Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1915 — THINK IT OVER, VOTERS. [ARTICLE]

THINK IT OVER, VOTERS.

Is This Proposed Hoad Worth 000 to Rensselaer and Marion Tp? The line of the proposed Lafayette & Northwestern railroad, sot which Rensselaer and Marion tp. is asked to give a subsidy of $61,000, has been definitely fixed and cannot be changed now and collect the subsidies voted or that may be voted hereafter. Please remember this, and also bear in mind tho lino it is to run on —-if built, it passes a few hundred feet west of the Indian school buildings and % of a mile or more east of St. Joseph’s college; it crosses the Range Line road or College avenue just inside the south corporation line; runs on north through Fred Phillips’ addition and crosses McCoy avenue between the residence of R. D. Thompson and tho old A. McCoy homestead; runs along the east side of Weston cemetery and on north near tho Church of God and on north just east of the Mrs. Joseph Yeoman residence, and its nearest point to the Monon station is perhaps 1,000 feet west of said station. It will thus be seen that the proposed road is of no practical benefit or accommodation to the people of Rensselaer or those desiring to come here over its line; it runß diagonally across the country to'.Wolcott, In White county, a town with which we have nothing in common and whose people have nothing in common with us. It cuts up the farms badly by running in a diagonal line and will depreciate thereby the value of practically every farm it passes through. Rensselaer wants an electric railroad, when one Is constructed, that will connect our tow r n with Remington and will pass through the city somewhere near the court house ami near the Monon station. In view of the fact that this proposed line will give us no accommodations whatever, is it not foolish of us to vote a subsidy of $61,000 for it. Remember the date of the election Is Wednesday, July 14, and come out and register your vote against the proposition.