Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1915 — Railroad Meeting In Interest of Intarurban. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Meeting In Interest of Intarurban.

Lafayette JournaL Monday evening the Round Grove township school house was packed with enthusiastic farmers to hear O. L. Brown, the general manager of the now interurban railroad Which is to connect Lafayette with Moritmorenci, Round Grove, West Point, Princeton, Wolcott, Mt. Ayr, Morocco, Beaverviile; St. Anne, Waldron, Kankakee and Chicago. In a lengthy address Mr. Biown explained. fully what had been done and stated what is now necessary to be done to make the enterprise a success He stated that the final survey would be completed this week, that the “rights of way” would be secured in & couple of weeks and that the grading would begin at Wolcott in course jf a month. He urged the farmers to continue their co-operation until the enterprise is completed, because an interurban would enhance the value of their farms, and would give them new and excellent means of transportation to markets and shopping centers.