Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09

ne run vas all me more remarkable IN
view of the fact thar the engineer vas
compelled % slow down six successive
times.
The special covered the 70 miles from
View YORK % Rochester In IA minutes.
breaking the record Of the Empire state
express BY one hour. but death had 1eatsn
the Tying train BY twenty minutes and
Mrs Erb had succumbed to her injuries.
The race was the best piece o. reuurSt
work In the history Of the New Tork Cen
tral TO That data
ID f-aua the ssuth.
Late IN March. a year ago. George W
Perkins and his wife figured IN a spectacn-
lar railroad dash from Stuart Fla. 70
Cleveland. O.. where NJ Perltin aged
mother lay dangerously m. Receiving
word by telegraph OF the iatters critical
condition. while soiuurning IN Florida. Mr.
Perkins ordered a special to be made up
for him az once and within an hour the
train with himself and his vie on board
pulled out of Stuart
Chattanooga Tenn. was reached a. !
clock OF the same evening. and en-
-cinnatf at : o'clock the following morn
ing the night run OF II miles between the
two cities having been made In $40
minutes.
II took four minutes to effect a change
I OF locomotives at Cincinnati. and Mr.. Per-
kins implorea the new engineer 70 do all
in his power % make better time. with
the result that the distance OF SO miles
to Cleveland was covered In IS minutes.
I A waiting automobile carried Mr Perkins
/ 10 his mothers bedside where he found
/ that his race from the south had not
bssn IN vain.
Hurry Calls 20 sick Hosuas.
1 On September n 1895. Frederic Thoup-
son received word in New YORK that his
Z wife was dangerously III IN Chicaao. He
immediately teisphoned c. f. Daily. one 81
I the vice presidents Of the New York Gem
1 rraI. 70 prepare a special Tor his use.
After a snort delay. Mr. DAILY notified
him that Il would be impossible to GET
up a special Tor several hours az the very
least. and advised Mr. Thompson To take
the Empire State express. which wa
scheduled to leave within the hour M
Thompson. fearing that even the slightest
delay might prove costly, told the official
that he would leave ON the express. Bui
asked to have a special in readiness Tor
him in Buffalo.
The vice president assured him the spe-
ciai would be waiting. and the rzcs begun
On reaching Buffalo. Mr. Thompson
Learned by wire that his v1fs's condition
was even more aggravated that when hs
left New York lie boarded the special
which was made up of a locomotive and .
.psingis Pullman. and babe the engines
make the run of his Hne-
Chicago was reached az the rate Of
mile a minute, and when NJ Thompson
got TO his wicss side. the turn for tn,
better in her condition was alrssds
marked
Ralph Mod5eEka's successful train dazl
trom Montreal to the Pacific coast Il
reach his mother before she died. wa
I another feat which has attracted wide At
tention- Although he did not have a spe
caaI. the crews OF the regular train
| exerted themselves to their utmost in hi
behalf news received along the line a
his mothers steady decline squirting then
! ON TO their best sf1ortA
Hurrying To the Dostsr-
Last year the country was startled b
. the dramatic endeavor OF Charles Ia
madEe, Los Angeles millionaire. to rsAcl
Chicago from Santa Fe in order to plac
himself under the care OF specialist Nj
TaImadRe believed himself TO be danger
OusIy Ill. and was positive that his ON
hope for Life rested in an operation.
M ralmadge was in santa Fee q
business. when he became suddenly II
, He dropped an important reRi estate des
that ne had under way, ordered specis
consisting OF two cars and locomotive
and pleaded with the engineer 10 brsz
every railroad record In history ON tn
. run To Chicago.
u The train dIspatchers along the Atchi
son. Topeka. d Santa Fe were ordere
to give the special a rigslt-of-wzy, an
/. the crew of ehe latter were instructed b
!. the officials Of the road to annihilaxs tim
IN a way they had never done befOrs
The race started and the distances nroI
the starting point to Kansas City wa
covered at a rate that made 4 new rscor
for the road
When Kansas City wns reached. hos
ever. Mr.. ralmadge's condition had in
proved 50 materially that the special wa
dismissed ana the rest Of the journey wa
made on a regular train
Mr. TaImadges race with what he b
lleved 20 be death attracted unpa-alls Ae
attention in the west. and particularly
|. towns thar lay along the line OF the rza
: road. The news OF the specials recort
: breaking run flashed ahead. and greI
I, thronKs OF people gathered AZ the station
70 cheer on its rapid flight
To the Bedside of Ella SON.
a or all the long distances contests with q
- Grim Reaper. one thar stands out frol
among the others IL the run made I
10 Henry J. Mayham-
~ While In New York on bushes. in Fs
!. ruary. 1877. Mr.. Mayham neceissd a TEL
n gram stating that his son was dying
= Denver He Isft Immediately On rhe Pen
n syiVania Llmited for PitssburE. End
a arriving there. teIesrzphed Division 5upe
= irnendent Rowland. OF the Chicago. Blu
!. nngtan. q Quincy IN Chicago asking q