Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1911 — Please Partea Oar Airs; We Are In the New Depot. [ARTICLE]

Please Partea Oar Airs; We Are In the New Depot.

We will admit that we are a little .swelled up. And why not? Bless you. it is the first time in the lives of most of ns that we have ever moved into a brand new depot Agent Beam got word Sunday morning to move into the new depot and he got a move on himself, for none of us were nearly so anxious as he to get into it He called his son Den and a wheelbarrow into service and it*

only took a couple of loads to get everything there was to move, for this new depot is fully supplied with everything new. No. 32, north bound at 10:05, was the first train to stop at the new station. The news soon became circulated about town and during the day half the population visited the station and part of them spent most of the day there. Well, it is a dandy station. Travelers on the trains strain their nec-s to see it and when the conductor called for Rensselaer passengers in the future won’t say. “My, what a dirty looking little hple.” The old shack of a depot has been sold, to Babcock & Hopkins, who are said to have paid <BO for it. They will move it over near the elevator and use it for a machine shed. We are not only proud of the station, but proud to realize that the olficials of the road have been fair enough to give us a building fully comensurate with our needs and a very creditable building In every way. The depot is a beauty and should be seen to be fully appreciated.