Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — PURTELLE WAS HERE [ARTICLE]

PURTELLE WAS HERE

Yesterday and Says Work On Proposed Electric Line Will E/;gin In a Few Days. Eugene Purtelle, the electric railroad promotor, was in the city yesterday and says he is going to have a gang of men here in a few days to go to work on the proposed f'pad between Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr, and will have a public meeting at the citizens at the court house Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Whether' there is anything more tangible than heretofore or Whether this is simply a move to sell more stock remains to be seen.