Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1915 — INTERURBAN RAILROAD SOLD. [ARTICLE]

INTERURBAN RAILROAD SOLD.

l’t. Wayne Jfc Decatur Line Disposed tff to Bankers for $75,000. Decatur, hid., Nov. 30. The Ft. Wayne '& Springfield railway was today sold to interests represented by Charles H. Worden, of Ft. Wayne, for $75,000. Cincinnati and Decatur junk dealers bid $71,000. on theii grit. The road is twenty-one miles long, ami cost $750,000 to build. Worden represents the Decatur and Ft. Wayne banking interests which provided most of tlie construction money. These interests may • junk" the rail road, and a jitney bus service may be established between Ft. Wavno and Decatur.