Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1914 — PROMOTER OF LATEST INTERURBAN HERE [ARTICLE]

PROMOTER OF LATEST INTERURBAN HERE

O. L. Brown Has Headquarters In Lafayette and Feels Confident Hoad Will Be Built. O. L. Brown, who is promoting the Lafayette and Northwestern interurban, the survey for which is noiw being made, oame to Rensselaer Thursday and visited The Republican during the course of the day. He maintains an office in the Sharp building in Lafayette and is giving his entire time to the railroad project. Some time ago he laid the plan before a Chicago bonding company and received every encouragement from that concern, his conclusion being that there is every prospect , for the 'building of the road. Mr. Brown says that the survey which Hi E. Shellhouse aind She gang are making is a complete working plan, with stakes set for the grade, the cuts and fills established and the blue prints being made as the work progresses. Mt. Brown explains that the missing of Remington is in ho manner directed against that town or the people there but because'4% miles can be Saved in distance by taking a diagonal line from Wolcott here. The very high priced land south of Remington also suffered a barrier because of the great cost of the rightaway. The rich territory south of Wolcott in West Point and Roupd Grove townships is greatly in need of a railroad and the land owners are enthusiastic for the .proposition. The survey to Rensselaer will be completed and then the preliminary survey to the west started, the surveying 'gang making this city headquarters for the next week or <so, at least. If this road can be built it will prove a great thing for Rensselaer and will have the effect of materially building up our already fast progressing city. Here’s hoping.