The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
AbOUT INDIANA
AND ITS PLEASANT PEOPLE AND
 ENTERPRIsING CITIES.
The Greatest Interurban System tn United States--Tndianap0lis Has Hourly Trains t0 Almost Every
 Important Place fin state.


 . mittee of the National Editorial Asso- citation. It is usual with all such meetings for the members to transact the business in hand and quietly re- c turn to their homes. This particular meeting. however, was so much out of the ordinary as to be worthy of special
 It is a matter of general agreement that the Resolutions Committee ap- pointed by the committee hit the situa- after mature deliberations: "The en- Joyable and profitable visit and hospi- table entertainment enjoyed in Indiana and Indianapolis in February. 1905, and fellowship experienced on every hand during our stay in the Hoosier State and city, will finger forever in our memory"
 There. were many incidents. of a memorable character connected with that meeting of which something must be said In passing. But, first,
 The Matter in Hand.
 It was in the spacious lobby Of the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis that the members of the Executive committee gathered. From the four corners of the. nation came they, representing in their persons the inestimable force of the freest and most enlightened press on earth. their particular mission on that day to do the bidding of the asso- ciation in concluding the plans for the coming national meeting at Guthrie,
 After informal greetings a social meeting was held in the ordinary of the Grand Hotel Here the members l greeted and bidden welcome to the city by the Hon. John W. Hoitzman, mayor of Indianapolis. whose cordial address of the visitors by Major W. W. Screws. President of the National Editorial As- sociation. Following these initial amenities, the visitors were escorted to 1 trolley cars by the .obllging members l of the local Committee on Arrange ments and a comprehensive trolley tour of the beautiful city was made. termi- hating at the Statehouse. where the party was given fitting welcome on be- half of the State of Indiana MT. Union Banner Hunt, Private Secretary to Governor J. Frank Hanly, speaking for the chief executive, who. unhappily. was confined in his room by Illness. A visit was then made to both the Sens the Indiana General Assembly, where the working methods of the busy Hoosier legislators were observed for 8 time with much interest and no small degree of edification
 Down to Business.
 At 1:30 p. m. the business session of the committee was called to order President Screws yielding the gavel. Secretary J. W. Cockrum called the roll, to which response was made by |
 corrresponding rreslssRs MssSr ssSretaTy " 4 FS Ash brook; Recording secrPtary. J ": pTssP aerpers: IFvn stsai sasi President, P. V. Collins; honorary life members, James G. Gibbs, Ohio: R. M. White. Missouri. xecutiye Commit Ala; c. D. Wood, Colorado Springs, Col: VIII Curtiss, Kewana, H.; w. L.. Jones, Lebanon; H.; Mrs; Rose l. Col % estur, g GasO ind.; viii f E. Beeson, Winchester, Ind; W. s. Montgomery. Greenfield, ind; W. $, Chambers, New Castle. Ind: A. " Glessner: Galepa' Mi; Inn "; S,,r, F: ner. la; W s. McGarrah, Manhattan. Kan: J. E. Junkin. Sterling. Kan: John Dymond. New Orleans. La;i e F; F. Chandler, Palmer, Mass; w. R. Hodges, Sleepy Eye, Mlnn.i James H. Duke, sooobas Missii "; Ncnh R. Fainter Painter Neb.; George c. Fairbanks. Natiek. Mass; H. J. Knapp, Auburn. N r.; Wm. M. Miller, pringheld( O.: Carl oy 4 J'etssePi 'eedSssScion, o. C E Bryan S D. Lo6 @9- don, O.; F. c. Prouty, Fallis, Okla; R. D. Dowdell, Artesia, 8; D.. W. J, Buie, Waxahatchie. Tex; w. A Johnson It was voted that the Guthrie meet ing be held June 6, and 5 next. Ar T ant trips after adjournment of the Guthrie meeting over Oklahoma and Indian Territories and to the Pacific 0ifR' GR the evening the visitors attended | a theater party as guests of the 1ndt- anapolis newspapers and printers sup ty t' was royalty entertained at the pa latial ElkS' Club room as guests Of In- dianapolis Lodge No. IS (save the dianapoiis Lodge Nc; lSI -i F. F. o' E'
 On wednesday, the day following, the visitors were entertained h most negotiable fashion in the thriving in the wonderful Natural Gas Belt of ss1aay y.n,tsY TSs 5slSz f[Ip fEs Hss made sss pSssibie through the courtesy of the indiana Union Traction Company Two splendid cars were placed at the lparty's disposal and before the return to Indianapolis in the evening 200 miles had been covered without leaving the Hines of thls one company. Hon. Ar thur Brady, President of the Indiana Union Traction Company, and MT; Transportation. accompanied the edito- rial party and in every way possible provided for the comfort and safe con- lduct of their guests.
 Wonderful Trolley System.
 Before passing to other things, word concerning this same Indiana Union Traction Company and It's road land equipment is but fitting, as 1t is literally the main spoke" in the great Isystem of interburban railway commit lnIcation which has sprung up as by , magic in Indiana in the past few years and which comprises today the greatest system of trolley lines in the world lconverging at Indianapolis in a ten- story Terminal Station which has no rival anywhere.
 The principal offices are in Anderson, lind, It operates substantially 26O miles lof street and interurban railroad, PIC lmiles of which are interurban road and lhfty miles of street railroad Its tn- terurban lines extend from 1ndianapo- Irion, from Alexandria to Tipton, from Indianapolis, by way of Noblesville and lTipton, to Kokomo, from kokomo to Peru, and from Kokomo to Logansprt Its city lines are at Anderson, Muncier , Marion, Jonesboro, Gas City, AleXan- ,dria and Elwood. All lines are operated lby the three phase" system from a central power plant located at Ander- son. This power plant contains hve g. 900 horsepower Rice & Sargent com pound condensing steam engines, di- lof lOO0- -kilowatt generators From lthis power plant electricity is trans Imitted at a voltage of from 15.000 to sO. 900 volts, alternating current, to fif- teen sub stations, located at different points on the system. At these sub istations the voltage is reduced by step- down transformers, and by means Of rotary conVerters the current Is con ,verted from alternating into direct cur rent. in which form it is utilized for the running of the cars.
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