Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1915 — SURVEYS COMPLETED AND WORK TO COMMENCE [ARTICLE]

SURVEYS COMPLETED AND WORK TO COMMENCE

Lafayette Dispatch Says Building of Lafayette and Northwestern Will Be Pushed. Lafayette, Ind., March 12.—Surveys for the Lafayette & Northwestern railroad, a proposed interurban line from this city to Kankakee, 111., have been completed, and a force of engineers and estimaters is preparing for the construction work. Stakes have been set the entire distance. Actual construction has. begun west of Pursue university. H. F. Schelhaus, a Purdue graduate, is chief engineer. George M. Sewell, of Wabash, superintendent of construction, will arrive here next month to begin the grading. O. L. Brown, general manager, says the road expects to depend on the freight business for a large part of its revenue. The road will tap territory that is now without railway or interurban service, and it is the company’s intention to haul grain, fruit, liwe stock and garden nrodace. The line, as proposed, begins in this city and runs to Montmorenci, then northward to Wolcott and on to Rensselaer. Mr. Ayr, in Newton county, and Morocco arc also included. From Morocco the line will continue through Iroquois county, Illinois, w Kankakee, connecting with a lino to Chicago. Newton county will soon vote on . a $40,000 subsidy for the road.