Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1914 — PARR COMMITTEE MET RAILROAD OFFICIALS [ARTICLE]

PARR COMMITTEE MET RAILROAD OFFICIALS

Given Encouragement That at Least Partial Compliance Will Be Made With Request.

Armed with a voluminous petition a committee of Parr citizens went to Chicago and presented the request made in the petition to officials of the Monon railroad. As told’ when the petition was being circulated, Parr citizens w£ht passenger trains Nos. 5 and 6 to stop at that place, thus making it possible to come to Rensselaer and. get home the same day, an impossibility at this time. The only trains now stopping at Parr are the north and south milk trains. The petition also -asked that the schedule oif the northbound milk train be made an hour or so earlier,’ thus making is possible to make connections with west bound trains at Shelby and providing for a longer day to the many who live In this city and have their business or employment in the towns to the north. S. M. Laßue, who is engaged in business at Roselawn, was very anxious for this change, as he now loses an important part of each day because of the late hour of the train.

While definite promises were not made to the committee by the officials they were nevertheless given to understand that their petition would be given due consideration and that in all probability Nos. 5 and 6 will be stopped at least three days each week. It has also been decided to restore the milk train to its former schedule or possibly even a Half hour earlier, the change to be made within the next two weeks.

The matter of train service to bring Chicago papers along the route in time for rural route distribution the day of publication was adso contained in the petition. That is -a proposition that is being thrashed out on lines started some time ago by Chicago papers and the committee did not dwell upon it

The committee feel quite sure that their request will have honest consideration and that improved service will ensue and they are very hopeful that Nos. 5 and 6 will be made regular daily stops.