Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1912 — Railroad Commission Will Investigate C. & E. I. Railroad. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Commission Will Investigate C. & E. I. Railroad.

The Wheatfield “boosters” have secured the attention of the state railway commission with the petition they circulated along the route of the.C. & I. railroad, asking adequate passenger service over the road. The petition was liberally signed everywhere and when it was received at the headquarters of the railway commission it secured an Immediate promise that the members of the commission would investigate the things it called attention to. Accordingly Friday, August 9th, has been determined upon as the time for meeting the members of the boosters’ club at Wheatfield and taking some action on the petitions, one of which asks that the C. & E. I. be required to erect a new depot at Wheatfield. The people along the route of that road believe that there would be enough passenger business to make the running of a passenger train profitable. They do not ride on the accommodation freight because it runs on such irregular time and the old coach is so objectionable. If the railway commission will require the running of a regular passenger train it is confidently expected that it will do a good between Goodland and LaCrosse.