Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1911 — NOW IN THE NEW DEPOT. [ARTICLE]

NOW IN THE NEW DEPOT.

First Train Stopped at New Station Sunday Morning—Best Depot On the Monon. Station Agent Beam finished moving the few necessary belongings of his office Sunday morning into the handsome new depot two blocks west of the old station, and the 10:05 a. m. train to Chicago was the first train to stop at the new location.

The new station is the best and most modern depot on the Monon, with the possible exception of that at Lafayette, and presents a very pretty appearance when lighted up at night by the numerous electric lights hung about the exterior and from the ceHings inside. There were many visitors to the new station Sunday, Agent Bean} holding a v practically all day reception, and in the evening when the “Hoosier Limited” came rolling in the waiting room and platform outside was packed with people. Both passengers and trainmen were attracted by the new station, and everybody on the trains craned their necks and no doubt had a much better opinion of Rensselaer than heretofore, when the old dingy frame station gave no indication of the splendid little city we have:

The new station is steam heated, has general waiting room, both ladies and gents toilet rooms, and is the best and most up-to-date station on the Monon today. The thanks of our people for this fine new depot are perhaps more due to H. R. Kurrie, attorney for the road, whose home is here, than to any other' source, and while some do not like the removal from the old location, we believe Rensselaer" people generally were more interested in having a new depot than in any particular location for it. and a vote of thanks to Mr. Kurrie for his successful efforts is 'hereby extended by The Democrat in behalf of the city.