Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — THE MONON [ARTICLE]

THE MONON

A Railway System that has WQh its Way to Propular Favor by Meritorious Management. It ia with pleasure that the ReTRUD aw makes favorable mention vi llie Monon management editori* ally, because it is justly entitled to a large measure of praise for its successful efforts in meeting the requirements of the public in every detail of transportation- The physical condition of the road has reached a point of excellence that enables it to afford rapid transit with comfort and safety, which .is certainly of first importance in railway travel. Perhaps no system of similiar mileage in the country can make as good w showing in security to life as the Monon, as during the year not a passenger has sustained serious injury and the road has been singularly free from accident. During this period the passenger service has been greatly improved by additional trains and shorter time. The “flyers” put on during the summer which bring the Chicago papers here long before breakfast and Cincinnati and Indianapolis at 9:55 a. m. is an achievement of special note and commendation. Only afew years ago the Tribune train “broke the record” by running from Chicago to Indianapolis in five hours without stops and it was heralded as a remarkable event for fast time. Now the schedule between these two cities is four hours and fifteen minutes,, including several stops. The run from here to Chicago is made in two hours, and five minutes, including several stops, which is a horizontal cut on the schedule of other days, when one was glad to reach the metropolis in three hours alive. There is no finer train service than that of the Monon, its elegant Pullman yestibuled trains making 1 it a positive luxury to travel over # this route. Notwithstanding the splendid showing made by the Monon during the present year in every department of its business, the prospects are bright for still greater advancement and another year will witness improvements bringing it still nearer the ideal of a perfect railway system. The officials of the road are uniformly accomodating and attentive, showing fitness for the positions they hold and making it agreeable to those who have business with them. The Monon has demonstrated the fact that a man may serve the company without being churlish with the public, and everybody is happy over the innovation that permits an individual to ask a question and receive an answer of civility and kindness. Corporations may be heartless but the managers of the Monon are quite the reverse, and we predict ever increasing prosperity if the same wise business policy is continued.