Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — BUYS OLD ERIE CANAL BED. [ARTICLE]

BUYS OLD ERIE CANAL BED.

One of the largest land deals in recent years has just been' completed, and \Ym. Haugh of this citv becomes the owner of the old Wabash & Erie Canal proper and the overflow land along its borders through Carroll county. The consideration named in the deed was SI,OOO. , This land was transferred ty the Wabash & Erie Canal company by the trustees, Shirk & Dukes to Mr. Haugh. There are several hundred acres in the tract, and includes the Old Steam Boat canal and ten or fifteen lots in Pittsburg. For years, farmers on each side'of the canal have been farming it, some by lease of overflow lands and others by undisputed possession. But the title is clear and the tract will probably now be sold to the man who wants it the worst. —Delphi Herald.