The Richmond Item from Richmond, Indiana • Page 93

THE RICHMOND ITEM. RICHMOND, INDIANA! Roller Mills plant The station Indiana, was appointed receiver, and TransportatioOus SeiTice' LmkrMany Citili on June 23, 1910, the C. C. L. went F.

W. DAWSON Packard' Motor Cars .1 La-aw 1 111 KSsoa tm IMPORTANT IN i TRAFFICSYSTEH Richmond Is Stopping Point on Great Transcontinental I Route T. COACHES LUXURIOUS Poutes Also Connect With Many Surrounding Towns, and Cities II occupied for the first time, July 1, 180L In the beginning It was ths plan to locate the shops and yards of the C. C. A L.

in Richmond but a controversy arose, largely over the matter of closing of some south end streets, with the result that the yards were established in Boston, and the shops were located at Peru, the first freight agent with Harry where the offices of the Indiana division of the C. A O. are now maintained. Mr. Georg Derbyshire is superintendent of the division and under his wise administration the old C.

R. A M. has finally developed Into a profitable property and an Important unit of one of the nation's great trunk systems. The fact that Richmond Is now served both by the C. A O.

railroad and the Pennsylvania railroad makes the city one of the most Important Industrial centers In the state. Without these transportation facilities Richmond would never have won the title of "Panic Proof City." ocupled for the first time, July 1, The demand for American walnut furniture and fittings requires fifty million feet of walnut lumber and 325,000,000 feet of walnut veneer. TrUCk N01 ijjps A VSk on the auction block at a recelcver sals, conducted in the waiting room of the local passenger station. It was bid in by Carl Remington, New York, secretary and treasurer of the Chesapeake St Ohio railroad. When the S.

R. it M. was organized its officers were located in the Masonlo building, this city and they remained hers for several years and were then removed to Cincinnati and, later, to Chicago. The C. R.

A M. railroad was organised with W. A Bradford, president H. A Christie, vice president Henry C. Starr, Richmond, general counsel, W.

Allen, deceased, general manager. J. A Shepperd, deceased, auditor, Fred E. Singer, general freight and passenger agent, Wallle W. Black, paymaster, J.

A. S. Graves, purchasing agent 1 H. A Jackson, locating engineer, John Jones, chief dispatcher, Frank L. Fox, Richmond, right of way supervisor, and Paul Barnard, time keeper and supervisor.

VThe first passenger train to be operated over the original section of the road, between Sottage Grove and Richmond, steamed into the city, February 28, lflOl, and was greeted at the North Third street station by a large and enthusiastic crowd of citizens. This train was operated by Conductor Dunham and P. H. Dillon, engineer. The latter Is still in the service of the company, operating a switch engine here.

1 Among the first conductors employed by the C. R. in addition to Mr. Dunham, were W. A.

Boyer, James Martin, William Hurless, Harry Whltcomb, Denny Shea and Ben Beckshultz, of whom only Shea and Beckshultz survive. Dillon was the first engineer employed and later Harry Loder, W. A Dresser, Harry Palmer and John Hunt became engineers. The late Mike Conway was the first yard master, followed by Buck Clevenger, now retired. Mr.

Blair, still In active service, was the first passenger ticket agent employed, and Frank A Bescher was the first freight agent with Harry S. Cates serving as cashier of the local freight station. Until the North Third street station was built the ticket office was located In a part of the Richmond This li the type of big passenger bus that has come Into general use la this section of the country in the last few years. Richmond Is served by several lines connecting with Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and many other cities. The above picture happens to have been taken at the Dayton terminal.

I The bus lines have played fcn important part' in the development of transportation in this community. Richmond is, criss crossed by motor coach routes on which one may travel almost anywhere. In the first place there Is the Yel-loway, great transcontinental line that carries passengers from Los Angeles to New York. Luxurious big coaches are used and every comfort Is provided for. Two cars stop In Richmond daily from each direction, thus providing excellent service oo this long route.

-The Yelloway line serves Interstate passengers only, so it Is not possible lor Richmond passengers to ride the big busses to Indianapolis unless they are transferring to Chicago or some other out of the state point G. O. Played Big Part In Development Another line, operated by Mr. Surface, provides one round trip dally between Richmond and Union City. One bus line operates from the local T.

H. I. E. Traction company station. It Is owned by the traction company and runs between Richmond and Indianapolis, maintaining Rich- Service is our specialty and our trucks are at your call day and night Phone us when fti need of service.

PACKARD SERVICE Grim Auto Co. Line Had Beginning Under Name of Cincinnati' mond Muncie; Indiana Branch One of Principal Coal Carriers a The line operates out of the Bus Terminal, 11 North Eighth street Phone Thieves Balked By Windowed Booths PARIS Clear" glass windows are being put in public telephone booths because too many people carried off everything but the cabin. Receivers, bells, cords, electric light globes, telephone books and even parts of the apparatus screwed to the wall have disappeared. Formerly the booths were of solid wood panels, with occasional glass panes always opaque. People have complained of the change, fearing that Hp-readers would follow their telephone conversations or feeling embarrassment at being watchd while they talked, but the change Is permanent pany for the use of that line's tracks from Cottage Grove Into Cincinnati, but he was doomed to disappointment Neither the C.

H. D. nor other lines running into Cincinnati wanted an additional competitor in that important city. About this time all the branches of the line Bradford and his associates were promoting were consolid 44 No. 7 Ph.

2726 a schedule of three hours between the two cities. The service is offered every two hours from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m.

Richmond has still another bus station. It is situated at 8 North Sixth street and serves as headquarters for the Old Reliable Bus line, operated by R. C. McNutt The line operates between Richmond and Fountain City and makes five round trips a day. In addition to the passenger line, the Sixth street station, which is known as the Bus and Freight Terminal, is headquarters for a number of freight lines operated between Richmond and Muncle, Oxford, Liberty, Lynn, Fountain City, Economy and other towns.

From this brief account It may be seen that Richmond is well supplied with bus lines. Through the medium of these transportation routes it is possible to travel almost anywhere. For nearby cities serve as junction points Just as Richmond does. And by figuring out connections it is possible to travel almost endlessly in any direction, by means of these highway coaches. ated and the name of the road was changed from Cincinnati, Richmond A Muncie to.

the Cincinnati, Chicago A Louisville. Bradford determined to push his line into Cincinnati de spite the engineering difficulties confronting such an undertaking. The announcement of his decision One of the important factors in the development of Richmond during the past quarter of a century has been the Chesapeake Ohio railroad of Indiana. This line, extending from Cincinnati to Chicago, had its beginning at the dawn of the present century under the name of the Cincinnati, Richmond Muncie railroad. The construction of the road was, apparently, a speculative venture on the part of railroad promoters and it was financed largely through subsidies voted by communltie through which it was to pass.

Wayne township of Wayne county contributed $225,000 raised by a bond issue. Within 10 years after the construction work had been started the railroad was in financial difficulties and it was purchased by the Chesapeake Ohio at a public' sale for $3,500,000. Under the management of this important railroad system the C. K. At M.

came into its own and is today regarded one of the most valuable railroad properties'in the country. It proved a valuable addition to the C. A giving that system an entrance into Chicago. Today the Indiana was greeted with derision In railroad circles. "I says C.

A. Blair, vet eran local C. O. ticket agent identified with the road since its organization, "the Cincinnati Enquirer came out with an article ridiculing the proposed undertaking. It was referred to as the 'Bradford Sky Other lines that operate from the North Eighth street station Include the Greenville-Richmond line which makes four round trips dally and serves Richmond, New Paris, New Madison and Greenville; the Newcastle line which makes four round trips a day between Richmond and Newcastle and makes connections In the latter city for Anderson; and the Richmond-Liberty-Oxford line which makes three round trips a day over that route and makes connections in Oxford for Hamilton and Cincinnati.

The Bus Terminal Is owned and operated by Mrs. Edith Schultz, who opened the first exclusive bus station In Richmond. She has been In the bus business for several years. A number of Important lines operate out of the bus station at 20 South Eighth street These lines Include the King Brothers Transportation company, which has been operating for five years between Richmond and Mun cie. Two hour service is maintained between the cities and the cars leave every two hours.

The Greenville-Dayton Transportation company operates a line between Richmond and Dayton, making the run In an hour and a half and providing hourly service. This line also has its headquarters at the South Eighth street station. 1 The Greyhound line offers three ears a day between Richmond and Cincinnati, making the run on a schedule of two hours and 15 minutes. Between St Louis and Pittsburgh this line also operates motor coaches which use the South Eighth street station. The service provides two busses each way daily.

Three round trips daily are made ty the Greenville Transporation company, operating between Green-yille and Richmond and using the same station as its local terminal. But Mr. Line' and as 'Bradford this ridicule did not influence Bradford in the least" To gain entrance into Cincinnati, from Cottage Grove via Brighton, it was necessary to construct a long and towering steel trestle over lee OF THE Anntomolbile branch of the C. is one of the 93,000 TRAVELERS AIDED NEW YORK Picture brides, runaway grandmothers and globe-trotting infants were among 93,732 travelers who came in 1927 within the ken of the Travelers Aid society. Spending an average of $24,76 an hour on its work, the society kept at ports 70 workers speaking 28 languages; chaperoned 1,014 would-be brides arriving for marriage ceremonies; and cared for 355 runaways, varying in age from four to 80, in addition to the routine tasks of witnessing marriages, preventing bigamies, curbing extortion, welcoming newcomers and assisting travelers generally.

i More than nine-tenths of Italy's 116,000,000 railway passengers in 1926 traveled third class. principal coal carriers into the northwest Also It taps a rich industrial and agricultural district The first section of the orginal C. R. A M. road to be built was between Richmond and Cottage Grove, the Mill Creek valley, spanning some other railroads.

The terminal oi Brodford's "Sky Line" was at Eighth streett, Cincinnati. Even now the building of the road Into Cincinnati is regarded a unique engineering feat The plan to continue the construction of the road Into Louisville, Kyn was never carried out Financial clouds began to gather for the C. C. L. after It had forced its way into Cincinnati and about 1909 the road went into a receivers-ship." James P.

Goodrich of Winchester, former governor of in 1900. Other sections north of Richmond were constructed from time to time. W. A. Bradford, president of the company, still living in New York City, expected to make arrangements with the C.

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