Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1902 — We Hope Not. [ARTICLE]

We Hope Not.

Winamac Democrat-Journal. It is stated that the purchase of the Eel River road by the Vandalia has struck a stunning blow to the proposed Toledo & Chicago Transfer line. Large subsidies have been voted In nearly all of the townships between Rensselaer and Ligonier to help build this road, which was to have been a fast freight and passenger line {between St. Louis and Toledo, but now that Vandalia has acquired a similar route It has practically blocked the other road.