The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-25
CHICAGO CAN'T DO PUZZLE
College Men Bank Presidents and
AeWsbOys Try t
HOW OLD IS ANN?" IS EASY
WHICH TRAIN is THE CLOSER?
SEE IF you CAN SOLVE IT
GENTLE READER.
HOW OLD IS AANY" IS EASY

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Chicago is in a
tangle of figures today. NJ ultiplication
division, subtraction and addition are
being manipulated and juggled by
| thousands who have Stunned those
''tions' since leaving school, Others,
calculation cashiers, are applying their
expert knowledge to the great new
problem which completely blankets
the mysteries of AIMS age, the evolu-
ton of man, the When is a mouse?"
question and Harry K Thaw's adde's.
cent egOmania.
! All in Mathematical Whirlpool.
| 1t is estimated that the combined
volume of sound caused by the shuttle
surpass the roar created by three ele-
waited trains in 9Th avenue. The Rail-
way Exchange building, a worlds CEN
ter of railroad activity, is the figura-
tive center of the mathematical whorl-
pool.
| The puzzle which is keeping many
awake nights is this:
| A Limited" train leaves Chicago for
| Kansas City and runs at an average
speed of so miles an hour throughout
the trip. simultaneously, train
starts for Chicago from Kansas City
travelling at the rate of 40 miles an
hour. When they meet which train
will be farther from Chicago.
Distance Same Between Cities.
! For the benefit of the enthralled cal
! culator, it may be said that the rail-
road distance between the two cities
is 49S miles. The nearest station half
way is Washington, Iowa, which is 246
miles from Chicago. The train from
Chicago. running at sixty miles an
hour, would reach Washington in four
hours and six minutes. The slower
Kansas City train would toot it's whis-
tie in Washington in six hours and
eight minutes. There you are! Which
train is further from Chicago?
Simple isn't it?
| The new bomb in the camp of the
railway interests of Chicago threatens
to become a national affair. Already
| it has struck the east, resulting in
severe fracture of the state of New
| York.
In the eastern version of the time
table perplexity, the trains start from
New York and Buffalo, runnig at 60
miles an hour and 40 miles an
hour, respectively. The question in
this case is. which train will be farther
from New York when they meet? Her.
| lkimer New York, is the nearest half
way station between New York and
Buffalo. the distance between the cities
| being AL miles The 60-mile an hour
/ train would reach Herkimer in three
! hours and A minutes. The train from
| Buffalo, running at 40 miles an
| hour. would arrive at Herkimer after
five hours and II minutes.
Chicago Train Is the Favorite.
The 6O-mile train from Chicago is
the betting favorite today among the
railroad folks, who have pursued this
up-to-date will-o'-the-wisp across sew
eral sheets of paper. 1t is also the
most popular among the guessing fra
ternity, who generally take flying
leap to the conclusion that it's greater
speed is in it's favor. At the union
station and other haunts of calculat-
ing ticket takers it has been decided
that the train from "Kay-See,' the
slowest. would be the farthest.
The fine bundle of weather passed
out by Prof Cox today prohibits trans
posing the query, Which train is the
farther from Chicago" (which train
is the luckier?" Out in Kansas City.
where the progress of the packing in
dustry and the clay-framed beauties
of the Kaw causes blatant self-esteem,
this question applied to Chicago would
pass in all seasons.
Varsity Students Tackle 1t.
Calculus trigonometry and other
hide-bound subjects were abandoned
for the train puzzle by a number of
University of Chicago students today.
The train whizzing at so miles an
hour is the college favorite Still, the
slower train has its hackers here and
/! there along the campus.
The proposition was submitted to a
| number of loop-district workers this
morning and the following deduction;
were made, some after considerable
graphite nibbling, others scraping the
heels of the Interrogation point:
1.-THE train going 60 miles an hour,
of course haven't time for such
foolishness" - Manager of LaSalle
street insurance office.
F, DE 6O-mile train, boss, and de far
der away from Chicago, de better de
tips" Pullman porter at the Rock
| Island station.
Its the 60-mile train according to
| nv figuring; but I'd have to go over
it once or twice again to be sure
Monroe street bank cashier.
| .I,I, mt INV money on tho SlOu.