Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1913 — Plan on Foot to Boom Judge Hanan’s Home Town. [ARTICLE]

Plan on Foot to Boom Judge Hanan’s Home Town.

A dispatch from LaGrange states that a development company is negotiating for a 20-acre tract of land at the edge of that city with a view to platting It and selling lots. The news has local interest because the land to be used for the suburb belongs to Judge J. W. Hanan, who was the special judge In the Borntrager ditch case, heard here last summer. The dispatch also states that it is probable that should the plans not be carried out by the development company, Judge Hanan will himself father the promotion scheme and plat the tract into building- lots and factory sites. The land is near the residence of Judge Hanan, who is reported to be a man of abundant means to successfully carry out the plan.