Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1919 — OLD FREIGHT DEPOT BURNED [ARTICLE]

OLD FREIGHT DEPOT BURNED

At UUyette Thursday Morning, Entailing a Loea of ft 75,000. The old Salem street freight house of the Monon railroad at Lafayette was destroyed by fire Thursday morning, entailing a loss of about $175,000, SIOO,OOO of which was sustained by the Monon Railroad company, $50,000 by the National Fruit Juice Co., which used a large part of the building for a storage warehouse, and $25,000 to other property nearby. The building, which was erected in 18 78, was used for a number of years as a freight and passenger depot and for the general offices of the Monon. A new freight de.pot had been erected at anothew ! location and only the local offices I of the road occupied the building at the time of the fire.