Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1907 — Moving 28,006 Tons. [ARTICLE]

Moving 28,006 Tons.

The C. & E. I. railroad is moving a mountain of coal which has been stored at Momence the past year. There are 28,000 tons in the pile which is nearly a half mile long, 16 feet wide at the top and 40 feet at the bottom.