Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1911 — Preparations Making For The Erection of Our New Depot. [ARTICLE]

Preparations Making For The Erection of Our New Depot.

Attorney FrtCnk Foltz, who is the administrator of the S. P. Thompson estate, Wednesday sent to H. R. Kurrie for delivery to the Monon railroad officials a deed for a strip of land 20 feet wide and the depth of the lots owned by the Thompson estate on Forest street adjoining the railroad The road needed this strip of ground for the construction of the new station and the driveway, and it was deeded without charge to the railroad. These lots belonged to Alfred and Simon P. Thompson jointly and' the heirs of each consented to the deed to the railroad. It is expected to begin work on the new station by the first of April and to rush the construction.