Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-19
RIVALS RACE
TO CHICAGO
E. B. Osborne and John
Wanamaker Speeding
by Special Trains.
DUE in CONVENTION CITY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Pennsylvania Man Gets Start
of Over an Hour on Essex
County Rival.

NEW YORK, June 19.-The North
II, in last night from Bremen, had
on board John Wanamaker, of Phila-
delphia, and Edmund B. Osborne, of
Nor clair. the former a Taft delegate
to Chicago from Pennsylvania, and
the latter a Roosevelt delegate from
New Jersey.
Mr.. Wanamaker left the Kaiser
Wilhelm soon after her arrival at
Quarantine and went to he Jersey
City station of the Pennsylvania
railroad, where at 11:35 p. m. he left
for Chicago on a special train that
he ad chartered by wireless.
Mr.. Osborne, keen for a race to
Chicago also chartered a special
train over the New York Central
lines, and 1t was expected that the
two trains would start about the
same time, but for some reason Mr.
Osborne was delayed and did not
reach the Grand Central station until
after l o'clock. His train was not
quite ready, and it was after 1:30
before he finally got away.
Mr.. Osborne's delay gave Mr.
Wanamaker a good start. but the
Wanamaker special did not attempt
to make fast time on the first part of
!, the trip. Princeton Junction, forty
six miles away. was reached at 1890,
five minutes less than an hour.
The Kaiser arrived at Quarantine
p at 1910 p. M, and as soon as she
came to a stop off the quarantine sta
IL r. nfI1--o1 l.oI4l Aaaaa, -
the port. climbed aboard for the pur-
pose of facilitating the departure of
Mr.. Wanamaker and Mr.. Osborne.
8 Taken OF in Tugs.
Waiting off Quarantine for the
Kaiser Wilhelm were two tugs, one
the Lancaster and the other the naval
tug Narkeeta from the New York
navy-yard. The Lancaster was there
to take Mr.. Wanamaker to Jersey
City. where his special train was
: waiting, steam up, to start. while the
borne. The Narkeeta landed Mr.. Os-
: borne at the Battery, where a fast
automobile was waiting to whisk him
: TO the Grand Central station.
{ Mr.. Wanamaker and Mr.. Osborne
arranged for the specials by wireless.
The run of the two specials of rival
railroads will be in the nature of a
race and both roads will exert every
effort, taking into consideration the
safety of their respective passengers,
to reach Chicago in record-breaking
time.
When DR.. O'Connell stepped aboard
the Kaiser Wilhelm from the quaran-
tine boat he found Mr.. Wanamaker
and Mr.. Osborne with their baggage
ready for the customs examination
and both anxious to get away as
quickly as possible. The medical ex-f
animation was soon finished, and then
a deputy surveyor and an inspector
of customs were transferred to each
tug to take the declarations of the
two delegates and to look oyer the
baggage of each on the way to Jer-
sey City and the Battery.
At II: 05 p. m. the two delegates
transferred to their respective tug
boats and a moment later both YES
sells were steaming at full speed. one
for the Jersey City terminal of the
Pennsylvania, and the other to the
Battery, where the automobile was
waiting for Mr.. Osborne.
At both stations representatives Of
sthe passenger departments of the two
railroads were waiting to expedite
3the departure of their trains as soon
as their passengers arrived. MI.
Wanamaker landed at the pier adj
joining the Pennsylvania station in
Jersey City, and the passenger agent.
taking him in hand. led him the
t. shortest way to the~train that was
waiting ON the track searest to the
pier. Porters followed with the lug
gage, and as soon as Mr.. Wanamaker
was on board the train got under
way.
One of the Pennsylvania fastest
engines drew the train, which ON
/ sisted of three coaches, n the steel