Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — CARRIED, AS USUAL. [ARTICLE]

CARRIED, AS USUAL.

Only Fifty Per Cent of a Full Vote Cast in Tuesday’s Election. The total vote cast in Rensselaer and Marion township Tuesday to vote a subsidy of 1% per cent in aid of the Purtelle electric railroad scheme was but 475, or just about 50 per cent of the vote cast at the November election, which was 884. There was practically no votes in from the country and many of the most prominent tax payers in town did not go to the polls. The subsidy tax therefore, was carried by a big majority—4os to 70. The vote by precincts was as follows: No. 1, fcr..... 121, against..... 15 No. 2, for. ....I’3o, against... ..19 No. 3, f0r..... 62, against . ... .22 No. 4, for ~... 87, against ... . .14 Totals .....405 70 This gives us.-.six trains each way even' day, not including the Purtelle hot air line, which may (not) be in operation shortly.