Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1889 — Improvements tor the Menon. [ARTICLE]

Improvements tor the Menon.

The directors of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad were over their property some weeks since on a quiet tour of inspection, and and some very significant im Srovements hive just been or ered to be begun at once by them, The betterments are all with a view to cutting down the running time, and a vast sum of money will be expended acquiring the desired end. The earnings for the past year have shown increases over the year before bv handsome figures, and this surplus, or the greater part of it, is to be applied in such a way as to make the earnings of 1890 exceed even those of this year. Sixty pound steel rails will be laid on the Indianapolis division over its entire length, while iails weighing fifty-six pounds to the yard vvill be placed on the division be tween New Albany and In dianapolis. All the bridges will be examined and strengthened, where it is found necessary, several curves will be straightened and one or two wooden structures replaced by powerful iron and steel structures. The directors and the man agemen 1 are determined to have their Louisville-Chicago line first class in every particular, and when the proposed betterments shall have been made the present running time will be cut considerably. —Louisville Courier-Journal.