Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — RAILROAD TALK. [ARTICLE]

RAILROAD TALK.

What Is Being Done To Secure Electric Line. A MEETING HELD AT REMINGTON Jlonday Night and Committees Appointed to Secure Rlght-of-Way. —Sure to Strike Rensselaer. • A meeting was held at Remington Monday night to discuss the proposed north and south traction line that G. W. Infield of Indianapolis, who owns the former S. W. Thayer land m Union tp., is working for. Mr. Infield is not a railroal man nor a professional railroad promoter. He wants a road through this section to benefit his landed interests, and believes the proposed line to be the moet feasible electric line that has been proprosed in Indiana for a long time. He explained his views and plans to the Remingtonians and they are for the project to a man. The meeting selected J. H. Biddle to see about right-of-way through Gilboa tp., Benton county, and Robert Parker for Remington and Carpenter township. All that is asked for is free right-of-way of 50 feet and enough subscriptions to make the survey and pay preliminary expenses, about S3O per mile in all. It is thought no trouble will be experienced in this. Mr- Biddle thought free right-of-way would be easily procured through Gilboa, and there will be no difficulty in securing it from there south to Otterbein and thence to Montmorenci and Lafayette, where connections may be had to Indianapolis and other points south. It is proposed to run south from Remington on the half mile line past John Wilson’s farm directly south to Gilboa hill, thence east two miles to Odessa, and thence south to Otterbein, and from there east and south to Montmorenoi and Lafayette. At Remington it is proposed to run west through town to the oorner by the former John Kettering farm, thence directly north past Fountain Park, etc. Wolcott is also anxious to secure thiß proposed road, and it may be possible that if built it will run north from Otterbein to Wolcott and thence west to Remington, but if built at all it cannot afford to miss Remington and Fountain Park and Rensselaer, and will not do so. It is proposed to run north from Rensselaer, say to Hebron, Crown Point, Griffith, Hammond and Chicago, or north along the east side of Cedar Lake, Crown Point and Hammond. Mr. Infield thinks if he can secure the right-of-way and blue-prints of the survey to show to capitalists, the feasibility of the route will appeal so strongly to them that there will be do trouble about getting them to take hold of it. Several Remington people volentered financial assistance for the survey at this meeting and Mr. Infield went to Berrydale, south of Remington, “on the Ditch,” Tuesday to interest the people there who have no road within ten or twelve miles of them. Mr. Infield held a meeting at Rensselaer Thursday night that was attended by some one hundred representative citizens, and the road was “built” from the Jordan line north to Walker — that is, committees were appointed to solioit funds for the preliminary survey and to see about securing the right-of-way. Geo. A. Williams was ohairman of the meeting and C. G. Spitler secretary. Committees were appointed for Rensselaer and Marion and Union townships as follows: Rensselaer and Marion —J. H. 8, Ellis, E. L. Hollingsworth, E. P. Honan, A. Leopold, * Warren Robinson. Union—Barney Comer, Steve Comer, Harvey Davisson, J. E. Alter. The most feasible route north was thought to be directly north to near the north end of the oounty through Kniman, bearing west in northern part of oounty to Hebron, etc., although some apEiared to think paralleling the onon would be better.

A meeting will probably be held at Kniman in a few days to interest Walker tp., people in the proposed road.