Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — New Trains Are Steam, Not Motor. [ARTICLE]

New Trains Are Steam, Not Motor.

The new passenger trains on the LaCross division of the C. & E. 1., started Friday, but are not motor trains, as reported they would be. The Goodland Herald says that motor trains may be put on later. The south bound train leaves LaCross at 7 a. m., and arrives in Goodland about 10 a. m. Returning train leaves Goodland shortly after 2 p. m., and reaches Fair Oaks in time to make connections with the Monon’s afternoon train that passes Fair Oaks at 3:54 p. m. The trains will make it very convenient for Rensselaer people to vis'it Goodland and return home the same day, as they can go to Fair Oaks on the milk train at 7:35 a. m„ and there connect with the new train, have over four hours in Goodland and get home on the milk train again at 6:02 p. m. However, for convenience of the north-end people who want to come to Rensselaer, we fail to see how they are benefitted very much. Of course they can come down to Fair Oaks and there connect with the Monon train reaching here at 11:20 a. m., but they cannot make connections at Fair Oaks in the afternoon to get, back home. People along the Three-1 have tfhe same facilities for reaching the county seat and can also get home in the afternoon.

The east bound morning train on the Three-I does not carry mail, and therefore the new trains afford no bet ter mail facilities for Wheatfield or other towns along the LaCross line than they now enjoy. Mail for towns east on the Three-I sent out of Rensselaer in the morning does not reach its destination until evening. It seem s to us that an effort should be madq to have mail carried on the east bound morning train on the Three-I which would certainly be very much appreciated by Rensselaer people and the people along that line.