Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1914 — MO MONEY IN SIGHT FOR TRACTION CO. [ARTICLE]

MO MONEY IN SIGHT FOR TRACTION CO.

Judge Hanley Ruled That Levy Based Upon Subsidy Elections Should Not Be Collected. . -. i . In the matter of appropriation of money to aid in the construction of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., appealed from the commissioners’ court to the circuit court, Judge Hanley ruled that the tax was nut collectible for the reason that the traction company had not complied with the law in filing a map showing the permanent location of the line of road in Marion township and the city of Rensselaer. The commissioners had previously ordered the auditor and treasurer to place tax upon the duplicate for collection, the levy ainounting to about $30,000. The court set this ordfcr aside and taxed all costs to the traction company. Decisions of the higher courts in cases of this kind indicate that not only maps should be filed showing the permanent location of the road, but the road must 'actually be built upon suCh line before any levy can, be made, collected and turned over to a railroad, by reason of an election voting such This will probably end the litigation as between rival companies seeking franchises through Jasper county. The objections to the levy were made by Warner T. Elmore and Lewis B. Elmore, as taxpayers in Marion township. The former is interested with the promoter of the Lafaytete and Northwestern line known as the O. L. Brown line. - Nothing seems to have been heard lately of the promoters of the Indiana Northwestern, known as the Roberts company. H. J. Wilson, the engineer, became badly involved and left his wife and three children without funds at Rlemington. It was some three weeks before he was located and then Mrs. Wilson and her children went back to Milwaukee. Wilson, seems to have spent the money of Roberts and Zimmerman with a free hand and when they Shut down on him be had a number of unpaid bills at Remington and Rensselaer. Whether the Roberts people have 'abandoned the project permariently or whether they have found it impossible to finance it at present is not known here. It is not known either whether Brown represents any actual possibility or not. He has continued fairly active and has franchises in several counties. Other Court Proceedings. Woridhull I. Spitler filed application for admission to the bar and upon report of committee he is ordered admitted. Yeoman vs. Cissell et al. Judgment for plaintiff quieirtg title to real estate. . Dickison vs. Lane. Judgment by default in sum of $1,399.15. Ward vs. Vernon et al. Plaintiff, files Lis Pendens notice.