Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1915 — Monon May Put Train On Michigan City Line. [ARTICLE]

Monon May Put Train On Michigan City Line.

It 1b understood that as a result of the efforts being made by residents along the line of the Monon to get the utilities commission to order the re-establishment of the day train on the Michigan City division that the company officials themselves are seriously considering the restoration of the service. They have found out that the traffic of the present passenger train has fallen off very perceptibly and the reason therefore is not hayd to find. If people can not travel one way or the other and find accommodations to get back to their homes they will not travel at all, or if they do travel they will go via machine or team. The economical move by the Monon officials seems to have had just the opposite effect from what was intended, and they are beginning to see their mistake. In this line it is a notable fact that dozens of traveling men are now using small cars in which to get from town to town in their territory instead of patronizing *the railroads as formerly. The loss of time alone outweigh sthe cost of the cars, and it is easy to be seen how traffic can be almost entirely drawn away from a railroad unless some effort is made to accommodate it