Show continentals CONTINENT ALS NEW RECORD clip two minute between st boni and decatur the wabash continental limited made a new record thursday night between decatur and st louie cutting two minutes oft the best previous record engineer braddock with no a new high speed engine made the miles from decatur to granite city in minutes A five minute stop waa nade at litchfield making the actual running time ninety six minutes an average ot 65 4 miles for the whole dis tance best previous time was ninety eight minutes from stanton to carpenter 10 3 miles the time was seven minutes 01 at the rate of 87 42 miles an hour the forty seven miles from boody to honey bend were made in tort minutes 70 S miles an hour the train departed from decatur an hour and forty minutes late and had besides the regular equipment dent rameer s private car wabash officials say that the new engines will make a hundred miles an bo r before the summer Is over st louis republic april 11 1902 |