Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1915 — FRANCHISE ASKED ON CULLEN STREET [ARTICLE]

FRANCHISE ASKED ON CULLEN STREET

Lafayette and Northwestern Wishes to Pass Through Central Part - of This Qty. At the .meeting of the city council Monday night a franchise was asked by the Lafayette & Northwestern railroad company for streets in this city. The company desires to pater the city at the southern edge, to come over Cullen street on the east Side of the court house and then at the residence of W. L. Bott to go on Forest street to Vine and then turn west on that street and go straight to Mt. Ayr. This is a very practical route for the passenger cars on the interurban and it is understood that the freight will be routed over the other route, which is to pass at the west edge of town. Both of the objections of former franchises are overcome in this manner as there will be no freight hauled on the mam streets the passengers can be taken on and discharged right at the court house and the railroad station. The interurban election is to be held Wednesday, July 14th. Mr. Brown and Perry O’Ctmnor, the bitter a wealthy farmer and stockman -of Round Grove township, Waite county, say that if the subsidy is voted in Marion township, the road will be built, much of it yet this year. They say that Mr. Hirsch, who was here last week, assured them that his company would furnish 60 per cent of the money for construction and will sell bonds for the balance. The building of this road means a bigger Rensselaer ,a growing live (town and an improved country surrounding. It means the greatest boom in building and trade that the city has ever had. It meas a population of 5,000 when the next census is taken. Friends of progress should get busy in its behalf.

The council transacted considerable other business, as follows: s Permission was granted to Hamill & Co. to use part of Washington street while constructing the new front in the Leopold building which they are to occupy. The resolution, to vacate part of Sumner addition in Benjamin A Magee’s addition was passed. The same in Elan street.

A skating rink order was adopted, making it a misdemeanor to ran a skating rink without procuring a license and placing the cost at about $5 per day for the license. It is said that the skating rinks in some neighboring towns have proven a great nuisance. ~ , The adley in Block 9 is to be bricked end the contract will be let on July 12th. 1108 is the alley in the rear of the L O. O. P. building. The cemetery trustees made a report of the new addition to the cemetery purchased m 1913, and tire council approved the report. The superintendent of the light plant was instructed to purchase 25 meter box covers of the Clark Meter Box Co., at the same price as is paid for Ford Meter covers.