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Show ENGINEER MADE MAD RUN. Tore Up the Halls and Established n 1 Record to Let Fireman See Ills airl. "There ivas a woman In the record made by the first Ell on any tallroad," said P. A. lloulahan, a railroad malinger, mali-nger, who lutl held 'ninny placet, In his buslmes In his time, "Rut there was nnother record of which I must tell J cm first, so ns to make tho connection. Old railroad men remember It. It's a part of rallroid history "The first record was made on what was known at that time (UM) as tho Hannibal & Ht Joseph railroad, now a part of the great Chicago, llurllng-ton llurllng-ton & Qulncy sistem It was ut tho tlmo when llurfalo Hill had the contract con-tract to deliver mall between bt Joseph, Jo-seph, Mo , und Sacramento, Oil , thu dlstnnco being 1900 miles by the tuny express. Tho Government had a contract con-tract to let to the rallroid company that would make the best time from Qulncy, ill , to ht Joseph, Mo There was but ono railroad company between the two rivers the Mississippi nnd the' Missouri but tho thing was to get a trnln that enuld make the lime the Gnv ernment wanted made "Tho distance was a lltllo over 200 miles The company hail wood-up stations sta-tions along tho line and when the oil Hannibal A St Joseph totnpuny concluded con-cluded to try for the contract tho newa tiaveled all along the road and an extra supply of wood was cut and piled at the stations where the engine was to tako wood It was such a great thing In that day that peoplo from the country came to the towns where the englno was to tako wood to s,e the sight It hud been announced that the engine would run at the rate or thirty milts an hour' Lot nf peoplo said It never enuld be done "Well, the trip wns made, nnd tho Hannibal A St Joseph got the ton-tract ton-tract Not only that hut In Hplto of tho changes which were arterwaid made In inllrnadlng the Hannibal X. Bt Joseph held that contract ror thlrt) years. ' No rcgulnr train beat that lime until tho company put on tho Ell In JSS8 and this Is where thu wninm tomes In You have no doubt seen Ell engines nn eveij mad In the coun-tty, coun-tty, but the nrlginnl LU was put nn In 1SSS between t lilcago and Kuusus Clt, by the Chicago Ilurllngton & Qulncv whleh had got tontinl of the old Hannibal ft SI Joseph mid I was In the cab nf tho original Ell whleh broke the record nf tin, pony ex ress The run between Kansas t'lty and Qulncy Is 22'. s in 1 1 en I took my supper In Kansas Clly at C ntloek I was In the Ell rah at 0 30 when It pulled nut I ale lunch at midnight It, Qulncy nnd got back to Kansas l Ity tho ntxt morning feu my hn tkfnst 'What was the best time? Well I don t Just remember hut there wire a few places In lhe roadbed vvheie Ell got there at tho rate or slxtv miles un hour There was one plate where we beat that time nnd I II never rorget It It was on a mrve on what Is known as Kidder hill not far from Cameron Junction 'When we begun the descent Instead In-stead of shutting her off tho engineer pulled his lever to the last noteh I knew then he wns going to pull thai train In on time or perish In the nt-tempt nt-tempt Ypu see back a wajs ho had mado a little miscalculation and neg leclcd to tnke full ndianlage of n level and wo had lost a few minutes I have done considerable riding on engines en-gines under most nil conditions but that dash down Kidder hill was about as exhilarating an experience of tho tmit as I ever had and 1 didn't feci at all eertaln how It was going to end If an engine Is liable In leave the track at any tlmo It is while going down a grade where there iho turves As we swept down that hill llko an avalanche I wondered what the light-hearted light-hearted people In the coaches would think had they known tho tlrcum stances The englno held tn tho rails all right, and we pulled Into tho depot across the river a few seconds ahead of the card, Tho driver anl I climbed down from the engine t"ily Jjqy 1 Bald, 'you'io bit lUill right, nnd I feel untitled over It but (11 H perhaps sou can Imagine thut I'm TJ H something elee to speak to 5011 about' ' nn H "'cs Mr lloulahan he answered, H 'It's about that Kidder hill batk there, llsB faM but I had to tin It You sec Hill there' 9 H Indicating his llrenun a stulwart, & m H good-looking jnung fellow who was I. ,1& H walking hurriedly across tho tracks a'M kH had an eiigngem, ut with his girl at FMH H Topeka todav and he begged me to JfB H try tn get In In time in tutth his train k H over ir j 011 II foiglv'e mo this time, J m H It wont happen again " -Chicago t II Mt Tribune V ) UM |