Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1883 — Rail-road Talk. [ARTICLE]

Rail-road Talk.

The Indianapolis Journal is authority for the statement that the American Express Company put messengers on the Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Monday, to stay. They were first put on April 2, but owing to lack of order and regularity in the movements of the trains they were taken off temporarily. A Demon Engine.—No. 92, of the Wabash road, on Ihursday run over atifUtilled two men at Lafayette, making an even twenty whicn have been killed by this locomotive. It would seem about time that this demon of slaughter was consigned, to the scrap heap.—“lnd. Journal.” > The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago people have taken off one of their Sunday trains; the one which formerly passed Rensselaer at 11:6 a. in.’ and 5:47 p. m. The Hon. S. P. Thompson attended a meeting of the directors of the Rochester, Rensselaer, ana St. Louis railway company at Winamac last Thursday. The meeting was for the purpose of electing officers of the company. The former corps ot officers were le-blect-cd. Sunday Trains must not go President Young of the L. N-A and (J., road wisely believes that railroad men ought to be allowed the Sabbath for rest, as well as other people. Be has accordingly ordered the discontinuance of all Sunday trains on his road, both passenger and freight. The passenger train which goes north early Sunday morning, and the one which passes Southward at 10:10 in the evening do not rank a-> Sunday trains, and are not discontinued; Considerably Jolted.— The passenger train which went North through Rensselaer Monday morning, met witn what came near being’ a serious a cident, at Monon. Owing tn sombody's neizlert to turn the swi'ch the ti l aiu did not turn off upon the “Y”, which connects the Main and Air Line branches as it s' ould have done, but, instead, it kept up-u the main lin t and run into th eaiKxse ot the work train which wa-sanding yv t e dfpot. Tie cnbo. ,«>• w»s ju'd. about .demolished. juul the p iss' eng ne was a good deal

damaged. A number of men were pretty badly bruised but luckily no fatal injuries resulted. The passenger engine was too badly damaged to go on with the train, and the work train engine took the train to Chicago, after a delay of about a half hour, The passengers on board the train were considerably shaken up but none of them seriously hurt r