Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-05
RATTLE OF The RAILS
Thrilling Wreck For Fourth q July Ceebation-Iowa Man
Plans Novel Fom Of Amusement For faded New
Yoker.

On The afternoon of July Z two 80
ION railroad locomotives. going al tho
rate af i mile 4 minute. win come In
% collision In sight u many thous
ands al m. raee track NJ Brighton
Beach, 4 ] tho Ne1 York world
There will ~ such d crash A. was
never heard before; the earth vii
trenanla. one hundred and sixty tons
NJ stesi and Iron ~ill mi through I'M
air-and II wiz MI ~ over.
But while Il Iasts II win be- the most
amazing sirht ihat human eyes hasa
ever eaxed upon For there car b
nothing more tremendous In the way
d q spectacle thsn the smashing Of
Two giants OF the rails. with an at.
tendant kissing OF steam. greaning d!
joints and rumbiing Of wheels.
The whole affair has been careful.
ii planned ont. A committee Of rail.
soed men of great prominence will be
ri hand 10 watch The experiment, AMI
the colossal audience that "a SURE tn
sake advantage ot the occasion will
Ne merely I Side Issue.
A x~esterner IL responsible Tor the
collision that n 10 be--a MI. James 4.
Connolly Of Des Molnes. IA. He has
done the same thing before. on d
smaller scale. with less powerful en-.
gines. IN the west. with great success.
But as New York 10 so much bigger
than any other part OF the country 80
viii this smash up be bigger than
any Of Mr.. connolly's previous At.
tempts.
He got the Idea when he was a boy
on an Iowa farm past which thu
Great Northern road ran. M always
wanted To see d railroad wreck. bnt.
never had the luck 50. when he.
got away from the farm and Into busi.
ness for himself. \ 81 the first THINGS
he did was 10 arrange for d wreck on.
the most approved plans. IL cos.
money TO get two big engines that
would never be worth anything again
so Mr.. Connolly charged admission 20
see the gigantic brlnp. The plau
worked well for there were thousands
Of people everywhere who had the
same ambitions that he had.
Railroad men III an parts Of the
country favored the plan. for II gave
them an opportunity to watch The ~.
fects of 4 collision III high speed aud
ID build their erfsines accordingly.
And now, 10 let fasteners zee how
me thing happens and lust what real
Al occurs when the collision comes Off
two Of the biggest and strongest loco
motives obtainahIe win be provided
for the sacrifice.
Both locomotives have been In daily
use ON the tracks Of the Central rail-
road of New Jersey. There Is plenev
of life ahead Of them In the ordinary
course OF events. but they must pc
sacrificed. The two engines have
been purchased from the road at al
sun exceeding $4,000. One 4 work
ing today pulling trains out Of Jersey
city. and is numbered 75S. The other
No. 8 ii On its way To Brighton Beach.
one weighs 1862. lt2 pounds without
water OF coal: the other tips the
scales al 163.2S5. They are both Anne.
rlcan type. s-wheel locomotives.
IN plenty OF time for the festal Anne
sican holiday they will have arrived
at the Brighton Beach track. where
the infieid has been arranged for
their reception. Over 1000 feet Of
service track has been laid. and the
engines wiz be placed on this facing
each other at the extreme ends OF the
track.
There Will be four e d each en-
eine. The engineer Ok No. . will hsl
Roy Matthews. of Des Moines: M.
10 viii be guided BY Ed. Dwyer. 4
graduate III the cab On the G. N. WI
railway. Both are young men, dars-l