Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1915 — DEPOT PUT UP IN COACHES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEPOT PUT UP IN COACHES

Odd Arrangement Made Use of in Emergency by a Railroad In Indiana. After a railroad station at Michigan City, Ind., had been destroyed by fire, leaving the companies which had occupied It without facilities for handling their local business, a number of passenger coaches were set out on an adjacent siding and converted into a complete depot These served adequately to house the ticket, telegraph, and baggage offices and also provided comfortable waiting rooms for the patrons. The locations of the various offices were Indicated by overhead

signs extended from the car platforms, while the customary bulletin board announcing the time of arrival and departure of different trains was attached on one side of the car which served as a ticket office. —Popular Mechanics.

An Improvised Railway Depot at Michigan City, Ind.