Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — SUBSIDY CARRIES IN CARPENTER TP. [ARTICLE]

SUBSIDY CARRIES IN CARPENTER TP.

Second Twist for Electric Railroad Tax Garries. NET MAJORITY IN TP, IN 53. West Precinct Returns 20 Majority Against Proposition, But East and South Precincts Each Give Substantial Majorities for the Tax— Proposition Carries About $19,000. i Tv\ »' ' The subsidy election in Remington and Carpenter tp., Saturday to vote a 1 per cent tax in aid of the proposed Lafayette-Chicago electric railroads resulted in the proposition carrying by 51 majority. This was the second twist for the voters there on this same proposition, they voting Nov. 12, 1907, and turning down the scheme then by a majority of 26. This time, also, there was considerable opposition to voting the tax, especially on the west side where most of the farmers make Goodland their trading point. The west precinct returned a majority of 20 “against,” but the majority “for” in the east and south precincts was 39 and 34, respectively, leaving a net majority of 53 “for.” The vote by precincts was as follows ; _ a —" For Against Maj. East 103 64 39 West ........ 64 84 20 South 90 56 34^ Now that the subsidy is voted there is no immediate prospect of getting the road. In fact, so far as The Democrat can learn, the promotors have nothing to hold out in encouragement of the road more than they had six, twelve or eighteen months ago. The Democrat believes a north and south road will be built sometime that will touch Remington and Rensselaer, but it has little hope that this proposed Bcheme will go through.