Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1914 — INTERURBAN WORK STARTED. [ARTICLE]

INTERURBAN WORK STARTED.

Stakes Driven for Line From Lafayette to Kankakee. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 22.—Lafayette’s latest interurban railroad project, the proposed line from this city to Kankakee, 111., was taken out of the realm of speculation yesterday afternoon and made an apparent reality when the first stakes were driven and offices established in Lafayette. The Lafayette & Northwestern line has been in process of organization several months and franchises have been secured arid all the preliminaries arranged. £onds have been sold to farmers living along the route and the company proposes to make a specialty of rural freight service for hauling grain to city markets.

'The line will run from here northward to Montmorenci, then to Remington, Rensselaer, Morocco, St. Mary s, St. Ann’s and Kankakee. There it will connect with the system running into Chicago. O. L. Brown, general manager, opened offices and appointed Harry Schelhous as chief engineer. The survey is now being made and much of the rightof way has already been obtained. It is hoped to complete the line by next fall.