Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1915 — Circulating Petition For 2½ Cent Passenger Rate. [ARTICLE]

Circulating Petition For 2½ Cent Passenger Rate.

John Priest, traveling passenger agent for the 'Monon, came to Rensselaer this Wednesday morning and arranged to have a petition circulated asking the repeal of the 2-cent passenger rate law and substituting a 2ft cent rate. The petition is 'being liberally signed, we are informed. A measure was introduced in the Jegislature Tuesday providing for the new rate and the measure will probably be extensively discussed in both branches of the general assembly.