Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1919 — OPEN BRIDGE SATURDAY NIGHT [ARTICLE]

OPEN BRIDGE SATURDAY NIGHT

For Traffic Again on Main Line of the Monon Railroad. Because of the Immense freight traffic over the Monon ' and the added expense and difficulty of detouring trains via San Pierre, the original plan of putting in* a® entire new bridge at Water Valley was abandoned and the old bridge put back in place with some new piling added and opened for traffic Saturday evening, the 6:50 northbound train being the first to cross since the bridge was taken out, Thursday afternoon, to allow the big dredge to pass through. The resumption of through traf--110 was certainly welcomed in Rensselaer, where freight, express and mail service was “shot to pieces” Friday and Saturday.