Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1893 — The Proposed Electrical Railway. [ARTICLE]

The Proposed Electrical Railway.

At Indianapolis, on Monday afternoon, E. G. Pennington, general manager of the Chicago and Central Indiana Electrical railroad, the new proposed electric line between Chicago and the gas towns of Indiana to Indianapolis, made application for right of way in Marion county. They claim to have already secured the same for a great portion of their road, and assure the public that their line will certainly be established at no very distant day. Lafayette is on the main line between Chicago and Indianapolis, and will be an important station. Both passengers and freight will be earned. The cars will be double the length of the ordinary electric cars and fitted to be rendered cool in summer and perfectly comfortable during the cool season. The passenger rate already adopted will be one cent a mile, with a correspondingly fair reduction for transporting freight. The advantage of this new railroad system can scarcely be fully appreciated at this time, and it is reasonable that it should be so until it is better under-

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Lafayette Courier.