Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1911 — PASSENGER TRAIN ORDERED [ARTICLE]

PASSENGER TRAIN ORDERED

Pere Marquette Must Furnish Service from LaCrosse to La Porte. Indianapolis, April 28.—For the first time the Indiana railroad commission has ordered a railroad to put on a passenger train. The road against which the order was directed is the Pere Marquette, and the line affected is between LaCrosse and Laporte. W. J. Wood, chairman of the commission, on complaint of residents of the community affected, recently inspected the train service on the road and found that the only facilities offered passengers was a mixed freight and passenger train. With the imperfect service Chairman Wood found the receipts of the line to be about $5,000 a year for a distance of twen-ty-three miles. Pending the installation of the additional service the commission directed that the company establish a schedule for the mixed train and attempt to keep it.