Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1910 — PIONEER MONON MAN IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

PIONEER MONON MAN IS DEAD

Lafeyette Citizen Had Served Railroad Company Sixty Years. Lafayette, Ind., June 21. Charles Bloom, the oldest employe of tho Monon railroad, died here after a short illness. He was born in Germany seventy-three years ago and entered the employ of the .Monon sixty years ago as a water boy. Ho wast for many years a conductor and later roadmaster. He was a warm friend of former President W. H. Mr l tool ofthe Monon and was known to every employe of the system.