A "LIGHTNING" TRAIN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 105, 22 August 1876, Page 3

A "LIGHTNING" TRAIN.

i Front the X'K' Y"?h -*c*i'.Cordon Bennett. rfm ~f the recently undevi-.-k t.» p.^y hi.t.lf el- more »>f the vXfK>n**s'_.>{' « trr»m front York to San Franco •. w afu'utrl take thnwtgh Lawrence fferrctt «*•*» a company of actor* between the h>»u «-i their pert'ocuumeG here ♦ May **'• utvt Che time for their opening _»» •>•«» Fr;.,n«-w.'o iFu* evening. The tram ••••»- aiateft of re W-otnotive, a k-*ggsr 3 '« car, a eomf>iire4snmliingaiKl(•uttiuis.wrj cat. aim » Putman hotel car. It wa* expected that the train would reach San 'franewco in «H hours frr.ru the time when it started t'l-nu- -feney City, making unly iiv-r rvg"Uir stop*, weeping fr>r taking "ft n-.-w mgine* and t'uef. ['.v-wry-five passengers were taken. ati'i » *pecial u;ait v>,w "made up at the po.+t-othee £'. »r the five was iu;vte 11'i>111 Ctic dcrseV Ctty Station oi the Pennsylvania ttaHraut two minutes before 1 o'clock on Thursday morning, three minutes behind time. The !'0 miles to West Philadelphia was run in nil minutes. A single engine drew the train fct>. Pittsburgh, and tw»» others took it t>> Chisago-, making the- trip in 22 horns in»teatE""»>l; ST, the »t»«al time mi»tml. Thy train continued on its way at the same rapid rate, being met at eyerj station by twwtls *►£ At with favorable grades', the tale ot tt!W fully a mite a minute. The schedule time «;w anticipated t'rotn the start, thp train reaching Ugden, in l<tah, at !**.-»« a.tii., I«alar»rTt: ttme, or* eight hoiirn and tvvt*ufc\seven minnte»' ahead (> f her time, runs were made at. the rate of t" and ■ unU'« an hour. At a.m. y,--t.„T.iay, the train arrivyrl at the urul of ttur«).»kj;itni wharf, within the vity Hmitsj of S.-ni Fratitu.^oor the tttne from New \ork heing ivvtfWttest h'Sst than S-4 honrs, or three aiul a half *tav». At the travellers were m Che iStlai-e ant I f'oii weU-omoi at t>m*kfa»fc Hy a iarg»> <»«ml»er of proturtu'ttt *>t' fef'v tlu^lricjt! profestaii'>t» atwl others. The entire trip was made witltout aeet*lent «»l any kiml.