Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1879 — RAILROADS. [ARTICLE]

RAILROADS.

No one can take a map of the state of Indiana and’scan it closely without coming to the conclusion that Rochester is destined to become a railroad center of so s mil importance. It is situated iu a belt of country which no railroad can be bulls running east or west, without making it a point on the line. There is now under contract Mid course of cori&ti-ucliori; a'lutmow gauge from the east to this place, which, when completed will be one among the best and meat important roads in the country. It will connect the far east and distant west by a line much shorter then any now in operation and as a consequence traveling and freight expenses will be proportionately reduced. Rochester now has a north and south railroad connect- ' ing the capital of the State and cities on the Ohio river, vritlr Lake Michigan, the great lumber country of Michigan, and Chicago the metropolis of the west. It will be but a short time until the road above alluded to will be completed and carrying to the best grain markets in the world by the most direct* line the enormous farm products of this rich section of country. With an outlet to the Atlantic coast and Chicago, the Ohio river, and Lake Michigan, Rochester will be second to no other town in northern Indiana as a business center- But our hopesand prospects do nut end here. This large and fertile portion of the country that has so long been unoccupied by railroads, is Attracting the attention, of other railroad men among the number be'yig parties at Fort Wayne who desire to gather some of the richness with which this country abounds. Il is proposed by parties* in that city, abundantly able to carry out any railroad project they may undertake, to build a line from Fort Wayne to North Manchester, there to intersect with the narrow gauge which comes to this place. If possible, the Fort Wayne Company will use the Chicago & Atlantic from Manchester to this place. From this point the Fort Wayne will extend its line westward to Kewanna, Winamac, Rensselaer and the Mississippi river. The above is the outline of the road now proposed to be constructed by parties of R>rt Wayne. Mr. W. H. Jones and J. Gorman; both of Fort Wayne, the former one of the chief movers of the enterprise, the latter a civil engineer, had-intended-so visit Rochester tH*' weaa and take a view of the country west of us, but were unavoidably detained at home by the sickness of Mr. Gorman. It is probable they will be here early next week. All these taken into consideration, points with unerring certainty to the future greatness of Rochester.' Our imagination is not so lively as to conceive that it will ever be the rival of Chicago, but it will be a flourishing city excelled by but few for railroad facilities and surpassed by none for beauty and health. It is now greatly admired by 4 every one who visits the town and* when the proposed railroads arc completed it will be the home of the capalists and men who have an eye on it as the place for the establishment of extensive manufactories. —-[Rochester Sentinel.