Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1915 — Monon Shops at Lafayette Resume After Six Weeks. [ARTICLE]

Monon Shops at Lafayette Resume After Six Weeks.

The Monon shops at Lafayette resumed work this 'Monday morning after an enforced idleness of six week®. President Kurrie, of the Monon, in ordering that the Shops be reopened, stipulated that no new hands should be employed but that all the old one® should be put back to work. An appropriation off $26,000 was, made to run the drops during the month of March. About 600 men were expected to go to work and their employment was expected to greatly relieve the .business depression that has existed in Lafayette for some time. ’ J