Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — Improving The Monon. [ARTICLE]

Improving The Monon.

President Breyfogle, of the Monon says that since July 1, with 3,800 men employed, 500,000 new ties have been put into the ground, 6,000 tons of new steel rails, heavy weight, laid down; every bridge either repaired or replaced by a hew one, all 1331 tracks lengthened, new turn tables put in, 10,000 car loads of ballast spread, sixteen new engines, capable of hauling the heaviest- trains, 525 new freight cars put on. This work, this material and this additional equipment has been paid for. The expenditure exceeds $1,000,000.