Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1898 — Affairs of the Monon. [ARTICLE]

Affairs of the Monon.

The Monon was damaged very little by the recent flood and its business was not interfered with to any great extent. The road is anticipating a very heavy summer excursion business,.particularly at Cedar Lake and for that reason have been running its equipment through the shops and getting everything ready for the opening. All excursion cars will be made as good as new, repainted, refurnished and thoroughly cleaned ventilated. There’ll be no more complaints about them. In Tegular passage service the coaches are getting a general overhauling. The lowbacked seats will be taken out, and replaced with high-backed seats of the finest modern make. Freight equipment is in good shape, and in about six weeks the road will get five new freight engines. They will each weigh 178,000 pounds, without the tender, and will carry 200 pounds of steam, they will be used mostly on the south end of the road.