Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 576
the passage of thisracing special; every railroad-crossing between speed per mile; but they wished to comethrough alive and were taking no chances. It was half-past three in the morning, andfrosty weather, when the train started fromChicago, with Mark Floyd at the throttle, andvarious important… … MAKING A RECOKD. Chicago and Buffalo was patrolled by a section-man—that alone meant thirteen hundred guards ;and every switch was spiked half an hour be-fore the train was due. The chief officials ofthe Lake Shore road proposed to ride thisrace in person, and, if possible, smash the NewYork…
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