Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1905 — May Get Two Cent Rate. [ARTICLE]

May Get Two Cent Rate.

Governor Hanly may ask the next session of the Indiana legists-, ture for a law fixing 2 cents a mile as the maximum rate of railway fare in Indiana. The governor went to Chicago Saturday to attend a meeting of the Central Passenger association with the governors of this state, Illinois and Michigan. The executives of these states and Ohio are objecting to anew form ol mileage books.the railroads propose to put iu force. In an interview today Governor Hanly says that if the issue is forced he will ask the legislature to pass a bill making fares through ludiaua 2 cents a mile, the same as is now the maximum rate in Michigan.