Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1915 — Some of the Small Taxpayers Who Supported the Interurban. [ARTICLE]

Some of the Small Taxpayers Who Supported the Interurban.

The Jasper County Democrat in reporting the subsidy elections in White county said that it was reported that a large majority of the heaviest taxpayers are said to have been against the proposition, but the small taxpayers and those who paid almost no taxes at all carried the scheme through. The Republican learns that many of the large land owners were the leading champions of the subsidy proposition and that they not only voted for it but took off their coats and worked for it. The Republican does not try to deceive any of its readers by saying “it is said” or ‘Mt is reported,” but we here give the names of some of the supporters of the subsidy and the number of acres they own: Perry O’Connor, 190 acres worth S2OO an acre, William Diltz, 600 acres, Joseph Jackson, 280 acres, Stockton brothers, 1,000 acres, Jesse Rowe, 300 acres, C. V. Long, 280 acres, Fred Wilson, 200 acres, Miller Brothers, 320 acres, Blume estate heirs, 1,000 acres. There were many -others among those who owned from 80 to 160 acres of land and they supported it just as the forward-looking farm owners in Newton township will support it, because it means oohvenience in marketing and travel and will increase the value of their lands. The writer talked with C. V. Long, of West Point township, last Friday. Mr. Long lives on a beatiful farm 8 miles south of Wolcott. Everything about has premises shows that he is a thrifty farmer. He said that there were only 19 farmers in the west precinct of West Point township voted against the subsidy. That 71 voted for it. The'''township, however, went against it by 4 votes. .The east part of the township extends almost to the Monon railroad and near to the town of Chalmers. There is a market already there and the new road would have meant only an indirect aid to them . The same condition existed in Carpenter township when the Roberts crowd tried to have a subsidy voted there. Farmers who lived in the west part of Carpenter and made Goodland their trading point could not be much benefited by the road and voted against the subsidy. However, the great majority of those who owned real estate adjacent to the proposed it support and the farmers in Newton township, like those in White and Newton counties, should support the subsidy when the election is held on May 26th. It,, will mean a better Rensselaer and greater value to all the farm lands in Newton township. It is a step in advance and that is the way most people are looking.