Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-29
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Shorienng the time OF running on
the Zossea load in Germany so that
the'g tar schedule MAKES IL neces-
sarg Tor the trains 10 maintain a speed
Of sty $50 miles "a ho. "a twelve
mi an hour more than the previous
speed, has again RAISED question
rs % what countries have the fastest
service For years the railroad mon
OF Germany, France. England. and the
Unitcd states nave LAID claim TO the
champion speed transit the cOntro-
veTsg narrowing down 20 The Amer
ic7n ana German h.egs. ". A.
SchglSa. ID q c9mpilation ol statistics,
would nsate L sppear that the fast
sc41sce in Germany Is considerably
sup1r.or 70 taa; Of The roads in the
United States while George G. Tunell,
the champion OIL the American trains,
asserts that Air Schulze arrived with
out warrant at the astonishing con
cIus.cn that the trains of Germany
average better IN point Of speed than
those Of any other country.
There is no champion for France,
which for some time held the record
breaking train OF the world, and even
Great Britain is not represented by
any one to uphold her claims, as was
done some years ago.
one thing. and a very important
factor not generally recognized in dis
putcs about the fastest trains, is that
the Americans are seriously hampered
BY the necessary slowing up at grade
crossings and that our people do not
observe or nave laws saving them
from danger and giving the trains the
right of the road Abroad if a man
walks on the railroad track he is ar
rested and heavily punished. Here If
he walks on the tracks the railroads
have to pay for his supposed value,
Even with these handicaps VIC still
beat them.
The Empire State Express OF the
New YORK Central and Hudson River
Railroad has been in service since
Oct &c, 1891. 1t makes the run from
New York to Buffalo, 40 miles, in
hours and II minutes. The average
speed. including four stops, two of
them being made with a change Of en-
gines and with twenty-eight slow
downs for crossings, is 1898 miles
an hour. In certain places the speed
is terrific.
One reason why these remarkable
speeds can be made with safety is
because of the great weight Of We
engines and the cars. It is interesting
to note the difference with the fliers
on the other side On our train the
weight of the ears is 227 tons, loco
motive $50 tons, the total being 427
tons The average number of passen-
gers carried each day is 400.
"Of the fast ones abroad the South
ern Express leaving Paris by way of
the Orleans Railway for Bayonne
makes the distance OF 4SS.0t miles
in the running time Of 3 hours and "a
minutes, the average speed being
49.303 miles an hour. The weight of
the cars is but ITO tons. This is the
principal trails between France and
Spain, and on an ordinary trip does
not carry over forty passengers. This
Southern express was for a while the
fastest train in the world At that
time it completed its run in little
less than hours. the average speed.
involving stops, being 81 miles an
hour About two years ago, this ex-
press, owing to the lighness of the
cars, met with a fearful accident. and
the time was reduced for safety to
the figures | have given. Similar ac-
cidents on English roads caused slow
er time
THE East Coast Express of the
Great Northern and Northwestern
Railways running from London to
Edinburg. a distance of 3931a miles,
makes the journey in Z hours and 45
minutes, the average speed per hour
being 50,77 miles.
The West Coast Express, via the
London and Northwestern and the
Caledonian Railways. runs from Lon
don to Glasgow. a distance Of 40115
miles in eight hours, at an average
speed of 50.1S miles an hour
'In England one of the fastest en-
gines is known as La France. She
was built in France for the Great
Western and has a record of $40
miles an hour on the dead level, with
out any aid from grayitation while
drawing a l20-ton train, but her long
distance pulls do not equal some of
the special speed trains. Yes. Sir,
the fastest trains in the world are
run over the American roads
let us see how the service be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee, which
Mr.. Schulz deems unworthy of no.
ticc, compares with the service in
Germany, in point both of speed and
Of distance. OF all the German trains
that ind a place in Mr. Schulzes
comparisons of German and American
trains. only one that from Witten-
berge to Hamburg, shows a speed
greater than 79.1 kilometers per hour
the speed of the fastest train be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee. New
York Times.