SENSATIONAL RAILWAY RACES.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9409, 6 March 1899, Page 1

SENSATIONAL RAILWAY RACES.

A Chicago despatch of January 4 aayu : The sovon days' railway race b<*twooii tho Chioigo, Burlington, aud Qalnoy Railway and tho Chicago and North - Western lino, which is now in progress, is attracting a vory groat deal of interest. Tho companies uro fighting for carrying tho mails between Chicago and Omaha, a distance of C02 miles, and tho contract, which is worth about L200.000, will b<j given tj tho company which makes the boat spood for seven days botwoon tho two cities. Tho Burlington mail train yosborday mado tho run in 062 minu»o.«, including stops. The fastesb time was twenty miles in sixteen minutes, boating previous American records. Tho NorthAVoatorn mtde a similar record, the best tlmo boing five miles at tho tato of thirty-five sooondt per mile. Tho trainmen deolaro that tho cars ab times jampod and swayed to Qucb an oxtent under tho terrific spood thab they feared they would leavo the track ab any moment. Near Aurora, the trains covered ninety miles an hour, and the speed on tho 502 miles, including stops, was forty*slx milts an hour. Although the newspapers donounoo the race as dangerous and foolhardy and likely to rosult In a serious acoident, the thirst for sonsation is eo koon that r«ll« way ofiiolola iu all parts of tho coun'ry are receiving hourly bulletins about thu contest.