Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — New Traction Line Prospects. [ARTICLE]

New Traction Line Prospects.

W. T. Elmore and son, L. B. Elmore, were over from Remington on business yesterday. Mr. Elmore, Sr., who has been driving about the country the promoters of the newtraction line to run from Kankakee, 111., to Lafayette, via Morocco, Mt. Ayr, Rensselaer and Remington, is very enthusiastic over the prospects for the building of this line, and thinks Rensselaer will be making a great mistake if it ties up its streets, College avenue especially, to the N. W. I. Traction Co., in giving it a franchise. The bonds for the new’ road are now in the market, Mr. Elmore states, and the people along the proposed line are enthusiastic for it. He states that it is further along at the present time than any of the numerous electric lines that have been talked of in This section in the past fifteen years, lie feels that it is sure to be built, and that very speedily, and Rensselaer should not make the mistake of tieing itself up so that should another company wish to come in it could not secure a logical street for entering the city.