Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1914 — SPECIFIC ROUTE IS REQUIRED OF RAILROAD [ARTICLE]

SPECIFIC ROUTE IS REQUIRED OF RAILROAD

Tippecanoe County Commiasionera Refuse to Grant Brown Franchise for AM Roads. _ 1 The commissioners of Tippecanoe county refused to grant G. L. Brown, of the so-eailed Lafayette & Northwestern Traction Co., a franchise for all the roads of the county* but required him to name a specific route for his road. The Lafayette Journal, of today, Saturday, has the following to say about the fight for the franchise: O. L. Brown, attorney for the Lafayette & Northwestern railroad company, which has asked for s franchise in Tippecanoe county, stated last night that this morning his company would ask the commissioners to grant them a franchise over the following route: North along the Morehouse gravel road for about four miles: then west to Montmorenci; then ndrth along the Round Grove road. It is the intention of the company to keep to the north of the New York Central tracks. At Round Grove, the new line will run west through Gilboa and Pine townships in Benton county and then north into Remington. In their first request the directors of the company asked for a franchise in the county in blanket form. It was opposed by the officials of the Indiana Northwestern T action company, who propose to run a line from this city northwest to Chicago, via Rensselaer and lianinioad. When the commissioners convened to hear the petition for the franchise, the officials of both companies were present and jo me bitter discussions were indulged in. At that time the commissioners took the matter under advisement until this morning at 10 o’clock, giving the petitioning company time in which to formulate pirn.s,’stating a specific route over whi. h they will run their line.