Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — Planning New Towns For New Interurban. [ARTICLE]

Planning New Towns For New Interurban.

Monticello Journal Reports say that the people of the western range of townships through which the proposed Lafayette & Northwestern Traction line runs are very much wrought up over the prospect of getting a railroad outlet for their farms. Already West Point and Round Grove township people are planning new towns for those townships which are now townless. The one in West Point will be located on the farm of Fred Wilson and has, already been platted. It has not been named as yet and it has been suggested that it be called “Woodrow” in honor of President Woodrow Wilson. It would have the advantage of not conflicting with the name of any other town, tn the state. The one in Round Grove is located on the farm of Harry Stockton but it has not been platted. The future of these towns in the event that the traction line is built it problematic. White county is full of dead and forgotten towns that are known only to the historians. ,