Show TH FASTEST YET I Details of the Burlingtons Great Achievement The most remarkable time ever made by steam in the history of the world was the famous run from Chicago Chi-cago to Denver over the Burlington road when several days ago H J Mayham of Denver chartered a special train in Chicago to reach the bedside of his son before death claimed an idol The run of the Burlington locomotives locomo-tives has already gone into railroad history as the fastest time on record The famous run of the Xew York Central Cen-tral from New York to Chicago 94o miles was made in 19 hours and 37 i minutes The Burlington run from I Chicago to Denver 1025 miles was I made in 18 hours and 53 minutes The I actual running time as figured by the i Chicago offices of the company was i 1069 minutesa little less than a mile I a minute I There were differences moreover in I the conditions of the two great runs that make the effort of the Burlington i appear al the moe remarkable When the fast run was made on the New York Central preparations were made for days for the event The newest I and best locomotives in its service were put into the best possible condition condi-tion ror a trial of speed the road was made entirely clear and every assistance assist-ance rendered from start to finish The Central locomotives did not have t stop for water taking it at the top of their speed from the roadbed The Burlington had just 30 minutes in Chicago Chi-cago to prepare for the run The contract con-tract was to reach Denver in 24 hours They beat their promise nearly 6 houra Every railway man will be Interested In an accurate compilation of this great exmtmion or speed as I was performed by engines DETAILS OF THE RUN The train left Chicago at 958 oclock Monday morning Engine No 8 class A vith 17x24 cylinders and 59inch I driving wheels took it to Burlington 205 miles in 228 minutes Delays were as follows One minute at Aurora onE minute at C N W crossing three minutes at Mendota four minutes at Galesburg three minutes at Burlington tonEngine No 639 class A with 18x24 inch cylinders and 56inch driving wheels took the train from Burlington to Creston 191 miles in 213 minutes Delays were one minute at Rock Island Is-land crossing three minutes at Krum tor water one minute at Mason a crossing five minutes at Chariton sending telegraphic messages two minutes at Creston Engine No 3 class H took the train from Creston to Red Oak So miles in 99 minutes The engine ran hot from vun a to Red Oak Engine No class A took the train from Red Oak v > Pacific Junction 36 miles in 3 minutes There was a delay of two minutes at Pacific Junction Engine No 203 class A took the train from Pacific Junction to Lincoln 60 miles in 64 minutes There mies 6 was a delay of three minutes at Lincoln Engine No 227 class A cylinders 17x24 inches driving wheels 62 inches took the train from Lincoln to Hast ing 97 miles in 109 minutes There I were delays of five minutes at Sutton l for water and two minutes at Hastings Hast-ings changing engines I FASTEST RUN Engine No 210 took the train from Hastings to McCook 132 miles in 130 minutes There was a delay of four minutes at Oxford to pass a train Engine No 324 class K cylinders 19x24 Inches driving wheels 56 Inches I tools the train from McCook to Akron L ci 143 miles in 150 minutes There was a delay of two minutes at Wray for water Engine No 228 class A 18x24inch cylinders 62inch driving wheels brought the train from Akron to Denver Den-ver 112 miles in 123 minutes There was a delay of three minutes at Rog gen for water The run from Akron to Denver is a steady uphill pull and there was besides be-sides a heavy head wind to pull against I will be seen that the fastest fast-est run was that between Hastings and McCook 132 miles in 130 minutes Trainmaster J F Kenyon who rode I on the train from McCook to Denver says that there were many short spurts I made at the rate of 9 miles an hour From the Chicago office of the Bur lington a statement of the time made shows a slight discrepancy when compared com-pared with that of Mr Vallery but not an important difference SUMMARY The statement Is as follows From Chicago to Galesburg 163 miles time 2 hours 56 minutes to Burlington Bur-lington 260 miles 3 hours 48 minutes to Pacific Junction 482 miles 9 hours 5 minutes to Lincoln 547 miles 10 hours 1 minutes to Hastings 638 miles 1 hours 3 minutes to McCook 770 miles 1 hours 15 minutes to Denver Den-ver 1025 miles 18 hours 53 minutes Average time including stops 543 miles per hour Average time excluding stops 5754 miles Del hour Union Pacific Officials The Union Pacific party of general officials headed by General Manager Dickinson returned to Ogden from Butte yesterday morning and departed at once for Omaha General Manager Bancroft of the Short Line arrived in I the city at 3 a m having nothing new to impart regarding his charge |