Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1912 — Running of Pay Car Discloses Graft on Monon. [ARTICLE]

Running of Pay Car Discloses Graft on Monon.

Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 21.—For the first time in more than twenty-five years the Monon railroad ran a pay car over its road today, and the car was in charge of men from the operating department. It is reported tonight at the main offices here that a general investigation will be made of the men In charge in some of the departments. It is asserted that linemen who have been dead for some time were found on the pay roll of the Michigan City and Airline division, and that three deceased employes of the company were found drawing their monthly stipend on the Lafayette division. President Fairfax Harrison and other officials accompanied the pay car over the system, and the' party will reach New Albany tomorrow. For many years the Monon has been paying py check and not until Monday was it given out that a pay car would be sent out. . ‘ The sending of the car also brought to the knowledge of the officials the amount of business the loan sharks were doing with the employes of the company. There is a rumor here tonight that as the result of the trip of the pay car there will be several changes in the heads, of departments on the Monon. The car was In charge of men from the auditing department in Chicago, and each employe had to come to the car and sign for his check and prove that he' was an employe of the railroad company before it was handed to him.