Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1910 — PURTELLE HEARD FROM. [ARTICLE]

PURTELLE HEARD FROM.

Northwestern Indiana Traction Co. Getting Busy for Franchise at Hammond. Saturday’s Hammond Times says the Eugene Purtelle Northwestern Indiana Traction Co., is renewing its efforts to get a franchise at that place and promises to get busy p. d. q. if given a franchise. This is the line granted a franchise in Rensselaer last fall, and which is scheduled to run from Logansport to Remington and thence north to Rensselaer and then parallel the Monon to Chicago. Since “the subsidy elections failed in White county a few months ago but little has been heard of the project, but a Monticello paper states that Mr. Brucker of that place who is an officerin the company, received SIOO,OOO in blank bonds last week which he is to sign up and return to Chicago, where they will be placed on the market. Concerning the Hammond franchise the Times says: “The company says that it is ready to break ground forty-eight hours after the franchise is granted, tut the board of public works has allowed them ninety days’ time In which to begin their work, but cars must be running in Hammond within six months after the granting of the franchise. While the company is ready to furnish the required $.1,000 forfeiture money, to be paid the city in the event the company does not buiid, there was some talk to-day that the city council may raise this amount to $2,500. The company has furnished the mayor.and the board with good references as to the personal integrity of the men behind the project, but the board is gong to make the test of good faith on whether the company is willing to put up cash forfeiture money.”