Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1936 — Page 25

- AT92M. P. H.

Streamlined Rail - Creation ~ Sent on 200-Mile "Test Run

Central System's new train, the Mercury, Sheff, Benton

rformance, ordered a return Indianapolis immediately. train left the Union ‘Station at this morning for the 200-mile run. wWEpa

Ne per reporters and phoaphers were - passengers on the _seyen-car, light steel train, which

and interior and exterior body by . Henry Dreyfuss, industrial designer. . . The cars, lighter than standard equipment, weigh 438 tons, They seat 200 persons. Observation Platform Enclosed Built “turtle-back,” the windows and doors of the cars are flush with _ the walls, Decorations are homey, and the old style baggage rack, that swung perilously above passengers threatening them with a deluge of grips, have been utilized as a part of the lighting system. Two-by-two seating is banned for a hospitable group seating. The observation platform has been enclosed in glass. The dining car has been transformed in banquet fashion with passengers seated with backs to windows. Doors operate by push buttons and “electric eye.” Individual Reading Lamps Interior decorations in brown, rust, tans, and green predominate. Lounge rooms are equipped with double rotating chairs. The lighting system comes from a broad band running coach-length in addition to individual reading lamps. Jars and jerks are minimized by the employment of rubber buffers | between cars. The train moves or stops as a unit. Cork flooring insulates walls and ceilings of cars against dampness and noise. : Axles of the cars were built in the Big Four shops at Beech Grove. Wheels are equipped with ball bearings. ; Air Conditioning Used Air-conditioning, vapor heating— with - thermostatic control—is employed. Locomotive and cars have been painted dark gray with a silver window trimming. The locomotive, 91 feet long, has hidden flood lights to illuminate it at night. Smoke and gases are lifted above the train by a special “contraption.” The train’s schedule, between Cleveland and Detroit, is to be a “mile-a-minute.”

WORK IS STARTED ON HARBOR PROJECT

Engineers Widening Entrance Gap at Michigan City. Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June 19. —U. S. Lighthouse Service engineers have started preliminary work of Mich City’s $80,000 harbor ime provement project. Widening of the entrance gap is the first step. A bridge over the gap is being dismantled. Ultimately the improvement program will give the city a modern and deepened harbor.

‘GETS HARVARD DEGREE

Charles Feibleman Is to Continue Law Study.

Charles B. Feibleman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Feibleman, 3283 Ruckle-st, was awarded the bachelor of art degree at the Harvard University graduation exercises yesterday. Mr. Feibleman was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and won magna cum laude honors in economics. He was president of the Indiana Society at Harvard. He is to continue his studies at the Harvard law school.

“VACATION SCHOOL ENDS

Final Exercises Scheduled at Centenary Church: Tonight.

Closing exercises of the Centenary Christian Church vacation school are to be held at 7:45 tonight at the church, 11th and Oxford-sts. Craft ~ work done in the school department is to be displayed. The enrollment includes 150 pupils with 28 faculty members. John Irvine is chairman of the committee on’ Christian Education, and Mrs, James McMath, school director.

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The latest in railroad locomotive designing, the New York Central's speedy, stream-lined Mercury, is shown above as it was poised on the tracks at

the Beech Grove shops today.

SAFETY CLASS IS HELD

Instructions Given 750 WPA Truck Drivers by Officials.

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+" | works should be displayed in a _{ manner to provide absolute safety.

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tornado ‘the whistling cyclone are banned.

«by Henry Dreyfuss, the train was con-. ted at the Big Four shops at Beech Grove and: was taken out today for a. test run. The Mercury - will be placed in. service between Cleveland troit on a mile-a-minute schedule. =

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