Telegraphic Calls circa 1901(Northern Division)

[Robert Wheeler]

The referenced train sheet is in the “Monon Collection” at the INHS.
I just wish we had at last similar access to aTrain Sheet for the Southern Division at that time period.

The Northern Division (North of Shops) Train Sheet dated July 8,1901 had the telegraph calls for all of its stations shown. They were as follows:

Later calls are noted. Also Rick Dreistadt take note of the call for Monon. The dispatchers were located at  Lafayette according to CI&L Employee Timetable #4 in effect at that time.

Chicago to Shops
Hf  - - Chicago
Ma - -55th Street
NS - -State Line
Md - -Hammond
Ru - - Dyer (more recently  “Dy”)
Jn  - - St. John
Ay - - Cedar Lake
Ow - - Lowell
By  - - Shelby
Ws - - Rose Lawn (two words)
FK - - Fair Oaks
Ra - - Rensselaer
Ds - - Monon (more recently “Rn” ALSO Rick Dreistadt take note of this)
A  - - Reynolds
On - - Chalmers
Bs - - Brookston
Sk - - Shops

Michigan City to Monon
Mn - - Michigan City
Hm - - Otis
X   - - Westville
Na - - Alida
Ak - - Haskells
U   - - Wanatah (more recently “W”)
Wa - - So. Wanatah
Sy - - La Crosse (two words)
Di - - Wilders
Jr - - San Pierre
Ny - - Medaryville
F   - - Francesville
Ds - - Monon (more recently "Rn")

Monon to Indianapolis

Ds - - Monon (more recently"Rn")
Mo - - Monticello
De - - Delphi
Ro - - Rossville
Fn - - Frankfort
Kn - - Kirklin
Ne - - Sheridan
Ry - - Westfield
Cm - - Carmel
Bo - - Broad Ripple
Rd - - Belt Junction (more recently“N”)
Un - - Indianapolis

[Ron Marquardt]

Bob, was San Pierre actually spelled "San Pere" in 1901?  That's interesting.  One other thing.  How did the ISHS come by our old dispatcher's sheets.  I didn't know they had any of those.  / Ron

[Steve Dolzall]

Ron, I have checked a 1892 LNA&C map and a 1901 CI&L map. Both identify the location as San Pierre.

[Robert Wheeler]

San PIERRE has been corrected.

As to how the Historical Society came in possession of the train sheet I have no idea and have not inquired of them.

All I know is that it was in the Koffman(sp?)-Monon collection (Now just "Monon Collection"back in the 1980's when I first went thru it. I hand copied most of the data from it then. and revisited Tuesday while waiting for photocopies of some L.N.A.&C. Employee Timetable pages to be copied.

[Rick Dreistadt]

No listing shown for South Hammond.  Was there a yard at So. Ham'd at that time or was it built later?  Or was it just a case of no telegraph operator there at that time?
As for Monon, I believe we have determined the dispatchers were moved to Lafayette in 1900.  Probably just a case of many train sheets printed up before the move in 1900, but an interesting thought nonetheless.
Rick

[Gene Remaly]

One little nit pickin thingie---- check spelling of Rossville

[Robert Wheeler]

Thanks Gene

Proper nouns are hard to spellcheck and my right hand particularly does not always do as told. BUT that excuse will not work here since Rossville is all but three letters on the right hand!

It has been corrected. 
Any others? I'll correct them unless the trainsheet says different.       

[Robert Wheeler]

Dx AKA South Hammond (Built c1905) was first listed on CIL Employee Timetable #8 effective May 1,1904 and 49th and 55th Streets were last listed on the same timetable as the last northern station and terminal for 2nd Class Trains.

Timetable #9 (02/05/05) was the first for Dx to be the northern 2nd Class Terminal and 49th and 55th were not on it.

Puzzlement?
TT#4 in effect at the time of the trainsheet had the following:
49th Street was shown as the Second Class terminal in addition times are shown at 55th Street.

The trainsheet does not have a line for 49th Street but does for 55th Street, Times for Second Class trains are shown on the Chicago line and no entry on the 55th Street line!

The printed line for the date is “_________________________190____” on which:
 â€œMonday July 8th   1" was added likely by J. R. Stemm (3rd trick) or H. E. Riggs (2nd trick). First trick was G. W. Nixon . This would be as Dispatcher Rick speculated it appears that the sheets were printed for several years in advance.

Also, the first listing of dispatchers at Lafayette instead of Monon an Bloomington was Timetable #3 March 31, 1901 a short while  before the TT (#4) in effect for this trainsheet .