Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1910 — Several Citizens Oppose the Change of Depot Location. [ARTICLE]

Several Citizens Oppose the Change of Depot Location.

Several property owners in the east and northeast part of Rensselaer are quite disappointed at the plan to construct the new Monon depot at the Forest street crossing. They contend that they bought and built where they did on account of the location of the depot and that the change is certain to advesely effect their property. H. R. Grow decided that the pro posed location of the station was no closer to the court house than the one originally suggested, .namely at the Franklin street crossing, one block east of the present structure. This did not look plausible, but he had County Surveyor Osborne measure both places and found that the distance from the Makeever hotel to the crossing at Forest street was 2,802 feet and the distance from the same starting point to the crossing at Franklin street was only one foot farther, or 2,803 feet. It is probable that some property owners will petition the road to build at Franklin street The matters pertaining to the different locations has been gone over quite thoroughly by the officials of the road, it is understood, and they claim two advantages in the Forest street crossing besides the one of location. One was the fact that the prevailing winds from the west blew the elevator dust all over the platform, and another was that the track extension needed by the elevator could best be built to the east and over the ground the present depot occupies. To offset this was the fact that the chosen location is right at the sharp curve in the road.