Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1910 — HARRY CRAWFORD DEAID. [ARTICLE]

HARRY CRAWFORD DEAID.

Man Who Built the C. & G. S. Road Dies at Chicago. The death of Harry Crawford at his hoirte in Chicago last week removed a conspicuous figure in Indiana railroad building. Mr. Crawford was a son-in-law of P. M. Kent, a former well known resident of Prairie township and a brother of the founder of the town of Kentland. Harry Crawford began the law practice at Brookaton but soon moved to ( hicago when he became a corporation lawyer. He built the air line division of the Monon, taking hold of the enterprise when it was a narrow-guage extending from Delphi to Rensselaer. He also built the Midland railroad from Anderson to Brazil' and the C. & G. S., a north and south road passing through Goodland. He was shrewd and successful as a constructor of railroads, but a dismal failure in operating them. The roads lie built never prospered until they left his hands, hut he is said to have made a great deal of money.—Mbnon News.