Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1902 — About Reported Change of Monon. [ARTICLE]

About Reported Change of Monon.

New York,'’May 7.-Notwithstand-ing denials that have been made, that there is a movement on foot to oombine the interests of the the Louisville and Nashville and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville railroads, the Herald declares that, from a source of high authority, it has learned negotiations for the consolidation or these roads are pending and that a definite statement of the detailed plan will be forthcoming at no distant date President McDoel of the Monon, who denied on Monday that his road would be oontroled by the Louisville and Nashville, at the same time admitted that it would be for the mutual benefit of both roads if they were operated in harmony, * Under such an'arrangement the Louisville and Nashville would have a direct inlet to Chicago and a new system, with almost a direct line from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, would be established. with about 5,000 miles of track.