Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — New Coal Chutes at Monon Will Save $900 at Least a Month. [ARTICLE]

New Coal Chutes at Monon Will Save $900 at Least a Month.

The new coal chutes in process of building in the west yards at M<ion,» near the freight depot, will, ’ when .completed, enable locomotives to take coal in half the time now required, with a saving of S9OO a month in the, operating expense. An excavation to the depth of 23 feet is being made to accommodate machinery which will be beneath the surface. The solid rock has been encountered at a depth of 18 feet which.mmst-be-removed-by-blasti ng. The Oglesby Construetioir Company has the contract for installing the plant, whicli is known as the Oglesby system, and about three months will elapse before the work is completed. Monon is an important coaling station and the > improved equipment will be bf great advantagetfc the road.—Monticello Journal.