The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-24
RAINS NOT SLOW
,-ou MAKES COMPARISON OF
RAILROAD SPEEDS.
e., Time Made in England as In
A.. limited States, He Declares
Improvements in
Twenty Years.

An EnSIlsulubh wa" A'
Fntry in the interest of a railroad
kllcation had this comment to make
H. American railway speeds and
4 cards as compared with those in
/ British islands.
{our fast express trains are, taken
rule. as fast and much more
Ecerons than yours. Their distance
4 !, course not so great. Our cross
Ir,ry trains, which exist on local
6c entirely, are much abused by
kericans who have to use them, and
\ really deserve their reputation for
&prely movement. But | have
md roads in this country that use
he time to accomplish shorter jour.
i than any we have in the British
knds Here Is one whose map and
8edule will show you in the cur
\ issue of the Official Guide of
tlways of the United States. 1t is
! Chicago & Illinois Western rail
Ia operating II miles of railway
ftbwest from Chicago and having
anectlon with IS trunk lines. It's
&senger train runs from one term.
4 to the other in three hours and 30
hues, moving westward, which Is
ktty slow. But they move eastward
M Willow Springs to McCook, II
les, mind you, in just seven hours.
BE is their schedules: depart at IL
b. and arrive at Hawthorne at six
b.. Can you beat it, as you say in
states?"
Then there is the Tonopah C Tide
Der Railway company operating a
II miles from Ludlow. Cal, to
mont New Passenger trains run
'pugh in precisely ten hours. There
blso the Oberlin & La Grange Rail-
4 company, out in Ohio, operating
miles; passenger schedule time
hours and SO minutes. with one
b There is also the Sumter &
bctaw railway in Alabama, which
sS one train both ways daily, max
"a miles in precisely seven hours
ming time. Then there Is the Wy
Otte & Southeastern railway out in
Fansas that boldly and truthfully
ertises an irregular schedule over
Rmles of road | was eight hours
Ping transit over that line. and
had no accident nor other remark
delay.
only speak of these lines to illus
T. the error that cross country rail-
4 lines in England are the slowest.
~ years the roads in this country
4 Improved vastly, and particularly
Pc south. Twenty years ago l was
days from Meridian, Miss, to
lanooga, Tenn, over the Chatta-
pa & Great Southern, 800 miles.
II is part of fine trunk line and
{aVeled the same distance in nine
10 III the greatest comfort.
Our hrstclass trains are those run
by several routes from London to
fgoW and Edinburgh, 400 miles in
hours. They are very heavy
and are usually drawn by
pleheafed engines, make few stops
encounter no delays over a track
clear for them at least 20 min
4 After they lose their 20 minutes
nave to look out for themselves,
ase they never pick 1t up. Here
uuerent. | came east on the fast
Our train from Chicago to New
and we were an hour behind
U' Wayne. But we got to New
IN time to the second. The dis
Is about double, but the trains
Inc same running time hour by
move about the same weight
ne same power and have prac-
~ me same accommodation. After
uefe Isn't much improvement in
D,an over a first-class carriage
= sVatory in England, for the dis
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