Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1910 — Purtelle In Town Today- Says Interurban Will Be Built. [ARTICLE]

Purtelle In Town TodaySays Interurban Will Be Built.

Eugene Purtelle, president of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., which is to build an interurban road through Rensselaer, is in the city to* day. He says that notwithstanding the attack of the Hammond Times which he says is the mouthpiece of a rival railroad, the road is progressing nicely and i« certain to be built. He says that the right-of-way between Hammond and Lowell has nearly all been secured. The right-of-way from Dyer to Chicago Heights has all been secured with the exception of one-fourth mile. The work of construction on this brapch has been under way for some weeks. Nearly ail the grading is completed and the cement bridges are nearly completed. The contract from Hammond to Lowell has been let. The road from Hammond to Lowell will take in the following towns: Hammond, Dyer, with a branch to Chicago Heights, St. John, Crown Point, Cedar Lake and Lowell. South from that point but little work in the way of securing the right-of-way has been done. The surveying crew is now working on the line near Lowell. Franchises have been secured in all the towns alond the proposed route and Mr. Purtelle states that the company has given a $9,000 bond to the City of Hammond that they will carry out the terms of the franchise there. There has been a- hitch there through a rival road attempting to require them to use their tracks through the city and give them a fare of 3 cents for every passenger carried over their rival’s tracks. Mr. Purtelle states that his company will not accede to this demand, and expresses himself as confident that he will win out in his contention. He says that the company has ample funds in sight for the construction of the road, and that considerable of the track will be laid yet this year.