Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1899 — The Railroad Meeting. [ARTICLE]

The Railroad Meeting.

A meeting was held in the court room,.Tuesday evening, to confer with G. H. Tenney of Boston, Mass., and J. M. Kinney of Kendaville who, are the promoters of the new railroad, elsewhere described. Mr. Tenney stated that he had a charter for the road from Kendaville, Ind., to Gilman, 111. His object at the present is to get the people along the line interested in his project. He claims he has the promise financial support in Eastern Capitalists, providing he can convince them that people will support the road. And to prove that the prospects are favorable he desires letters written by the business men of this section be sent to, him. Committee was appointed to confer with the business men, in regard to these letters, as follows: John Eger, Frank Foltz, J. H. 8. Ellis, Warren Robinson, Walter White, Henry Grow and B, F. Ferguson. If the propects prove favorable they will begin building the road near the first of April 1900. And then the people may aid by tax as a donation.