Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1915 — Monon Increases Hours. [ARTICLE]

Monon Increases Hours.

The 600 men employes in the Monon shops at Lafayette have received word from President Kurrie that the working hours in the shops would be increased from 40 to 45 hours a week. The Monon is now doing a large freight and passenger business and the officials say that the time of retrenchment has passed. The travel between Chicago and French Lick so heavy that some of the trains are being run in two sections.