Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1903 — ELECTRIC LINE FOR RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

ELECTRIC LINE FOR RENSSELAER

Company Incorporate I to Uutld Lines ConnectCounty Seat Town: of North-Western Indiana. The Western Electric Railroad Company of Logansport filed# articles of incorporation Thursdayand set forth n purpose constructing an electric line from 1 Logansport to Fowler, Benton; county, and a system of linee that will pass through Benton county" to Crown Point and Hammond in# Lake county, Rensselaer in per county, Winamac in Pulaski county, Rochester in Fulton county, North Judson and Knor in Starke county, Plymouth ins Marshall county, Laporte and Michigan City in Laporte county and Valparaiso in Portor county. The estimated length of the system is 150 miles. The capital stock is $150,000, and the directors are Newland T. DePauw, of New Albany; Henry B. Smith, of Hartfort City; William M. Elliott, of Logansport;; Emery B. Sellers, of Monticello, and George E. Ross, Sr., of Logansport. In addition to the directors the following are incorporators: J.R. Johnson, Hartford City; H. D. Reasoner, Marion; Louis Hartman. New Albany: Alvin T. Hert, Louisville, Ky; Henry Van Voorst, and Cloyd Loughry, Monticello; O. H. Binns, W. M. Graffis, Jehu T. Elliott and John Gray, of Logansport, and W. A. Goodmau, Jr,,, of Cincinnati, O. Of the 1,500 shares of stock,. George E. Roes, Sr., subscribed to* 1,368, VV. M. Elliott to ten, Emory B. Sellers one hundred, Henry Van Voorst ten and all others one share each. The company incorporated! under the steam railroad law of 1852.