New-York tribune., 1909-10-09
ADMIRAL RIDES ENGINE
SIR EDW4RD III. SEYMOUR
Has THRILLING TRIP.
InFeabIe Waits While Tzcentieth
Century Limited Takes Her Com
mander to OSsining.

nrst section of the Twentieth Century Limited
train out of the Grand Central Station Yesterday
afternoon. Excepting the little party with the
ADMIRAL in the cab of the engine none of the
passengers was aware that the famous naval
ofhcer OF Great Britain was assisting the engi-
heer IN guiding the train through the electric
zone However. when the end Of the electric
zone was reached at Highbridge AMI the ad-
miral stepped from the electric engine and
climbed into the cab OF the locomotive that
was to carry the train on it's long run word
had spread through the Pullman coaches that
he was up ahead" and there was a great cram
ing of necks from car windows in the efforts OF
the passengers to see him.
The fastest run that the across -the-continent
flyer ever made from that point i followed to
Ossining, one mile being covered in forty-three
seconds, just tor show the Briton what the
American railway systems are capable of The
regular time of the run for the thirty miles
was cut down several minutes. At Ossining the
train halted by Encouragement to permit the
admiral and his party to alight, although the
first scheduled stop of the limited is Albany.
On the nearest southbound track was the pri-
vate of President William c. Brown at
tached TO a fast inspection engine, ready to
bring the party back to the city.
81 wished to try the experience of riding in
what l told is one of the largest and fastest
locomotives in the world said the admiral to a
reporter, as he stood in the doorway of the cleo
trio cab. waiting for the machine start. He
had anticipated the trip since the night of the
HudsOn-Fulton dinner, when he and ]. Pierpont
Morgan discussed the speed of battIeships and
modern railways. and Mr.. Morgan suggested
that he should see before his departure the act
ual operation Of one of the New York Centrars
fast trains. The offer was accepted, the admiral
adding:
Il think l should prefer to ride in the en-
gine"
DELAYED INFLEXIBLES DEPARTURE.
So many engagements kept the visitor busy
that the trip could not be arranged until yes
terday. and then only by holding over the Brit
ish flagship In1exible for tvsenty-four hours.
The other ships of the British fleet the Drake.
the Argyll and the Duke of Edinburgh, left the
Nor River yesterday, and as they make about
fifteen knots each, While the Inhexible makes
eighteen, the commander expect overtake
his fleet after he has weighed anchor at 3;30
O'Clock this afternoon and put to se~ At any
rate he feels well repaid for delaying his de-
parture by the novel experience he enjoyed of
being an engineer for an hour.
To avoid crowd. and also because it was not
certain until the last moment that the admiral
could make the trip up the Hudson it kept
secret that he contemplated going. So he and
his little party, attired civilians. slipped
through the gates a few minutes before the
train was ready TO depart, almost unnoticed. All
of the passengers were aboard when the British
commander and his escort walked to the head
of the train and climbed aboard the electric
engine.
In the party were Lieutenant john T.. Wood
ward, L. s. A. post adjutant at Governors Isl
and who had been assigned 10 the admirars
escort since the departure of the American
feet Captain d, r. Lathin Nicholson chief of
staff Of the British fleet: President William G.
Brown of the New York Central: Charles F,
DAILY. vice president of the New York Central;
Francis c. ALBION. secretary to Admiral Sey-
mour. and d. Bruce Gradyne. personal friend
of Admiral Seymour. who accompanied him
from England on the flagship.
Who is the engineer asked Captain Nichol-
son of a reporter, and when told he William
Kiley the captain followed the admiral and in
troduced him. Kiley doffed his cap Then Will
lam Shields the fireman. was introduced the
admiral shaking hands with both men.
ADMIRAL's HAND ON TIL oTTLE
AS the engine started the admiral was in
vted by the railway officials L place his hand
on the lever and note how easily the great ma
chine operated. Admiral Seym, is very
deeply interested in electric mechanism, and in
the brief run of the seven miles to Highbridge
where the electric zone ends. he was busy TAX
ing note of the apparatus A large steam loco
motive of the Atlantic Pacific type, sometimes
called the 'grasshopper" by railway men, was
attached TO the train in place Of the electric
engine. Here the admiral shook hands with Eu-
gene Mitchell, the engineer. and Frank Mink
the fireman who to run the locomotive to
Chicago iThe conductor of the train D. Carpen-
ter came up and asked permission to greet his
guest Smilingly the admiral
leaned from the cab and touched his hand
The run to Ossining, which is liete more
than thirty miles, made in fift!-tw min
utes two minutes better than the regular time
the train arriving there lt -, o'clock Ad-
miral Seymour aud his party stepped into the
waiting private ana half minute later
we're speeding back to the city, making the run
in the quick time of forty-seve minutes ar
irving at the Grand Central Station at l.09
p.
I'VE made one mile in forty-three seconds"
said the admiral enthusiastically, lac stepped
from the inspection engine, in which he had
made u, return trip, in preference to the com
forts of the private behind. 1T was a very
and novel trip particularly the eIec-
tric engine, which is something and differ
ent from anything have in England. The
locomotives and block signal system I am ia
miliar with in our country. hut the locomotives
here larger, l am told"
The locomotive. No. 34,O which he rode.
weighs with the tender 42S.OOO pounds
Admiral Seymour returned to the Belmont
Hotel hast evening where he will receive the
farewels Of his friends before he goes ON board
the flagship. HE sent letter To ayor Me
CHeIlan thanking him Tor the cuurtesles extended .
10 the fleet by the city Admiral Seymour eN- +
pressed resret that time did not permit him To
go further up the Hudson River a good view IF
\, hich he had from the window of the locomn-
liV. cab Inust attractive and beautiful river,
he said. Before the trip he mnched with Prrsi-
dent Brown and those in his party the Bel
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