Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1916 — Monon’s Annual Report Shows Big Increase. [ARTICLE]

Monon’s Annual Report Shows Big Increase.

The Monon’s apnuial report will show a gross increase of $1,150,000. Last May was the best month in the company’s history, last October being second best. October is usually the heaviest month of the year, the other three best months (being July, August and September. Business is of the same general character as in peace times, the principal increase being in grain and mil 1 ! products. The annual report will show fully $900,000 net and could show SIOO,OOO more if it were not for the increased depreciation and an unexpended balance for replacement. The year’s operating ration was around 65, against 71.31 the previous year. Monon stockholders will vote 'September 20th, in Hammond on the (proposed purchase by the Indianapolis ie Louisville railroad, of the Indiana Stone railroad and the Chicago and Wabash Volley.

Mrs. F. D. Burdhard and daughter, Winifred, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilf Jones at Redkey, Ind., will return (home the last of this week accompanied by Mr. Burohard, who went there Last Saturday. Weber and Bdrdsell wagons for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. John Switzer and Ernest Florence, of Barkley township, left Monday on a motorcycle trip to Yellowstone National Park. They expect to be gone at least a month and may remain aonsideralbly Longer. A card 1 from them mailed at Aurora, HI., stated that they expected to reach the Mississippi river today. We have a fine line of buggies and carriages.—Hamilton & Kellner. J. J. Montgomery left Monday afternoon for Kankakee, 111., to attend the Illinois firemen's convention and 6uting, which lasts until Thursday evening. It is an annual event and aLmaSt every fire company in the state is represented. Exhibition fire runs, wall scaling, hose coupling, etc., will make up the entertainment. Buy your threshing coal of Hamilton & Kellner.

The Sun Brothers Circus is to exhibit at Whoatfield Saturday, August 12. * This 'is one of the largest railroad circuses and menageries and this is the first time in its history that Wheatfield has ever had a real circus to exhibit there. It is more by chance than anything else that the circus is bo exhibit there. The circus had an off date and coming on the last day of the week they decided to exhibit at Wheatfield. From there they go to Goodland. The circus train consists of thirty-two cars, which is as large as the average circus contains. The citizens of Wheatfield are making great preparation for the visit of the circus and an immense crowd is expected, from not only the north end of the county but from the towns in many other nearby counties. 'The trains run just right on both reads passing through Wheatfield for passengers to take in the show and get home the same day and this fact is expected to swell the crowd. The merchants there are making ibig preparations for that day and eqjpect to see the largest crowd the town ever contained.