Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1907 — Reuben Road Looks Good At Lowell [ARTICLE]

Reuben Road Looks Good At Lowell

Lowell Souvenir: There is to be an electric railroad ouilt from Lafayette to Battle Creek, bemington, Rensselasr, DeMotte, Hebron, * Crown Point and Gary to be a freight and passenger line. James Pinkerton received a letter from W. A. Hennegar, a stockholder in the company, and a former citizen of Lowell, in which he stated that with encouragei nent the company, while it cannot change its present course now, but thinks that it would take but little inducement to have a"branch road built from Crown Point to Cedar Lake and along the east side of the the Lake to Lowell, where for the time being. Lowell would be a terminus station, but in looping around, and the terminus being only 28 miles 'from Rensselaer, at which point a main power house will be located, with several villages and a fine scope of country to draw from and the beautiful Kankakee river as an attraction, it would only be a question of a shoit time until Lowell would have through connections of Lafayette, and with Hammond only 25 miles north, how long would it be until we would have thru connections with that city! Mr. Pinkerton received a second letter from Mr. Hennegar, which stated that the directors of the company will meet this week and the matter taken up and a proposition"presented to our people. While waiting, let all ponder and reflect and ask ourselves the question: Should we pass this opportunity up, and lose our chance of being connected with the outside world by an interurban line? We should make a united effort to secure it.