Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1879 — RAILROAD MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

RAILROAD MATTERS.

Articles of association of the Chicago and Evansville railroad company were filed with the Secretary of State yesterday, with a capital stock of $500,000 and the following directors: C. M. Reynolds, H. Pratt, A. IL Glaspeil, W. McDonald, 8. Crane, J. 11. Gage and G. G. Pope.—[lndianapolis Journal 25th instant. ' ' , ’ •’>

Articles of incorporation of the Chicago and Blookcoal railroad sompwny were also filed. The capital stock is SBOO,OOO, divided into 1,600 shares of SSO each. The directors are: Andrew J. Dull, Henry McCormick, A,T. Beach, N. R. Miller, W. K. Alricks Frank W. Morrison, and D. Walts. The proposed) road runs from Newburg, Warren county, up through the counties of Pike, Daviess, Greene, Owen, Clay, Parke, Fountain, Warren, Benton, Jasper Porter and Lake to Lake Michigan, near the mouth of Calumet river.’—[lndianapolis Journal. The surveying party on the line of the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago railroad have reached this city, and are quartered at the Circle House. They are: Will T. Garis, C. Brough, Charles Crooks, Perry Allen, Charles Garis, Georg* Taylor and Charles Walker. The road will ga through Burlington and Michigantown, Carroll county, instead of through Frankfort, as contemplated, z It will.cross the 1., P. and C. And Bee Line roads about two mi Us north of the city, aud ruu east of them to the Union Depot.—[lndianapolis Journal, 25th instant. . , *

The directors of the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago road meet Friday next to locate the line of the road from Delphi to Indianapolis. On the line most favored by the directory the right of way has been guaranteed from Delphi to the Marion county line and several townships have promised financial aid. Trains will be running to Delphi Monday next, and on July 4 a jollification comes off at Delphi over the completion of the road to that point. The company expect, unless they are disappointed in funds, to complete the road to Indianapolis before winter sets in. Much depends, however, oh the way the money comes in, as the saying is.—[lndianapolis Journal, 24th instant.

Articles of association of the National Railway Company were filed yesterday at the Secretary of State’s office. The object for which the company ha* been organized is to own, construct and maintain a railroad from a point on die state line between the states of Indiana and Illinois, passing from Newton county through the counties of Jasper, Pulaski, Fulton, Miami, Kosciusko, Wabash, Huntington, Whitley and Allen, to the state line between Ohio and Indiana, a distance of IGO miles. Also, a branch commencing at the state line of Ohio and Indiana, at or near the southeast corner of Jefferson township, Adams county, thence west through the counties of Adams, Wells, Huntington and Wabash, intersecting the main line, a distance of 72 miles. The capital stock of the company has been fixed at $3,480,000, in SSO shares, of which $50,000 has been taken. The directors are Isaac B. Hymer, North Manchester; Varnum J. Carol, Warsaw; Stewart Hymer, Terie Haute; Johnson M. Burdge, North Manchester; Calvin C. Miller, Warsaw; John H. Shiveley, North Manchester, and David T. Krisler, Noith Manchester.—[lndianapolis Journal, 25th instant. .