Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1910 — Move to Prevent Drunks From Riding on Trains. [ARTICLE]

Move to Prevent Drunks From Riding on Trains.

Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has taken up with the various railway and traction companies with lines entering Indianapolis the question of preventing drunken persons from riding on the trains. He will submit the proposition to Attorney General Bingham Wednesday for an opinion as to how far the state board of health may accomplish its purpose. The state health commissioner says the large number of men who come to Indianapolis from dry territory and return to their homes, especially on Saturday night, in a drunken condition, constitutes a nuisance from the health standpoint. He says owing to the acts of these men according to complaints which reach the state board, traveling in some instances, is rendered not only unpleasant, but also unsanitary.