Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — FREIGHT YARDS FOR INDIANA [ARTICLE]

FREIGHT YARDS FOR INDIANA

Statement That Gibson Is to Be Used by New York Central, Hammond, Ind., Aug. 3.—Freight transfer yards in Chicago for each of the railroads embraced In the New York Central system will be abandoned as such, and a clearing house for general freight transfer for the New York Central lines will be established across the Indiana state line at Gibson, a suburb of Hammond, according to a statement made public here. This information was credited to C. W. Hotchkiss, president of the Indiana Harbor Belt railway and closely allied with the New York Central interests. Officials of the New York Central were in Hammond and were said to have disposed of some of the preliminaries. Another party of Michigan Central and Big Four officers also were at the site of the new yards.