The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
VETERAN OPERATOR
IN CLEVELAND OFFICE
RETIRES ON PENSION
(By Associated Press.)

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 3.-After
serving the New York Central railroad
as a telegrapher for fifty-three years.
during which time he only missed
eight days because of illness, George
X. Ingersoll, was retired on a pension
on his SEVENTEEN birthday. Since he
was II years old, Ingersoll served the
same railway division seven days a
week with a two-week vacation some
years and no vacation at all during
many others.
Mr.. lngersoll first entered the New
York Central service as telegrapher
at gainesville, in 1867. He came to
Cleveland in 1872, after brief inter-
Jude at Geneva, and since then had
served the company at the Union sta
ton as telegrapher, dispatcher and
chief dispatcher for the Cleveland
division.
~ don't know what I'll do now. I've
earned my rest and I'll just loaf around
and decide later how I'll spend my
leisure" Mr.. Ingersoll said.
Employees at the Union station pre-
se1ted him with gold cigar holder
as he put on his coat and hat for the
last time at the station masters
Office.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 3.-Trustees
Of the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
which is owned by the city Of Cincin-
natl, will finance the construction Of
new railroad bridge over the Ohio
river at this point.
The financial details of the construc-
ton of the new bridge have been
placed before the Interstate Commerce
Commission at Washington. as a re-
suit of the application of the Cincin
natl, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Railroad company, lessees of the Gin
cinnati Southern, for sanction, so
, that it may assume the interest and
J sinking fund payments of the neces
sary bond issue. The trustees of the
Cincinnati Southern have agreed to
issue $3.500,000 worth of bonds for
the project.
The railroad proposed to pay an adj
ditional rental for the municipality
owned system equal to five per cent
interest on the bonds and an addition
al one per cent for sinking fund
purposes.
CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. 3-The
Photographers Association Of America
is planning a national photograph
week, according to J. c Abel, Of this
city. general secretary of the associa-
ton. No definite date has been set,
although the week preceding Easter
las been suggested
American people are camera shy"
Mr. Abel said We contend that
every adult in the United States
should be photographed at least once
every five years and that children
should be photographed every year
until the age of fourteen
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 3.-The use Of
tho initiative and referendum in Ohio
and The submission OF a legislative act
~ The people or proposing a bill to
tho general assembly is rendered twice
difficult by the great number Of
voters added to the electorate by the
advent of equal suffrage. Advocates
Of the initiative and referendum are
expected to call attention of the next
general assembly to a demand for re-
vision of the instrument in the Ohio
constitution.
Before two men started to vote, 800
coo signatures were required to submit
a constitutional amendment, but
now POI 900 names are necessary, and
4 the cost would be approximately
$4,000, it is estimated, even is a great
deal of the work were done free.
To use the initiative machinery, the
constitution calls for a petition signed
by 10 per cent of the voters as shown
by the total vote cast for the COVER
norship at the preceding election. At
the November election about 2 0O3 900