Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1911 — Tribune’s Enterprise Gets Papers to Indianapolis in 3:46. [ARTICLE]

Tribune’s Enterprise Gets Papers to Indianapolis in 3:46.

The Chicago Tribune put one over on its contemporaries Tuesday and at the same time accomplished a record breaking trip over the Monon railroad between that city and Indianapolis. In order to get the paper to Indianapolis, where thousands of Chicago people had gone to see the races, a special Monon train was chartered. With a baggage carolled with Trubunes and 100 newsboys in two _ coaches, the special left Chicago at 1:15 Tuesday morning. The train arrived at Indianapolis at 5:01, thus making the trip in*3 hours and 46 minutes. The regular fast trains have a 5 hour schedule. The Tribune special was given a clear track as nearly as possible, but one or two delays caused the train to slow up and from 16 to 20 minutes was lost in this way. But the record establishes a new one for a train between Chicago and Indianapolis. All the newsboys, who were lusty lunged fellows gathered up in dhurry from the streets of Chicago, wore purple badges bearing the name of the Tribune on them and they took Indianapolis by storm. So great was the Monday night crowd that many people were unable to get beds and bad to walk the streets all night. Then thous&ids got up early to get a start for the motor speedway, and when the newsboys started up the streets of the city they met many buyers, but they were unwilling at first to believe that it was the regular edition of the Tribune they were being offered, but were convinced when they read the article that told of the Tribune’s arrangement for the meteoric special.