Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1878 — Meeting of the Directors of the I., D & C. R. R. [ARTICLE]

Meeting of the Directors of the I., D & C. R. R.

The Directors of the 1., D. <fc C, Railroad meet in this city December 21st. The board instructed the Executive Committee to prepare the bonds and mortgages, so the bonds, per contract, may be delivered to the contractors when the road is completed. President Lee informed the Board that active work must be begun at once to put the local aid in shape and increase it where deficient, between Delphi and Bradford, as the contractors desire to begin work early in the spring at each point, with the expectation of meeting at Monticello in ninety days from the time of beginning.—Delphi Times. At a meeting of Prairie Lodge No. 125, F. & A. M., held at the Lodge Hail last Thursday evening, the following officers were duly installed: J. H. Loughridge, W. M; S. P. Howard, S. W; H. VV. Wood, J. W; Ralph Fendig, Tr; C. H. Price, Seq,

The Indianapolis Sentinel of the 3rd says: We had the pleasure of a brief interview last evening with John Lee, Esq., president of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad. The work O® thi*ro»d is steadily progressing. the grading from Bradford, in White county, towards Rensselaer, county seat of Jasper county, is completed for 16 miles, aud Rensselaer will be reached by the 25th Inst. The iron rails are laid already for one-half the distance, and a construction train is already on the track. Mr. Lee speaks encouragingly of the enterprise, which he is vigorously pushing forward, A. Leopold respectfully requests those having accounts at bis estab lishment to call and settle, and thus enable him to square his books with the new year.