Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1907 — NOW WANT A SUBSIDY. [ARTICLE]

NOW WANT A SUBSIDY.

Election Called to Vote $40,000 In Marion Tp., for Electric Road. ' The proposed Lafayette-Chioago electric road matter has taken a new turn this week, when petitions were circulated and later filed with the coonty commissioners asking that a l£ per cent tax be voted in Marion tp., and Rensselaer in aid of said road. This will yield aome $38,000 to $40,000 and the election is ordered to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The proposed* issue of stock would not sell, it is said, as few people here wanted it, so the present tack was taken, and it is likely that all other townships through which the road may pass, if constructed, will be asked to also vote a subsidy, which in the aggregate would reach several hundred thousand dollars.