Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1913 — C. & E. L. Should Be Compelled To Operate Passenger Train. [ARTICLE]

C. & E. L. Should Be Compelled To Operate Passenger Train.

The C. & E. I. railroad, encouraged by articles in The Jasper County Democrat and a few puny sheets that gather their opinions from that contaminated source, will have a rehearing Thursday in an effort to have tne passenger service instituted the first of last November annulled. The Wheatfleld Improvement Association and the progressive people along the route, however, are on the route and will present to the state railway commission their claims for this service in an able manner. If the train should be ordered off the discontinuance could be readily traced to the'deplorable fact that The Jasper County Democrat and its aids argued against the wishes of the people. This train service should by all means be continued. It affordß the only means the people of the north part of Jasper county have of coning to the county seat and returning to their home the same day. Since this train was. put on there has been a change in the time of the C., I. & S. that makes connections at Shelby in the afternoon practically impossible. A fanner living near Yirgie was in Rensselaer last week, having come by way of the C. & E. I. *o Fair Oaks. He said: "This train is certainly a fine thing for people in my neighborhood. I formerly had to drive 13 miles to get to Rensselaer. Now I walk to Virgie and make the trip by train.” Henry C. Meyers, of near Khiman, said practically the same thing. The train service means so much to this long neglected territory and to have this train withdrawn would be little less than criminal. Rensselaer merchants should lose no opportunity to urge the retention of the train service, as it means many dollars to them. A Wheat field citizen, accompanied by his wife and daughter, visited Rensselaer recently, He remarked that bv coming over the C. & E. I. he saved 50 cents on each round trip, a total of $1.50, and that he spent that ipuch more in Rensselaer. By all means this train should be kept running.