Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — PAY ILLINOIS CENTRAL CLAIM [ARTICLE]

PAY ILLINOIS CENTRAL CLAIM

Blue Island Rolling Mills and ‘ Car Company Settles With Road. The Blue Island Rolling Mills and Car company, one of the five corporations charged with defrauding the Illinois Central railroad cut of over $1,500,000 in connection with repairing freight cars, has settled out of court by the payment of a sum variously stated to be between $400,000 and $500,000. The total claim of the Illinois Central road against the car company was $600,000. The settlement was followed by dismissal of all court proceedings