BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 1900 RAILROAD RACKET Lou ADAMS, a Vandalia railroader of Terre Haute, is visiting some of his railroad friends in this city. Engine No. 85 will be rebuilt at the Monon shops, with new value gear which will give increased power. CLARK & WOODS loaded and shipped a car of stock from here over the B. & O. to Cincinnati, Tuesday afternoon. The S. I. is building 500 new cars at Dayton, Ohio. BARNEY & SMITH have the contract. – Washington Gazette. Conductor John WILDER, of the B. & B. coal run, is laying off on account of sickness; and Elmer WICKER is running in his place. The S. I. people are moving the old Belt track. The short curves will be taken out, which will make it much easier to haul heavy loads over it. It is exactly 84 ½ miles from the depot in this city to the Central Station in Terre Haute by way of the "new Bedford Route." Linton is a distance of 50 miles. Sherman RANSOM has resigned his position as section foreman on the Monon and will accept a like place on the Southern Indiana road at Bedford. – Mitchell Tribune Said a Monon Conductor: "A great many ladies make a mistake every summer by traveling in white. It is absolutely impossible for them to ride on the train even a short distance without ruining their pretty shirt waists, but they do it every day." Uncle Rans BROWN, the veteran Monon passenger engineer, who had been laid up with sickness at his home in New Albany for two months past, has recovered, and is not pulling the Bloomington accommodation. It is likely that the S. I. will not put on regular train service into Terre Haute before September 17th. However it is stated that they will run an excursion from Terre Haute to the reunion at Indian Springs, September, 5th, 6th and 7th. Linton people are certainly making good use of their road. 400 tickets were sold there for the Soldiers' Reunion and last week the coaches were crowded all three days for the Old Soldiers' Meeting. They appreciate a good thing. – Elnora News. John WHITEMAN went to Terre Haute Thursday, upon request of the Big Four Railroad company, to make a final settlement for injuries received while in their service last winter, and from which he is still suffering. He was accompanied by Attorney T. M. SEARS. – Elnora News. John GARRITY, the S. I. engineer, reports a grand time at the farmer's fair Wednesday. The boys say that Johnny makes an excellent "farmer" and as a judge of Sunday school music he is hard to beat. His friend and associate, Ben SPILLMAN, devoted his time to the gypsy fortune tellers and now he knows what has happened, what will happen, and what ought to happen to both himself and his best girl. – Greensburg News. Sunday the track moving machine was tested at Olney, Ill., and it did all that its inventor claimed for it. The machine moved a mile of the track thirty-six inches sideways in a very brief space of time. To perform the work the machine was hauled over the track three times. The company would have been at an expense of over $200 to move the track thirty-six inches in the old time way; with this new machine the company can do the work at an expense of a trifle over $17. – Washington Democrat. The management of the Southern Indiana is getting ready for business in Terre Haute now that it is only three weeks until the road will be open for traffic. Charles HARDENFELS has been appointed General Agent. He has been Chief Clerk under General Agent CONNELLY, of the Evansville & Terre Haute for a number of years. His Chief Clerk will be P. M. FAGAN, who has been Chief Clerk for Yardmaster TURNER, of the E. & T. H. Jeff WALSH, formerly Yardmaster of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, will be Yardmaster of the new road. The Southern Indiana Ry. received two new passenger coaches Friday and one passenger and one combination car Saturday, making four new cars in all. The combination car is divided into two equal sections, one half the car being for baggage and express and the other half for a smoker. This car is number 26. The others are regular passenger cars of perhaps a better style and pattern from those already in use. The interior is of fine hard wood and the seats are all upholstered in a fine grain leather instead of plush. These coaches are numbered 49, 50 and 51, and they will be used on the new trains into Terre Haute.