Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — MONON MAY REDUCE NUMBER OF TRAINS [ARTICLE]

MONON MAY REDUCE NUMBER OF TRAINS

Rumored at Lafayette That Passenger Trains Are to Be Combined From Monon to Chicago. A persistent rumor at Lafayette 4a to the effect that the Monon route will indulge in considerable curtailment in its passenger service in the near future, and in all probability a new schedule will go into effect Sunday, May 24th. ffhe plan, as rumored, is to go back to the old plan of combining the Louisville and Indianapolis trains at Monon, and running them singly hereafter. This will mean that trains Nos. 37 and 38 will be taken off at Monon and there will be only one northbound afternoon train and only one southbound morning train. This plan, if adopted, will be In extenuation otf the curtailment recently made at the shops in Lafayette* and the passenger train crews thus saved will be sent to freight service and the freight crews demoted as neeessary to complete the reduction.