Mrs. Letter, speeding eastward last fall
from Chicago to 60 TO her daughter, Lady
Curzon, who was then seriously IN in Eng
land, WIS not so I r'una'e. After trying
in vain 10 get the Cunarder Lucania TO wait
an hour, she was obliged to put up with
passage on the vaderland Of the Red Star
line, which sailed the following day,
OF the numberless trips in special trains
made by men in public life the most
spectacular as we'll as one Of the fastest
was Roosevelt's rush from the North Woods
10 Buffalo after President Mckinley was
shot. The trip Of the special which bore
President McKinleys remains 10 Washing
ton is another that will not soon be for
gotten.
There Is no fixed charge for a special train.
The price depends altogether upon cir
Cumstances. II the party desires great
speed, making it necessary 70 clear the.
tracks for the special, the rate is very high.
One OF the passenger agents In this city
gives 50 track mile as about the average
rate. That would make a special train
iaunt from New York 70 Buffalo cost $500.
ON the other Side OF the Umbrella