Train timetable revisions and new services described
The article outlines timetable changes across several routes with new Train No 73 from Chicago at 9 and renumbered No 57, altered departure times for Nos 6 2 12 14 15 19 21 7, and a Sunday additional No 52 eastbound. It notes shifts in Elkhart arrival, westbound departures, and sleeper accommodations, plus plans for a coke burning system and continued electric experiments to modernize suburban lines.
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Elkhart
Ofiens
Wentioth Gentury
St. Louise
Wpedianapolis
Cleveland
Chicago
Hound
Lake Shore
Old Road
Toledo
Rirkhart
Grand Rapids
Pittsburg
Chicago’ & Northwestern
Open Shop debated by Darrow in Rail road Trainmen
Clarence S. Darrow of Chicago argues in the Rail road Trainmen that constitutional right to work does not exist and that individual workers cannot enforce a job right. He says unions give workers a channel to reach higher management and presidents, contrasting open shop claims with collective action.
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Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
Nickel Plate to Install Siding Telephones for Dispatch
Nickel Plate plans telephone dispatching on the Bellevue Conneaut division a 132 mile line. Twenty eight regular stations will get siding telephones enabling direct communication between train crews and the dispatcher. Standard Western Electric dispatching phones and Gill selectors will be used with booths for shelter. Sets at sidings will auto drop from the line when unused.
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Bellevue-Conneaut
Chief Operator Ziesel Recovers After Operation
W H Ziesel chief operator at the Lake Shore passenger station reports in letters from Chicago hospital that he is improving after a serious operation and will soon return home.
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Ziesel
W. H. Ziesel
Lake Shore
Gnicago Hospital
Indiana Hosts Twenty-Three Brotherhood Lodges in Rail Union
The Indiana Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen includes twenty-three lodges with Elkhart Lodge No. 22 noted as among the oldest. The report highlights the regional presence and long history of the fraternal railway union within the state.
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Indiana
Brotherhood of Railroad
Elkhart Lodge
Railroad orders 75 gondola and 50 box cars for coal haul
The Rock Island Southern railroad of Monmouth Tl orders Has kel & Barker Michigan City to supply seventy five gondola cars of 80 606 pounds capacity and fifty box cars of 60 000 pounds capacity for coal transport between the Gilchrist and Matherville mines and Davenport.
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Rock Island Southern Railroad
Monmouth
Haskel & Barker
Michigan City
Inds
Gilchrist and
Matherville
Davenport
Freight cars handled at Indianapolis in October rise
Official report shows 17 092 freight cars loaded for Indianapolis 5 784 cars with live stock for stock yards and 10 974 for private industries totaling 8 851 cars. This marks an increase over October 1908 of 1 913 cars while through weight traffic was heavier than usual with several roads carrying more loaded cars than in the previous year.
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Indianapolis
Calamities and cargo mix up at Oneida rail station
Reported scene at the local station describes Holstein calves from Oneida New York and Caledonia Michigan arriving by express and trampervant causing attention. Fireman C Creighton who was injured at Englewood on October 14 resumes duties today.
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Oneida
New York
Caledonia
Mich
Railroad Personals Mention Chief Draftsman in Cleveland
Brief item notes PEP, chief draftsman, being in Cleveland for a day on business. Details unclear, motive not specified.
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Pep
Wasiin
Cleveland
Promises to Settle Grievances With Railroad Company
Shippers and town officials clash over carrier duties claiming the railroad long has failed to provide shipping facilities. Officials announce agents will not receipt freight unless space exists, while shippers insist on honoring their original agreement and leaving freight at the depot regardless of receiving receipts.
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J Missioner
Glen An
Compi
Eutterly
Freight Cars Shrinking Under Interstate Pressure
During a Fort hearing examiner Smith, representing the Interstate Commerce Commission, heard that railroads plan to reduce freight car size from fifty to sixty tons to thirty to forty tons. Charles S Bush, the plaintiff and principal witness, says enlarging cars failed as overloads caused cracking and leaks, risking shipments. Bush advocates canal links uniting the Michigan and Erie lakes to relieve freight bottlenecks.
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Fort, “Wayne
Bush
Mrr
West
Middle West
Lakes Michigan
Erie
Bill to Aid Deserted Wives Prompts Divorce Reform Debate
New York Press reports a proposed bill in England to ease the burden on deserted wives. Orelli has joined the fight, arguing for bigger changes and addressing issues of bigamy and separation amid ongoing political debate.
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Bill
England
Is. A. Duxury
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New
York Press
Orelli
Roe
Cubs Chief Murphy Talks Trades and Tickets Patent
Charles Murphy, Cubs president, sparred over star trades with John Brush and Wilts Renbach while in New York. He pushed a new stamping machine to cut ticket waste and aid the national committee during a busy public visit including meetings with John T. Brush and Charles Ebbetts.
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New, York
Johnny Kling
Brush
Geo. Wiltse
Péle'-grounds
Reulbach
Jobo
McGraw
New York
Chicago
Kling
Renbach
Cubs
Charles ‘Webb- Murphy
Ma. Murphy
Knickerbocker
John T. Brush
Giants
Charles Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Murphy
Caicagore
wMhestrade
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