Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1950 — Page 21

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By R. K.

kitchen faucet. °

it was contender for the Midwest.” Now it's the first all Diesel- powered Class I railroad in the coun-

try, and its equipment is

shin

fer than the seat of grandpa’'s pants, How Mr. Barriger achieved this change: with a railroad that had been keeping books with nothing but red ink for the preceding 13 years ha the rail industry. right on it sooty ears..

The new Monon presi

ient is a

theorist, putting his ideas into action. Until he took over the Monon he had confined his rail

the financial

with short

roading largely to side of the business, sidetracks into publicity and publie relations in his earlier vears. The Hoosier Line was his first real trip as an execu- - tive, ~ ~ = LOADED with pet theories on financing and public relations, he went on a tour of his rundown rallroad shortly after he took over in 1946. Tramping through the dust in one of his depots, looking more like a passenger without a ticket than a president, he batted down a cobweb with his hand and asked the station agent for a broom. The agent, a little slow after years of rest on the. bankrupt Monon, caught- on to identity of the stranger and quickly of- . fered to sweep the station himself. The Barriger reply .was that no one could stand to live in such dirt if he possibly had time. to clean up, so according to the Barriger philosophy, the sgent must have been overworked, John BRarriger helped clean up that depot, and the others all up and down the Monon Line.

Beats Halloween—

Children’s Museum Shows Tribal Masks

By CARL HENN "MANY a chuckle is heard in the vicinity of Meridian and 30th Sts. these days as visitors—to—the—Children’s Museum catch a sight of a of. modern.

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masks... ——-

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than

are ‘funnier HEIOWEeR

creations

A hard-lookmg mug with a

downdroop mouth seems tn be crosseved with rage; -or maybe frustration. Another sports -a

beak like an eagle and has-a

forehead with more wrinkles than: a dirty shirt. A third, made of shiny tin, has Tound, staring eves, ears large enough to fly with and a mouth that

stretches and down rather than sideways. Then there's the Great Stone Face, expressionless. It displays only slightly more emotion than the average cowboy actor in a movie love scene. ” ” ” BUT COMICAL cal does. When

is as comi

the visitors read the

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World Report

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Boss Barriger Puts Brainload Of Operating Theory fo Practice

When he became president

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The Indianapolis Times

SHULL

PARKING Indiana's rusty old Monon into one of today’s most progressive and colorful railroads took no more effort for John Barriger than fixing a leaky

of the Monon back in 19486,

“the worst railroad in

This down-to-earth cleaning of the .depots the pace for all Mr. Barriger's actions in operating the railroad, and has given the worker pride in their jobs.

set

3S new

un n =

AT 46, when he took over the Monon, Mr. Barriger was a mere baby among rail presi-

dents. But he had a brainload of new ideas on railroad operation- and had been waiting a long time to put them in prac-

tice

He had started hanging around the railroad shops in St. Louis when he was Kneehigh to a driving wheel. His

first job was with the Pennsylvania road when he was 17. Later he had an, opportunity Ivy public relations exIn the Wall Street of railroading, Mr. perhaps saw more miles American railroad viewing tracks from the rear of a train than any other person in the country. This experience was invaluable to him later when he took a post with the Reconstruction Finance Corp. = = un THE MONON the Chicago, and Louisville Railway Co. had its birth in 1847 when enterprising merchants of New Albany and Salem constructed* length of track to give an outlet to Ohio then the main transroute for southern

to ally

work with Lee, nation-

known pert. end Barriger of

its real. name Indianapolis

a short Salem River, portation Indiana. In years little -rafh with other

bridged

the

followed, the nad was connected short lines: until it

Indiana’ from New

that

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1950

John Walker Barriger Il

man with ideas.

CE Thompson demonstrates the Monon cap and sheet music.

She's an Indianapolis Monon belle.

Albany to Michigan City on l.ake Michigan, A second line connects Indianapolis with Chicago.

The” name’ “Monon” is In-

dian,, meaning ‘“swift-run-ning." Geoffge Ade, beloved Hoosier humorist, wrote:

The traveler who wishes to Indiana must go riding on the Monon... The Monon pathway is by open prairies and

see

deep-woodland,-across- the Kans...

and Tippecanoe and up to the gates of cities, and through the shades of college towns. It.links the Ohio with the Grand Calumet and lays a

kakee ‘Wabash, important

miet quiet

friendly hand on factories fields and quarries. ... » n ” RUT MUCH of the Monon's

financial history has heen writ ten with red ink, and the line was in receivership for 13 years

Tired of looking in the mirgor? Visit the Children's Museum, 3010 N. Meridian St., and see what might have happened to you.

the explanatory text beside the masks, things suddenly are not so (funny any more. Unlike

masks, the gi

for their

“clvilized” otesque

features have reason existence of the south and southwest, these masks are the abode of powerful spirits. ¥They are necessary to the Indian society and civilization, just as they have been necessary to primitive peoples

To American Indians

since recorded his tory began, and. probably before. Even today, the medicine

man dons his mask and goes through appropriate ceremonies in order to cure diseases, bring rain, send game into the hunter's path or chase evil spirits,

n » =" IN MEXICO, masking and mummary is mingled with religion so greatly that many religfous practices they would mystify worshipers in the United States.

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“symbotie™

“for a Sas Lo f

and

and eight mon

Barriger's reign. that the fault’ of former oper-

ators. “They

of self-starvat

ths

ion,”

be to cut expenses.

reached this discontinued

Mr. Barriger set to work on. beaver He

his. new child tackling a red

than 2000 employees on the line, and has made it his duty ‘to gladhand and call them by name. “Public relations is good eorporate manners translated by the individual -in his consideration for the fee gs and problems of others, within and without the company,” Mr. Barriger sald. “Good manners must start from the top down, and

goal

rvice

wlhie

like "a

wood

Even Evil Spi irits F rightened

- False Faces Still

Used in Ceremony

Color of

Each

the compass.’ north, . from STOrnTR hae To! clear

len:

the ising

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in; a religious. .s sH-tRe Gelder

masks made of wood. ar “were worn

Black

ence

nal

ENSE,

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he “Their highest goal seemed

tree. ‘hag made an effort-to acquaint: himself with each of the

the like |

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by actors ir in: order to conceal indi identities. The mask carved in cl; express sorrow, laughter, and and wer Pe wher emotions were called 3 i - In the “fing centuries ago tom for high-bol mask when they public c0 their font ‘ might be concealed. Bl for the same purpose, } high-born af 1} were great ones Yr tete-a-tete appoint: t

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high-born ge

The practice has not die

entirely ‘to this the mask no ered necessary,

eman,

day,

before Mr, He considered

had practiced a policy said. fo They they

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tone

must be an example other, Railroads are rugged, with little inclination for niceties, Politeness {is sometimes misunderstood for timid-

everyone to the

ity. This, I have tried to change.” t - # ~ ~ BUT, MORE than good man-

ners was needed to make the Monon run, more than anything else, was needed

Teamwork, «in. the early : reign to get. the Monon Through his wisdom in

riger

started

working with men, John Barriger got that necessary teamwork. In the summer of 1947, just a little more than a year

after he took the maid throttle, the Hoosier line was sporting a new Diesel - powered passenger train, ‘The Hoosier.” Dedication of the train also was the occasion of tha road's. 100th anniversary. :

Canine Heaven—

days of the Bar-_.

nb mE 0The Hoosier,"

A/In

The LIFELINE of INDIANA

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The rest of the story of how John Barriger developed the Monon from a steam boilers into the railroad of today many times in It’s true that his busine men wrought a miracle H1-mile Indiana railroad. his unique approach to relations has helped bridge the gap between failure and su Cess,

line of antique modern has been told recent months. i$ acu for the But public

~ ~ = WHEN it comes to gimmicks John Barriger has more new curios than a post; and all of them are aimed at selling transportation to the people of Indiana. One of the first things come along with .the “new Monon in 1946 was the Monon : cap, which is recognized everywhere in the state. It's a white engineer's cap, with “Monon The Hoosier Line” emblazoned across it in brilliant red... Up and gown the: Monon, Mr. Barriger. passes out the caps and captivates. peoples’ imagination, When other companies were sending out liquor plated cigaret lighter: mas © gifts, Mr. Bs two-pound bags of corn ground at Spring” Mill Park. This also was a step in ‘his grand campaign to make the

Navajo trading

{fo

or chromeas Christ

rer

sent

words “Hoosier” and Monon” synonymous. ’ » ~ & WHEN HOOSIERS learned

that the Monon timetables were

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‘New’ Monon Is 500-Mile-Long Railroad Laboratory

NT and joy of the Monon,

dependable, and that the new tracks would not derail the trains, they started patronizing the home state rallroad. And they noticed the new historical sits markers along the right-of-way, Mr. Barriger thought it would be good for Hoosiers to get a dose of state history while passing time on the trains. Outstanding among the markers is the one at Deer Creek near Delphi. It reads: “James Whitcomb Riley's Deer

Crick.” The “crick” 1s Rilevese. When the Monon held fits Centennial in 1947, Mr. Barri-

ger had-his first opportunity to fire both barrels of his publicity guns. He had .10 songs especially written for the occasion, all referring to life in Indiana and on the Monon. This music has published in sheet music and orchestral arrangeand has been recorded. The Monon’s No. 1 man personally that it is played wherever he goes. An annual event on the Monon is the production of a color film, showing the raflroad’'s progress. This year's epic, complete with new original Monon music and choral background, premiered in the Purdue University Music Hall at Lafayette last Sunday. ay = ONE PUBLICITY story which has been published throughout the ‘country came as

been ments,

sees

was

paperman, During a press conference shortly after he took over the Monon, Mr, . Barriger announced -that-in order--to tabulating the cars on the Monon, he would start numbering the

plify . bookkeeping and

box cars with “1.” The reporter misquoted him as saving he would number’

ALL of the cars “1” bookkeeping:

to simplify

The story apread through newspapers all over the country and ‘Mr. Barriger's competitors predicted an early

visit, they had a

a result of an error by a Chicago news-

entering Chicago.

mental derailment for the young Monon president. Mr, Barriger explained the matter, but the idea of a boxcar numbered ‘‘1” appealed to the publie fancy. Today Monon box car No. 1 has received more fan mall than any other box car in the country. Wherever it goes on its journeys from coast to coast, loyal fans quickly write to Mr. Jarriger and relate its latest movements, Because of “1's” fame, shippers make special requests to have their goods transported in that car, and some have even offered bonuses to be able to use the car with the low digit. = # n RECENTLY, when a delegation of foreign railroaders came to this. country to study our lines, they were overwhelmed by the wealth of knowledge to be gained from the various railroads. But it is Indiana's Monon that clings in their mem ores. Mr... Barriger enlivened the technical survey of his line with a visit to the Monroe County Fair ‘at Ellettsville, and spiced his talks to the visitors with tidbits of Hoosier lore. When the foreigners had finished their fair knowiedge of what makes the Monon tick, and an excellent education in Indiana folk history, ret. CURRENTLY, Mr. Barriger resides in Winnetka, Ill, a village along the shore of Lake Michigan north of Chicago, with his mother, wife and youngest son, Stanley. His other son, John Walker Barriger IV, {is currently employed by the Santa Fe railroad. MF. Barriger also has two daughters, both studyfng away from home. A most ‘interesting thing about this fireball” rail president who has been s0 energetically selling Indiana and the Monon to the world is that he is Texas born. Native Hoosiers should hang their heads in shame, hut keep one ear cocked t6 his latest lesson in Hooaierana. A

Blueblooded Dachshunds Cared for Like Kings

Radiant Heat, Electric Kitchen, Modern

Hospital Provided Aristocrats of Dogdom CLIFFOKD THURMAN little .cove on Eag from Zionsville, there's a dog heaven. “But the dogs. there are not dead; are the aristocrats of the canine world and they lot better than some-peopie: form rive or-Chilat Vania, XL

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IN: A PRETTY

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for a Hoosier estate and invested another $50,000 or so to reach the epitome in dogdom. Mrs. Leiner, who raises -longhaired dachshunds and . has five champions: in her kennels, in business for keeps in Indiana. “She ‘expects to . make Elbow Bend Rannels the forést. in the nation and ghe’s to a right start, a ” 5 CERTAINLY ‘the most modern kennels in Indiana and ossibly the best in the United States, can be found on the Hy slopes—above Eagle Creek, Mrs. Leiner says she picked Indiana for her Kennel site be- ’ cause of jts central location and facilities for shipping dogs.

throughout the country. She saves he doesn't like to ship thoroughbred dogs by exhave no op-

press because they portunity for exercise. and are not properly fed. For this reason, she has made three trips” to California in her" station wagon since Sept. 1 to

"bring her long-haired Dachshunds to Hoosierland. “No ;dog"” she explains, “should be in transit more than a day. It is not good for them.” Consequently, Indiana. She can ship her blue-hlooded animals "to almost any point In the United States from’ Zionsville' without long lay-overs Spe couldn’t do it in California.

” » » ELBOW BEND KENNELS represents years - of scientific study “in the: production of ;Anorgugtibres, dogs,

worrying about and # transfers,

le Creek,

not even

grigs

Jennels,. ton

: \cret Bioc kK and steel, are ‘bull? better than many houses, = Radiant . heat,

supplied from two large boilers and copper: piping, lLeeps the kennels at .a constant tempera ture. Sa There is an all-electric en . for preparing dog which includes an electric stove, electric boilers large sink and a nieat cutting blo k. All uten-

kitch-

food

#ils ‘and dishes in the kitchen are of stainless steel.. There is a modern electric washer Elbow Bend. Kennels has a modern dog hospital. It ¢tonsistg «of an ultra modern operating room, maternity rooms and accommodations for convalescents. The hospital unit includes a modern © electric sterilizer and faciljties for putting ailing dogs to sleep. Each room in the large kennel connects with an outside run, or:yard. Dogs are taught at a few months of age to operate automatic doors if they desire to take a hit of outside exercise, » n » IF. THEY prefer, the dogs may stay inside in radiant

heated raoms. Each room has a stainless steel bed along with stainless food and water dishes. They are cleaned and ster{lized daily. Also on the estate are fenced runs for all types of dogs, even a large wooded tract where hunting dogs may be trained. Mrs. Leiner specializes in long-haired dachshunds but she expects to hoard and train show dogs of all varieties when FElbow Rend Kennels are in full operation.

not far

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_At Elbow Bend Kennels on Eagle Creek Estate

Mrs. Jane Leiner, owner of Elbow Bend Kennels, holds Babe O-Link, 4-week-old long haired dachshund. ;