Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1874 — THE CHICAGO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC RAILROAD. [ARTICLE]

THE CHICAGO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

The follow ing fetter in relation i to the Ortcngo <fc South Atlantic ‘ Railroad Company and Us plans lias been received at this office. — Dr. Haymond is President of the ' company, and what he says is enti- ' tied Io receive a resjiectful hearing, i - The people who teel an interest in j. the commercial prosperity of Jasper county should be on the alert and not permit the benefits promised by an enterprise of this kind to pass beyond their reach. The advantage* of railroads are varied and great, and the benefits of such an enteqvrise as the one represented by Dr. Raymond, to a county situated like otirs, cannot well be overestimated. Although the people 61 Jasper county have bei n many times and often disappointed by the : false promises of quondam'companies they have nobly struggled in a good cause and their failure is no shame;"but if now an enterprise is presented to their consideration which is to be realized, and through apathy they neglect to secure an interest in it, how humiliatingjit would be! The letter is as follows: “MoNTICEI.LO, Ind. January 30, 1874. “Col. J. Healey, “Dear Sxr:— ln pursuance to recent instructions from & Atlantic R |R. Company, I nin now calling U|xm all the counties in the State along the line of the proposed road to have their subsidies in aid of the enterprise raised against the first ----- <‘f April. The Company "designs -to commence work on ibis branch of the j road early in the spring, if the quotas ! of the several counties are raised.— The C. &JS. A. R. 11. are ready to comply with the contract as soon as the people have donetheir duty. The question is now referred to the people, and prompt action on their part will immediately secure the building of the road. I have been urgently requested to hurry up the work of raising the quotas, and now call upon your county for its aid. Prompt action of the people interested along the line will solve all doubts concerning the building of the road. * ' * If your people want this road, they must move soon in the matter. “Very respectfully yours, “W.S. Haymond. o