The sun., 1910-05-08

tar. iOs miles. without a stop al tho rate
Of hfty-lour miles an hour. The hghe
cars u9sd In Europe twonty yoAFs ago
danced over the track % tnmultuOnnly
that strangora thouGht tho horizontal
velocity was excessive when they really
moved mostly ~ vertical - ssssss!
thrusta that produced unfamiliar loit9.
Many travellers likp 70 boast d tho tar
rife train speed they have enjoyed og
quAlmad under and the conscience of
somo Of them Rgtn a. elastic Aa the voracity
Of an ardsnt angler. When the high apoed
epidemic spraad around heard q great
deal about making q speed Of 100 miles an
hour which for a tme bad taken tno place
of the tmswurm mile . minute pAoe.
have 90 doubt that trains have made
q rate Of 100 milaa an hour Tor ahogt az
tanoea on descending grades; but ! never
bad the oKpsgtenoa, probably beoanee
hahitually cArry . stop watch which can
not TELL ale. Icall Il tho George waning
Ton.
NOe q few railroad men to-day apeak
Of the highest authenticated train apeod
~ hAviaR been made with tho Empire
state Express. when q party Of nsWapapar
msn insisted that one mile on doaoeqd-
ing grade naar Batavia WAa run In thirsy-
two seconds at tho rate Of ii2sf mlle9 an
hour. There was n0t stop watoh tn tno
party. Tho engineer, a pArti0nlAElY
hrighA and reliable man, assured ne fnat
the speed on that train never exueoded
ninsty miles an hour.
The high apped epidomie loft Q parma-
nsnt marx on the train service al the coun-
Try. but many of the 'kghtning nysEs'
passed away IN tina 10 prevent acutdent1.
Railroad managers - q rule learned that
powerful locomotives with apoed para
lyzing brakes were not sullicisnt TO justify
the running Of high speed trains over
lines oongestsd with tFafic. Provision bad
TO DO made for protesting traine. which
meant the introduction Of elaborate
block signals and the adoption Of train
managinR rules unheard OF In the slow,
free and easy trutn operating days.
PUNCTUALiTx IMPORTANT.
A more important feature than high
speed In a train 10 hAhitnAl punctnallty,
and that Was badly lacking In many oi
the express traine twenty years ago.
The prUeenoS Of high speed Was very much
like that Of boy who was shouting: Hot
meat pies in a city street A man who
had bought one Of the pies rUtnFned %
the younEster and protested that the pies
were nelther hot nor was there meat In
is the name OF the pies. ! don't know
what they're made 0f.
A few railroad companies had essab-
lished limited express trains that deserved
the name before the epldemic Of lso0 was
felt. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany in 1881 began operating tho famous
New York and Chicago Limited, the lines
tFaversed being exceptionally well
adapted 20 fast train running. The whole
OF the route was over llnos protected by
the best ayutem Of station signals theo
developed and the cars with their attach
ments were a. nearly perfect as care and
ingenuity could make them. AZ first
the whole journey occupied - hours and
IS minutes. II 10 now made In y hours
and 30 minutes. an average speed Of eos
miles an hour.
In Isss the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy Railroad lnangnrated an eKprsss
train between Chicago and Denver. which
is still run. and makes the stretch 0f I .O1s
miles In a. hours. q speed from start 20
finish of SIS miles an hour. In i1oD tho
Central Railroad Of New Jersey. the Phii-
Adelphia and Reading and the Baltimore
and Ohio began running q train from New
York 10 Washington In ahoura and 10 min
tea. a speed Of g miles en- honr. bus that
expedition Waa not long maintained.
MunRRN MON sPRED TRAgNa
AmOng what might 10 called modern
high spSed trains arss Tho PsnnsylVanIs
Special. New loFk % Chicago, On the
Pennsylvania Railroad, oo9 miles In eiwh-
teen houra. an average apued of tfty miles
an hour The fWentieth Century fAmited
on the New YolA Ctntral lines from New
York TO Chicago. 90 miles in eighteen
hours. an avuTags from start 70 nniah oi
81. milee an hour. One d ths most
celebrated runs on this continent h the
n.-..f....a Neu-4a..sn ass.as a. usuam. n.,-fa.
and Southern Pacific RailrnadH. The
distance is i.Ia miles. covered In forty-
seven hours thirty eight minutes. the
average speed being about thirsy-nins
miles An hour.
The highest average velocity l. not
alWavs certain moasura Of the psFfor-
nance uf an eKpgaaa train The New
Orleans Limited. which carries paanenRers
from Washington % Atlanta. eaa miles
In alneteen hours, making an average
sbesd q thirtY-four miles an hour. II well
deserving u mention. AnOther train
that ulakes a record, which deserves 90 be
better known 10 the international Limited.
run over the Grand Trunk Railway from
Moutreal 20 Chicago. That section % tho
Journey from Montreal 10 Toronto, l1s
miles. is covered IN seven and half hours.
including eleven stops. The Vestibulpd
limited Of the Ere "a not what might be
called a ruaher. but Il 10 ono Of the most
comfortable trains IN the United States
and passes through 600 miles OF the most
varied. picturesque and charming scenery
20 be seen on any route. The trip tRkBs
twsnty -seven and q halt hour. an aver
aRe speed % s8.i miles an hour
Tie ordinary paaggnger train service
Of this country to-day 10 moved at an
average speed 0f from twenty-five 70
thiFty-Rve miles an hour
LIMIT OE RAFID TRANSIT sPEED.
The tendency Of the public 20 be ox-
acting with transportation companies
has lately been displayed In demands for
RooeleratioR of urban and suburban cars
or trains, For many years people were
contented 20 jog along on the bobtail
car At an average velocity Of i've miles
an hour. a pace that enabled the travel
lers to watch details Of the kAleidOscOpic
scenes on the streets.
With many complaints TO stimalAte