Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1878 — The Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Narrow Gauge Railroad. [ARTICLE]

The Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Narrow Gauge Railroad.

There who are not familiar wifTi’tho system ol Indianapolis railroads would at once suppose from the heading of this article that there- is in existence a mt of the above name. 80 there is; but in nn incorti" pietestate.— At present the road is in successful operation from Mtmtigello, White county, north-west via Bradford,on the L.. ■X^VSVTTrailed,"to' KttiJSBTaW; tanpe of 28 miles,, . ’ ' .. . The contractors, Messrs. Yeoman, Ueglctj; .St’CjS., began the work at Bradford, in November, 1877, arid completed the road to llensse! 1 a distance of It, miles in 95 days, and opened for busi|iu;ss the following . February. The work on ithc second divisioir. bi.fwe.eu Bradford and Monticello, tyas commenced on the 2d of May, was finished -.■Yttstist 14; ami- fh-remday*- latw-drtihpr were ■ running from Kensselaer to, Monticello. Wtfpk is already Begun bet ween Monticello ati, 1 Velpdd, and will bo completed by the 1 first of December, making a distance of 40" miles in all. It is ihoiiltteiiHon of .the eon-, tractors to complete slrort divisions and put the si.me properly into operation, but nt ihi.i rato it will requireat least three years fi ciii the time Of hegltiiiim; to have (lie ' whole of the load complete and in success- 1 Cui -ThaL porliou2of .Ilia road already completed gives'en’tire satisfuctiun ,j ami to taxpayers who votea Tor , n lo4y hr itsls6hn.il it is a source of gralift- ; btoiu’h, tirW opoii.i thorn n market’foi it.. i-,, . to. Il lTh if rdf \:i it,:lll"*f ’

ntervst to both ends of'r.V-tF.“ 'fhe contractors nn<t board of Ji reftors, yt which the Hon. John tec, of (Irawferdsville. is president, nt present have control of tins construction of the rood, ami nntfclpniu lltitt when completed between Indianapolis nnd Chicngo l it will be the eheapent nnd most popular route between those two great cities, it being thirty miles shorter than any other route. ' -Jilts advantages to Indianapolis ns a local road enn not be overestimated, or ftilly apprceiuled, by the business men of our city, ns it will place the agricultural resotivcei mid business of u country to the nortli-we-t to a distance of a hundred miles or move .in easy daily and cheap conuict with, the ansi, ncss of Indinnnpol.s, whirls is nt present entirely shut off, except by indirect and rirmtitotis mules. u—* Il ir not the intention of the parties Io approach the people of (his city far pecuniary aid until they shall have completed the road to Frankfort, r.t which point they will intersect the east and west railway. When there they w.ll confidently rely upon the popular character of the three-foot road to so comtncnd itself to the business minds of Indianapolis us to receive their confidence nnd pecuniary aid nnd shppofr. That portion of the rond which is in successful operation is doing a lucrative business in moving farm and manufactured products. The truck is smooth, the ears coniodious and comfortable, while tho .speed which trains run compares favorably with some of tho best roads in lbr> state. The rails nre bid on ties the mum size, as those used on the broad gauge, except in length. They mnko n solid road bed. The roliiag Stock is built cn the some principle hh<> pattern as used on the broad gauges, while the cost of construction is coueiderubly less, consequently the cost of shipping m;d transportation will be reduced.—-Indiaiui-polls Sentinel.